HS Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
All 101 six-digit HS codes in this chapter, under 22 headings, with the official descriptions.
| HS code | Official description |
|---|---|
| 48.01 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. |
| 4801.00 | Newsprint, in rolls or sheets. |
| 48.02 | Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading 48.01 or 48.03; hand-made paper and paperboard. |
| 4802.10 | Hand-made paper and paperboard |
| 4802.20 | Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard |
| 4802.40 | Wallpaper base |
| 4802.54 | Weighing less than 40 g/m²Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4802.55 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in rollsOther paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4802.56 | Weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m², in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded stateOther paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4802.57 | Other, weighing 40 g/m² or more but not more than 150 g/m²Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4802.58 | Weighing more than 150 g/m²Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4802.61 | In rollsOther paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process |
| 4802.62 | In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded stateOther paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process |
| 4802.69 | OtherOther paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process |
| 48.03 | Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets. |
| 4803.00 | Toilet or facial tissue stock, towel or napkin stock and similar paper of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, whether or not creped, crinkled, embossed, perforated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets. |
| 48.04 | Uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading 48.02 or 48.03. |
| 4804.11 | UnbleachedKraftliner |
| 4804.19 | OtherKraftliner |
| 4804.21 | UnbleachedSack kraft paper |
| 4804.29 | OtherSack kraft paper |
| 4804.31 | UnbleachedOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing 150 g/m² or less |
| 4804.39 | OtherOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing 150 g/m² or less |
| 4804.41 | UnbleachedOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m² |
| 4804.42 | Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical processOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m² |
| 4804.49 | OtherOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m² |
| 4804.51 | UnbleachedOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing 225 g/m² or more |
| 4804.52 | Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical processOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing 225 g/m² or more |
| 4804.59 | OtherOther kraft paper and paperboard weighing 225 g/m² or more |
| 48.05 | Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or processed than as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter. |
| 4805.11 | Semi-chemical fluting paperFluting paper |
| 4805.12 | Straw fluting paperFluting paper |
| 4805.19 | OtherFluting paper |
| 4805.24 | Weighing 150 g/m² or lessTestliner (recycled liner board) |
| 4805.25 | Weighing more than 150 g/m²Testliner (recycled liner board) |
| 4805.30 | Sulphite wrapping paper |
| 4805.40 | Filter paper and paperboard |
| 4805.50 | Felt paper and paperboard |
| 4805.91 | Weighing 150 g/m² or lessOther |
| 4805.92 | Weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m²Other |
| 4805.93 | Weighing 225 g/m² or moreOther |
| 48.06 | Vegetable parchment, greaseproof papers, tracing papers and glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers, in rolls or sheets. |
| 4806.10 | Vegetable parchment |
| 4806.20 | Greaseproof papers |
| 4806.30 | Tracing papers |
| 4806.40 | Glassine and other glazed transparent or translucent papers |
| 48.07 | Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets. |
| 4807.00 | Composite paper and paperboard (made by sticking flat layers of paper or paperboard together with an adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets. |
| 48.08 | Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of the kind described in heading 48.03. |
| 4808.10 | Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated |
| 4808.40 | Kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated |
| 4808.90 | Other |
| 48.09 | Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (including coated or impregnated paper for duplicator stencils or offset plates), whether or not printed, in rolls or sheets. |
| 4809.20 | Self-copy paper |
| 4809.90 | Other |
| 48.10 | Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size. |
| 4810.13 | In rollsPaper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechancial or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4810.14 | In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded statePaper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechancial or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4810.19 | OtherPaper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechancial or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres |
| 4810.22 | Light-weight coated paperPaper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process |
| 4810.29 | OtherPaper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process |
| 4810.31 | Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing 150 g/m² or lessKraft paper and paperboard, other than that of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes |
| 4810.32 | Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing more than 150 g/m²Kraft paper and paperboard, other than that of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes |
| 4810.39 | OtherKraft paper and paperboard, other than that of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes |
| 4810.92 | Multi-plyOther paper and paperboard |
| 4810.99 | OtherOther paper and paperboard |
| 48.11 | Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than goods of the kind described in heading 48.03, 48.09 or 48.10. |
| 4811.10 | Tarred, bituminized or asphalted paper and paperboard |
| 4811.41 | Self-adhesiveGummed or adhesive paper and paperboard |
| 4811.49 | OtherGummed or adhesive paper and paperboard |
| 4811.51 | Bleached, weighing more than 150 g/m²Paper and paperboard coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives) |
| 4811.59 | OtherPaper and paperboard coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives) |
| 4811.60 | Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol |
| 4811.90 | Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres |
| 48.12 | Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp. |
| 4812.00 | Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp. |
| 48.13 | Cigarette paper, whether or not cut to size or in the form of booklets or tubes. |
| 4813.10 | In the form of booklets or tubes |
| 4813.20 | In rolls of a width not exceeding 5 cm |
| 4813.90 | Other |
| 48.14 | Wallpaper and similar wall coverings; window transparencies of paper. |
| 4814.20 | Wallpaper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics |
| 4814.90 | Other |
| 48.16 | Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading 48.09), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes. |
| 4816.20 | Self-copy paper |
| 4816.90 | Other |
| 48.17 | Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery. |
| 4817.10 | Envelopes |
| 4817.20 | Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards |
| 4817.30 | Boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery |
| 48.18 | Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. |
| 4818.10 | Toilet paper |
| 4818.20 | Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels |
| 4818.30 | Tablecloths and serviettes |
| 4818.50 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories |
| 4818.90 | Other |
| 48.19 | Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like. |
| 4819.10 | Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard |
| 4819.20 | Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard |
| 4819.30 | Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more |
| 4819.40 | Other sacks and bags, including cones |
| 4819.50 | Other packing containers, including record sleeves |
| 4819.60 | Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like |
| 48.20 | Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard. |
| 4820.10 | Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles |
| 4820.20 | Exercise books |
| 4820.30 | Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers |
| 4820.40 | Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets |
| 4820.50 | Albums for samples or for collections |
| 4820.90 | Other |
| 48.21 | Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed. |
| 4821.10 | Printed |
| 4821.90 | Other |
| 48.22 | Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard (whether or not perforated or hardened). |
| 4822.10 | Of a kind used for winding textile yarn |
| 4822.90 | Other |
| 48.23 | Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. |
| 4823.20 | Filter paper and paperboard |
| 4823.40 | Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self-recording apparatus |
| 4823.61 | Of bambooTrays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard |
| 4823.69 | OtherTrays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard |
| 4823.70 | Moulded or pressed articles of paper pulp |
| 4823.90 | Other |
Official descriptions: CBSA Customs Tariff, 2026 (version 2). These are six-digit HS subheadings, shared by Canada, the United States and Mexico. Import entries need the full ten-digit code for the importing country: check the CBSA Customs Tariff for Canada or the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, and confirm the classification with your customs broker.