Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2021) Preliminary Revision 3 Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

SECTION X

PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) OR ; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF X-1 U.S. Note

1. If any country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government shall forbid or restrict in any way the exportation of (whether by law, order, regulation, contractual relation or otherwise, directly or indirectly), or impose any export duty, export license fee or other export charge of any kind whatsoever (whether in the form of additional charge or license fee or otherwise) upon paper, or woodpulp or wood for use in the manufacture of woodpulp, the President may enter into negotiations with such country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government to secure the removal of such prohibition, restriction, export duty or other export charge, and if it is not removed he may, by proclamation, declare such failure of negotiations, setting forth the facts.

Thereupon, and until such prohibition, restriction, export duty or other export charge is removed, there shall be imposed upon printing paper (other than cover paper, and ) provided for in subheadings 4802.54, 4802.55, 4802.56, 4802.57, 4802.58, 4802.61, 4802.62, and 4802.69, when imported either directly or indirectly from such country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government, an additional duty of 10 percent ad valorem and in addition thereto an amount equal to the highest export duty or other export charge imposed by such country, dependency, province or other subdivision of government, upon either an equal amount of printing paper or an amount of woodpulp or wood for use in the manufacture of woodpulp necessary to manufacture such printing paper. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2021) Preliminary Revision 3 Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes X-2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2021) Preliminary Revision 3 Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes

CHAPTER 47

PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD X 47-1 Note

1. For the purposes of heading 4702, the expression "chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades" means chemical woodpulp having by weight an insoluble fraction of 92 percent or more for soda or sulfate woodpulp or of 88 percent or more for sulfite woodpulp after one hour in a caustic soda solution containing 18 percent (NaOH) at 20°C, and for sulfite woodpulp an ash content that does not exceed 0.15 percent by weight. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2021) Preliminary Revision 3 Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes X 47-2 Heading/ Stat. Unit Rates of Duty Subheading Suf- Article Description of 1 2 fix Quantity General Special 4701.00.00 00 Mechanical woodpulp...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4702.00.00 Chemical woodpulp, dissolving grades...... Free1/ Free 20 Sulfite...... t adw 40 Sulfate or soda...... t adw 4703 Chemical woodpulp, soda or sulfate, other than dissolving grades: Unbleached: 4703.11.00 00 Coniferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4703.19.00 00 Nonconiferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free Semibleached or bleached: 4703.21.00 Coniferous...... Free1/ Free 20 Semibleached...... t adw 40 Bleached...... t adw 4703.29.00 Nonconiferous...... Free1/ Free 20 Semibleached...... t adw 40 Bleached...... t adw 4704 Chemical woodpulp, sulfite, other than dissolving grades: Unbleached: 4704.11.00 00 Coniferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4704.19.00 00 Nonconiferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free Semibleached or bleached: 4704.21.00 00 Coniferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4704.29.00 00 Nonconiferous...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4705.00.00 00 Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4706 Pulps of fibers derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material: 4706.10.00 00 linters pulp...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4706.20.00 00 Pulps of fibers derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4706.30.00 00 Other, of bamboo...... t adw...... Free1/ Free Other: 4706.91.00 00 Mechanical...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4706.92.01 00 Chemical...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4706.93.01 00 Obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical processes...... t adw...... Free1/ Free 4707 Recovered (waste and scrap) paper and paperboard: 4707.10.00 00 Unbleached or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard...... t...... Free1/ Free 4707.20.00 Other paper or paperboard, made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not colored in the mass...... Free1/ Free 20 High-grade deinking paper and paperboard...... t 40 Other...... t 4707.30.00 Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, , journals and similar printed matter)...... Free1/ Free 20 ...... t 40 Other...... t 4707.90.00 00 Other, including unsorted waste and scrap...... t...... Free1/ Free Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2021) Preliminary Revision 3 Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes X Endnotes-- 47 - 3 1/ See 9903.88.03.