Surface-Printed Metallized Paper from Japan
90 g/m² paper with vacuum metallized aluminum surface and light printing, in large rolls for flexible packaging. HTS 4811.90.80 covers this surface-colored/decorated paper over 30 g/m². Metallization provides barrier properties while printing remains subsidiary to packaging function.
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
• Prove printing is subsidiary via end-use documentation; dominant print goes to Chapter 49
• Measure metal layer thickness; thick vacuum metal may reclassify as 4811.51
• Test basis weight including metallization to ensure >30 g/m² threshold