Plastic-Coated Bleached Cardboard for Packaging Boxes
Bleached paperboard coated with polyethylene plastic on one side, weighing 250 g/m² and 0.4 mm thick, supplied in rolls over 15 cm wide for manufacturing rigid packaging boxes. It falls under HTS 4811.51.20 due to its bleached base, plastic coating (excluding adhesives), weight over 150 g/m², large format dimensions, and thickness of 0.3 mm or more. This classification applies to uncoated or printed sheets intended for conversion into boxes.
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If thickness under 0.3 mm
Same bleached plastic-coated paperboard but thinner sheets fall into the subheading for <0.3 mm thickness within the same heading.
If unbleached
Unbleached plastic-coated paperboard over 150 g/m² and 0.3 mm thick uses 4811.49.20, as bleaching determines the 4811.51 vs 4811.49 split.
If primarily plastic material by volume
Heavy plastic lamination making it a plastic article rather than paperboard shifts to Chapter 39 plastics heading.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify thickness with caliper measurements and plastic coating type via lab analysis to confirm 0.3 mm+ and non-adhesive coverage
• Provide mill test certificates showing bleached pulp content >150 g/m² and grammage to avoid misclassification as thinner stock
• Ensure no printing dominates the primary use, or it shifts to Chapter 49; declare exact dimensions to meet 'large sheet/roll' criteria
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