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Indian ITC-HS · Section X

Chapter 48

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

22 Headings99 Subheadings212 Tariff Items
Source: CBIC Part II Import Tariff, chapter-wise PDFs·Indian Customs Tariff — First Schedule (as on 30.06.2024, CBIC)
Section X
PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Showing each item's best available FTA rate beside its MFN baseline.

Headings, subheadings & tariff items

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All tariff codes in Chapter 48

Flat index of every 8-digit tariff item in this chapter, grouped by 4-digit heading.

4802OR 4803

4803

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

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

  • 48070010Straw paper and other straw board, whether or not covered with paper other than straw paper
  • 48070090Other

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

  • 48081000Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated
  • 48084010- - Sack kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated
  • 48084090- - Other kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated
  • 48089000Other

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) :
  • 48115110- - Aseptic packaging paper
  • 48115190- - Other
  • 48115910- - Aseptic packaging paper
  • 48115990- - Other
  • 48116000Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearine, oil or glycerol
  • 48119011- Handmade paper and paperboard, rules, lined or squared but not otherwise printed
  • 48119012- Chromo and art paper, coated
  • 48119013- Building board of paper or pulp, impregnated
  • 48119014- Chromo board
  • 48119015- Raw base paper for sensitising, coated
  • 48119016- Surface marbled paper
  • 48119017- Leather board and imitation leather board
  • 48119018- Matrix board
  • 48119091- Grape guard paper
  • 48119093- Thermal 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
  • 48119099- Other

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

  • 48142000Wallpaper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics
  • 48149000Other

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

  • 48162010Duplicating paper, cut to size
  • 48162020Paper for fax machine
  • 48162090Other
  • 48169010Other copying or transfer papers (excluding printed transfer) cut to size whether or not put up in boxes
  • 48169020Calculating machine paper in rolls and strips not exceeding 15 cm in width
  • 48169090Other

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

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
  • 48239011- Braille paper
  • 48239012- Cellulose in sole board or sheet
  • 48239013- Packing and wrapping paper
  • 48239014- Paper for cigarette filter tips
  • 48239015- Paper cone for loud speaker
  • 48239016- Patterns made of papers for leather footwear, leather garments and goods
  • 48239017- Patterns made of paper for articles of apparel and clothing accessories
  • 48239018- Products 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
  • 48239019- Decorative laminates paper in strips with perforated edges, not exceeding 15 cm in width; typewriting paper cut to size and the like :
  • 48239021- Pre-punched cards
  • 48239022- Monotype and newstape paper in strips with perforated edges, not exceeding 15cm in width
  • 48239023- Typewriting 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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