Indian ITC-HS · Section X
Chapter 48
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
Popular products in Chapter 48
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Headings, subheadings & tariff items
All tariff codes in Chapter 48
Flat index of every 8-digit tariff item in this chapter, grouped by 4-digit heading.
4802OR 4803
- 48021010Paper
- 48021020Paperboard
- 48022010Photographic base paper, uncoated
- 48022090Other
- 48024000Wall paper base fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi- mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres :
- 48025410India Paper
- 48025420Litho and offset paper
- 48025430Duplicating paper
- 48025440Airmail paper
- 48025450Tissue paper
- 48025490Other
- 48025510Litho and offset paper
- 48025520Drawing paper
- 48025530Duplicating paper
- 48025540Account book paper
- 48025550Bank, bond and cheque paper
- 48025560Currency note paper
- 48025570Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48025590Other
- 48025610Litho and offset paper
- 48025620Drawing paper
- 48025630Duplicating paper
- 48025640Account book paper
- 48025650Bank, bond and cheque paper
- 48025660Currency note paper
- 48025670Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48025690Other
- 48025710Litho and offset paper
- 48025720Drawing paper
- 48025730Duplicating paper
- 48025740Account book paper
- 48025750Bank, bond and cheque paper
- 48025760Currency note paper
- 48025770Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48025790Other
- 48025810Litho and offset paper
- 48025820Drawing paper
- 48025830Duplicating paper
- 48025840Bank, bond and cheque paper
- 48025850Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48025890Other than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process :
- 48026110Drawing paper
- 48026120Poster paper
- 48026130Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass
- 48026140Account book paper
- 48026150Automatic data processing machine paper
- 48026160Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48026190Other
- 48026210Drawing paper
- 48026220Poster paper
- 48026230Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass
- 48026240Account book paper
- 48026250Automatic data processing machine paper
- 48026260Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48026290Other
- 48026910Drawing paper
- 48026920Poster paper
- 48026930Printing paper dyed or marbled in mass
- 48026940Account book paper
- 48026950Automatic data processing machine paper
- 48026960Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper
- 48026990Other 4803 - TOILET OR FACIAL TISSUE STOCK, TOWEL OR NAPKIN STOCK AND SIMILAR PAPER OF A KIND USED FOR HOUSEHOLD OR SANITARY PURPOSES, CELLULOSE WADDING AND WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES, WHETHER OR NOT CREPED, CRINKLED, EMBOSSED, PERFORATED, SURFACE-COLOURED, SURFACE- DECORATED OR PRINTED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS
4804UNCOATED KRAFT PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS, OTHER THAN THAT OF HEADING
- 48041100Unbleached
- 48041900Other
- 48042100Unbleached
- 48042900Other 150 g/m2 or less:
- 48043100Unbleached
- 48043900Other than 150 g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2:
- 48044100Unbleached
- 48044200Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process
- 48044900Other 225 g/m2 or more :
- 48045100Unbleached
- 48045200Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process
- 48045900Other
4805OTHER UNCOATED PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS, NOT FURTHER WORKED OR PROCESSED THAN AS SPECIFIED IN NOTE 3 TO THIS CHAPTER
- 48051100Semi-chemical fluting paper
- 48051200Straw fluting paper
- 48051900Other 2
- 48052400Weighing 150 g/m or less 2
- 48052500Weighing more than 150 g/m `4805 30 00 - Sulphite wrapping paper kg. 10% -
- 48054000Filter paper and paperboard
- 48055000Felt paper and paperboard 2
- 48059100Weighing 150 g/m or less 2
- 48059200Weighing more than 150 g/m but less 2 than 225 g/m 2
- 48059300Weighing 225 g/m or more
4806VEGETABLE PARCHMENT, GREASEPROOF PAPERS, TRACING PAPERS AND GLASSINE AND OTHER GLAZED TRANSPARENT OR TRANSLUCENT PAPERS, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS
4807COMPOSITE PAPER AND PAPERBOARD (MADE BY STICKING FLAT LAYERS OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD TOGETHER WITH AN ADHESIVE), NOT SURFACE- COATED OR IMPREGNATED, WHETHER OR NOT INTERNALLY REINFORCED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS
