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Mechanical Pulp Offset Printing Paper 70 gsm Sheets from Japan

Uncoated rectangular sheets of offset printing paper at 70 g/m², containing 60% groundwood (mechanical) fibers, suitable for book production and magazines. Classified in HTS 4802.69.30.00 as other graphic purpose paper with >10% mechanical fibers, not handmade or perforating card stock. It supports high-speed sheet-fed printing without coating.

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

• Submit laboratory analysis of pulp composition; importers often overlook declaring exact mechanical fiber percentage

• Confirm sheet dimensions are rectangular/square and not punched/perforated to stay in 4802

• Avoid bundling with printed samples, as predominant printing motifs reclassify to Chapter 49 per chapter notes