ABS

Chapter 48Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

The headings in this chapter of the AHECC, the Australian export classification published by the ABS. Each one opens on the codes it contains.

Chapter 48 classifies paper and paperboard by kind, by grammage in g/m² and by surface treatment. Those numeric thresholds do the work: the same paper changes heading depending on whether it is coated, impregnated or merely calendered.

The sharpest boundary is with Chapter 49. Printed paper stays here as long as the printing is incidental — printed wrapping paper, a ruled register. Once the text or image becomes the point of the article itself, it belongs to Chapter 49.

22 headings
  • 4801.00NEWSPRINT, IN ROLLS OR SHEETS
  • 4802UNCOATED PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, OF A KIND USED FOR WRITING, PRINTING OR OTHER GRAPHIC PURPOSES, AND NON PERFORATED PUNCH-CARDS AND PUNCH TAPE PAPER, IN ROLLS OR RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHEETS, OF ANY SIZE, OTHER THAN PAPER OF 4801 OR 4803; HAND-MADE PAPER AND PAPERBOARD:
    • 4802.10.00Hand-made paper and paperboard
    • 4802.20Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard
      • 4802.20.03Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard
    • 4802.40Wallpaper base
    • 4802.5Other paper and paperboard, 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:
      • 4802.54Weighing less than 40 g/m2
      • 4802.55.00Weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2, in rolls
      • 4802.56Weighing 40 g/m2 but not more than 150 g/m2, in sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state:
      • 4802.57.00Other, weighing 40 g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2
      • 4802.58Weighing more than 150 g/m2:
    • 4802.6Other paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process:
      • 4802.61In rolls
      • 4802.62In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state
        • 4802.62.01In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 297 mm in the unfolded state
      • 4802.69.00Other
  • 4803.00TOILET 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
    • 4803.00.01TOILET 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 4802 OR 4803:
    • 4804.1Kraftliner:
    • 4804.2Sack kraft paper:
    • 4804.3Other kraft paper and paperboard weighing 150 g/m2 or less:
    • 4804.4Other kraft paper and paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2:
      • 4804.41Unbleached
      • 4804.42Bleached 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
        • 4804.42.52Bleached 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
      • 4804.49Other
    • 4804.5Other kraft paper and paperboard weighing 225 g/m2 or more:
      • 4804.51Unbleached
      • 4804.52Bleached 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
        • 4804.52.58Bleached 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
      • 4804.59Other
  • 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:
  • 4807.00.00COMPOSITE 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 4803:
    • 4808.10Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated
      • 4808.10.11Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated
    • 4808.40.00Kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated
    • 4808.90Other
  • 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:
    • 4810.1Paper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, 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:
    • 4810.2Paper and paperboard of a kind used for 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:
    • 4810.3Kraft paper and paperboard, other than that of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes:
      • 4810.31Bleached 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
        • 4810.31.02Bleached 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
      • 4810.32Bleached 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
        • 4810.32.03Bleached 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
      • 4810.39Other
    • 4810.9Other paper and paperboard:
  • 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 4803, 4809 OR 4810:
    • 4811.10Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard
      • 4811.10.10Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard
    • 4811.4Gummed or adhesive paper and paperboard:
    • 4811.5Paper and paperboard coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding adhesives):
    • 4811.60Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol
      • 4811.60.01Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, stearin, oil or glycerol
    • 4811.90Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres
      • 4811.90.90Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres
  • 4812.00.00FILTER BLOCKS, SLABS AND PLATES, OF PAPER PULP
  • 4813CIGARETTE PAPER, WHETHER OR NOT CUT TO SIZE OR IN THE FORM OF BOOKLETS OR TUBES:
  • 4814WALLPAPER AND SIMILAR WALL COVERINGS; WINDOW TRANSPARENCIES OF PAPER:
    • 4814.20.00Wallpaper 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
    • 4814.90Other
  • 4816CARBON PAPER, SELF-COPY PAPER AND OTHER COPYING OR TRANSFER PAPERS (OTHER THAN THOSE OF 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:
    • 4817.10.00Envelopes
    • 4817.20.00Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards
    • 4817.30.00Boxes, 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, TABLECLOTHS, SERVIETTES, BED SHEETS AND SIMILAR HOUSEHOLD, SANITARY OR HOSPITAL ARTICLES, ARTICLES OR 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:
    • 4819.10.00Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard
    • 4819.20.00Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard
    • 4819.30.00Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more
    • 4819.40.00Other sacks and bags, including cones
    • 4819.50.00Other packing containers, including record sleeves
    • 4819.60.00Box 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:
    • 4820.10.00Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles
    • 4820.20.00Exercise books
    • 4820.30.00Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers
    • 4820.40.00Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
    • 4820.50.00Albums for samples or for collections
    • 4820.90.00Other
  • 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 FIBRES, CUT TO SIZE OR SHAPE, OTHER ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, PAPER, PAPERBOARD, CELLULOSE WADDING OR WEBS OF CELLULOSE FIBRES:

Every number opens on the lines beneath it, down to the eight-digit statistical code.