4808PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, CORRUGATED (WITH OR WITHOUT GLUED FLAT SURFACE SHEETS), CREPED, CRINKLED, EMBOSSED OR PERFORATED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS, OTHER THAN PAPER OF THE KIND DESCRIBED IN HEADING 4803
4809CARBON PAPER, SELF-COPY PAPER AND OTHER COPYING OR TRANSFER PAPERS (INCLUDING COATED OR IMPREGNATED PAPER FOR DUPLICATOR STENCILS OR OFFSET PLATES), WHETHER OR NOT PRINTED, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS
4810PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, COATED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES WITH KAOLIN (CHINA CLAY) OR OTHER INORGANIC SUBSTANCES, WITH OR WITHOUT A BINDER, AND WITH NO OTHER COATING, WHETHER OR NOT SURFACE - COLOURED, SURFACE-DECORATED OR PRINTED, IN ROLLS OR RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHEETS, OF ANY SIZE printing or other graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres :
- 48101310Imitation art paper
- 48101320Art paper
- 48101330Chrome paper or paperboard
- 48101390Other
- 48101410Imitation art paper
- 48101420Art paper
- 48101430Chrome paper or paperboard
- 48101490Other
- 48101910Imitation art paper
- 48101920Art paper
- 48101930Chrome paper or paperboard
- 48101990Other writing, printing or other graphic purposes, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process :
- 48102200Light-weight coated paper
- 48102900Other a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes :
- 48103100Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing 150 g/m2 or less
- 48103200Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical process, and weighing more than 150 g/m2
- 48103910Insulating paper
- 48103920Electric insulating press board
- 48103930Insulation boards (homogenous)
- 48103990Other
- 48109200Multi-ply
- 48109900Other
4811PAPER, PAPERBOARD, CELLULOSE WADDING AND WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES, COATED, IMPREGNATED, COVERED, SURFACE-COLOURED, SURFACE- DECORATED OR PRINTED, IN ROLLS OR RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHEETS, OF ANY SIZE, OTHER THAN GOODS OF THE KIND DESCRIBED IN HEADING 4803, 4809 OR 4810
- 48111000Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard
- 48114100Self-adhesive
- 48114900Other covered with plastics (excluding adhesives) :
- 48115110Aseptic packaging paper
- 48115190Other
- 48115910Aseptic packaging paper
- 48115990Other
- 48116000Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearine, oil or glycerol
- 48119011Handmade paper and paperboard, rules, lined or squared but not otherwise printed
- 48119012Chromo and art paper, coated
- 48119013Building board of paper or pulp, impregnated
- 48119014Chromo board
- 48119015Raw base paper for sensitising, coated
- 48119016Surface marbled paper
- 48119017Leather board and imitation leather board
- 48119018Matrix board
- 48119091Grape guard paper
- 48119093Thermal paper for fax machines 4811 90 94 ---- Thermal paper in jumbo rolls (of size 1 m and kg. 10% - above in width and 5,000 m and above in length) 4811 90 95 ---- Thermal paper in jumbo rolls (of size 1 m and kg. 10% - above in width and less than 5,000 m in length) 4811 90 96 ---- Thermal paper in rolls of size less than 1 m in kg. 10% - width
- 48119099Other
4813CIGARETTE PAPER, WHETHER OR NOT CUT TO SIZE OR IN THE FORM OF BOOKLETS OR TUBES w.e.f. 1.5.2023
4814WALLPAPER AND SIMILAR WALL COVERINGS; WINDOW TRANSPARENCIES OF PAPER
4816CARBON-PAPER, SELF-COPY PAPER AND OTHER COPYING OR TRANSFER PAPERS (OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 4809), DUPLICATOR STENCILS AND OFFSET PLATES, OF PAPER, WHETHER OR NOT PUT UP IN BOXES
4817ENVELOPES, LETTER CARDS, PLAIN POSTCARDS AND CORRESPONDENCE CARDS, OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; BOXES, POUCHES, WALLETS AND WRITING COMPENDIUMS, OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD, CONTAINING AN ASSORTMENT OF PAPER STATIONERY
4818TOILET PAPER AND SIMILAR PAPER, CELLULOSE WADDING OR WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES, OF A KIND USED FOR HOUSEHOLD OR SANITARY PURPOSES, IN ROLLS OF A WIDTH NOT EXCEEDING 36 CM, OR CUT TO SIZE OR SHAPE; HANDKERCHIEFS, CLEANSING TISSUES, TOWELS, TABLE CLOTHS, SERVIETTES, BED SHEETS AND SIMILAR HOUSEHOLD, SANITARY OR HOSPITAL ARTICLES, ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, OF PAPER PULP, PAPER, CELLULOSE WADDING OR WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES
