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Food-Grade Plastic-Coated Bleached Folding Box Board from Japan

Bleached folding boxboard weighing more than 150 g/m² and 0.3 mm thick, with LDPE coating for direct food contact packaging such as chocolate boxes. Provides barrier against fats and moisture. HTS 4811.51.20.50 covers this thick, plastic-impregnated bleached paperboard in large formats.

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

• Secure prior FDA approval or GRAS status for food-contact coatings to expedite clearance

• Maintain chain-of-custody documentation proving no contamination during production/transport

• Measure thickness post-coating; compression can affect ≥0.3 mm qualification