Legal File Folder with Tabs
Heavy-duty paperboard folders sized for legal documents, featuring pre-printed tabs for indexing, ideal for law offices and archives. This product is under HTS 4820.30.00.40 as an 'other' file cover, as printing is subsidiary to its folder function per chapter notes. Made of uncoated paperboard for durability.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If classified as a register or notebook
Tabbed items resembling bound pads may fall under registers in 4820.10.
If wall-mounted or with adhesive backing
Paperboard with added features like mounting could be 'other' articles of 4814.
If perforated for jacquard-like business use
Perforated paper cards for machines shift to heading 4823 per chapter notes.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Provide lab tests confirming paperboard composition if over 50% recycled content to ease customs clearance
• Declare tab printing as functional (indexing) not decorative to remain in 4820.30
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