4819CARTONS, BOXES, CASES, BAGS AND OTHER PACKING CONTAINERS, OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD, CELLULOSE WADDING OR WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES; BOX FILES, LETTER TRAYS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD OF A KIND USED IN OFFICES, SHOPS OR THE LIKE
- 48191010Boxes
- 48191090Other
- 48192010Cartons, boxes, cases, intended for the packing of match sticks
- 48192020Boxes
- 48192090Other
- 48193000Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more
- 48194000Other sacks and bags, including cones
- 48195010Made of corrugated paper or paperboard
- 48195090Other
- 48196000Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like
4820REGISTERS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, NOTE BOOKS, ORDER BOOKS, RECEIPT BOOKS, LETTER PADS, MEMORANDUM PADS, DIARIES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, EXERCISE BOOKS, BLOTTING-PADS, BINDERS (LOOSE-LEAF OR OTHER), FOLDERS, FILE COVERS, MANIFOLD BUSINESS FORMS, INTERLEAVED CARBON SETS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF STATIONERY, OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; ALBUMS FOR SAMPLES OR FOR COLLECTIONS AND BOOK COVERS, OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD
- 48201010Registers, account books
- 48201020Letter pads
- 48201090Other
- 48202000Exercise books
- 48203000Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers
- 48204000Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
- 48205000Albums for samples or for collections
- 48209010Blotting papers cut to size
- 48209090Other
4821PAPER OR PAPERBOARD LABELS OF ALL KINDS, WHETHER OR NOT PRINTED
4822BOBBINS, SPOOLS, COPS AND SIMILAR SUPPORTS OF PAPER PULP, PAPER OR PAPERBOARD (WHETHER OR NOT PERFORATED OR HARDENED)
4823OTHER PAPER, PAPERBOARD, CELLULOSE WADDING AND WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBERS, CUT TO SIZE OR SHAPE; OTHER ARTICLES OF PAPERPULP, PAPER, PAPERBOARD, CELLULOSE WADDING OR WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBERS
- 48232000Filter paper and paperboard
- 48234000Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self- recording apparatus or paperboard:
- 48236100Of bamboo
- 48236900Other
- 48237010Paper pulp moulded trays
- 48237020Wood pulp board
- 48237030Articles made of paper mache other than artware and moulded or pressed goods of wood pulp
- 48237090Other
- 48239011Braille paper
- 48239012Cellulose in sole board or sheet
- 48239013Packing and wrapping paper
- 48239014Paper for cigarette filter tips
- 48239015Paper cone for loud speaker
- 48239016Patterns made of papers for leather footwear, leather garments and goods
- 48239017Patterns made of paper for articles of apparel and clothing accessories
- 48239018Products consisting of sheets of paper or paperboard, impregnated, coated or covered with plastics (including thermoset resins or mixtures thereof or chemical formulations containing melamine, phenol or urea formaldehyde with or without curing agents or catalysts), compressed together in one or more operations
- 48239019Decorative laminates paper in strips with perforated edges, not exceeding 15 cm in width; typewriting paper cut to size and the like :
- 48239021Pre-punched cards
- 48239022Monotype and newstape paper in strips with perforated edges, not exceeding 15cm in width
- 48239023Typewriting paper cut to size
- 48239030Plain or embossed seals made of paper, laminated paper or paper gaskets
- 48239090Other Note: Cellophane Transparent Film (also known as Cellophane Transparent paper) - Attracts ADD vide notification 94/2006-Cus. dt. 7.9.2006 Ch.39.
Using HSN codes from Chapter 48
- Expand a heading to see every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit tariff item underneath. Unit of measure and standard duty are shown once per 4-digit heading.
- The standard duty shown is the Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) rate from the Indian Customs Tariff.
- For GST filings, the 4-digit heading is usually sufficient; for customs declarations, the full 8-digit tariff item is required.
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