Kaolin-Coated Bleached Kraft Packaging Board from China
Bleached kraft paperboard coated on both sides with kaolin, 80%+ sulfate process fibers, 120-200 g/m², surface-colored for packaging. HTS 4810.39.65.00 covers this as other coated kraft not for graphics. Common in folding cartons.
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
• Provide bleaching process certification to confirm it's still kraft under sulfate/soda definition
• Ensure no pictorial printing; motifs subsidiary to packaging use keep it out of Chapter 49
• Test for ash content if sulfite process suspected, as it affects related subheadings