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Recycled Bleached Envelope Paper Waste from Japan

Waste paper from business envelopes made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not colored in the mass. Collected from mailing operations recycling, used in tissue or writing paper remaking. Under HTS 4707.20.00 for pulp specs.

Duty Rate — Japan → United States

12.5%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Remove window patches if plastic, to avoid Chapter 39 contamination

• Provide fiber content certificates from accredited labs

• Bundle uniformly to prevent mixed pulp type penalties