Bleached Folding Boxboard Waste from China
Scrap from bleached chemical pulp folding cartons used for consumer goods packaging like cereal boxes. Under HTS 4707.20.00.40 as other recovered paperboard mainly from bleached chemical pulp, not mass-colored. Recycled into new boxboard or tissue.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Strip window films or foils before baling to prevent classification as composite waste
• Use affidavits confirming >50% bleached chemical pulp content
• Avoid mixing with waxed boards, which may fall under 4707.90 as contaminated