Subheading · Chapter 48 · Heading 4804
4804.52: Bleached 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 is a six-digit subheading of heading 4804, uncoated kraft paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, chapter 48.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 4804 52 00 00 Bleached 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 Free
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 1
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
Import requirements 2
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Russia, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No.998, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9015
- 9016
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control of timber and timber products subject to the FLEGT licensing scheme
- Applies to goods from
- Indonesia
- Legal act
- CS Indonesia No.1/2019
- Documents
- C690 FLEGT import licence for timber
- C631 Formal letter validating the use of non-wooden or recycled materials for paper products, issued by the Ministry of Industry of the FLEGT VPA partner country from which the paper products are originating
- Y057 Goods not requiring the presentation of a FLEGT import licence for timber
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | Free |
| European Union (including code " EU") | Free | |
| CARIFORUM | Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 moreAntigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago | Free |
| OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) | Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 moreAnguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands | Free |
| Central America | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama | Free |
| SADC EPA | Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia | Free |
| Eastern and Southern Africa States | Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe | Free |
| CPTPP | Brunei, Malaysia | Free |
| UK–Andorra agreement | Andorra | Free |
| UK–Albania agreement | Albania | Free |
| UK–Australia agreement | Australia | Free |
| UK–Canada agreement | Canada | Free |
| UK–Switzerland agreement | Switzerland | Free |
| UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement | Côte d’Ivoire | Free |
| UK–Chile agreement | Chile | Free |
| UK–Cameroon agreement | Cameroon | Free |
| UK–Colombia agreement | Colombia | Free |
| UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement | Ceuta & Melilla | Free |
| UK–Ecuador agreement | Ecuador | Free |
| UK–Egypt agreement | Egypt | Free |
| UK–Fiji agreement | Fiji | Free |
| UK–Faroe Islands agreement | Faroe Islands | Free |
| UK–Georgia agreement | Georgia | Free |
| UK–Ghana agreement | Ghana | Free |
| UK–Israel agreement | Israel | Free |
| UK–India agreement | India | Free |
| UK–Iceland agreement | Iceland | Free |
| UK–Jordan agreement | Jordan | Free |
| UK–Japan agreement | Japan | Free |
| UK–Kenya agreement | Kenya | Free |
| UK–South Korea agreement | South Korea | Free |
| UK–Lebanon agreement | Lebanon | Free |
| UK–Liechtenstein agreement | Liechtenstein | Free |
| UK–Morocco agreement | Morocco | Free |
| UK–Moldova agreement | Moldova | Free |
| UK–North Macedonia agreement | North Macedonia | Free |
| UK–Mexico agreement | Mexico | Free |
| UK–Norway agreement | Norway | Free |
| UK–New Zealand agreement | New Zealand | Free |
| UK–Peru agreement | Peru | Free |
| UK–Papua New Guinea agreement | Papua New Guinea | Free |
| UK–Palestinian Territories agreement | Palestinian Territories | Free |
| UK–Serbia agreement | Serbia | Free |
| UK–Solomon Islands agreement | Solomon Islands | Free |
| UK–Singapore agreement | Singapore | Free |
| UK–San Marino agreement | San Marino | Free |
| UK–Tunisia agreement | Tunisia | Free |
| UK–Türkiye agreement | Türkiye | Free |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
| UK–Vietnam agreement | Vietnam | Free |
| UK–Samoa agreement | Samoa | Free |
| UK–Kosovo agreement | Kosovo | Free |
| UK–South Africa agreement | South Africa | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.7m | 76.5% | -49.7% | |
| £503k | 23.3% | +6.4% | |
| £4k | 0.2% | — | |
| £0 | 0% | -100% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$134kUS$134k+US$710k+US$12m+> US$46m
Exports: 51
- Finland: US$62m
- United States: US$46m
- Canada: US$34m
- China: US$28m
- Japan: US$12m
- Sweden: US$6m
- Spain: US$2m
- Poland: US$2m
- Germany: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- Luxembourg: US$1m
- India: US$710k
- Vietnam: US$682k
- Belgium: US$535k
- Chile: US$522k
- Lithuania: US$417k
- Singapore: US$383k
- Thailand: US$295k
- Italy: US$249k
- Taiwan: US$175k
- France: US$159k
- Portugal: US$155k
- Malaysia: US$153k
- South Korea: US$134k
- Colombia: US$96k
- Indonesia: US$85k
- South Africa: US$79k
- United Kingdom: US$74k
- Czechia: US$68k
- Netherlands: US$50k
- Slovakia: US$49k
- Romania: US$47k
- Austria: US$45k
- New Zealand: US$34k
- Brazil: US$27k
- Mexico: US$15k
- Switzerland: US$14k
- Denmark: US$10k
- Hungary: US$7k
- Türkiye: US$6k
- Serbia: US$1k
- Ukraine: US$1k
- Bangladesh: US$1k
- Estonia: US$700
- Nigeria: US$400
- Greece: US$200
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$100
- Moldova: US$100
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$0
- Egypt: US$0
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$0
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$77kUS$77k+US$1m+US$5m+> US$21m
Imports: 93
- United States: US$38m
- South Korea: US$29m
- Japan: US$21m
- Taiwan: US$20m
- Sweden: US$15m
- Mexico: US$13m
- Italy: US$8m
- United Kingdom: US$6m
- Poland: US$5m
- Canada: US$5m
- China: US$5m
- India: US$4m
- Germany: US$3m
- Algeria: US$3m
- Lithuania: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Portugal: US$2m
- Thailand: US$2m
- Ukraine: US$2m
- Chile: US$2m
- Türkiye: US$2m
- Spain: US$2m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- Fiji: US$832k
- Belgium: US$784k
- El Salvador: US$723k
- Vietnam: US$695k
- France: US$497k
- Greece: US$484k
- Ecuador: US$442k
- Czechia: US$364k
- Moldova: US$358k
- Philippines: US$294k
- Netherlands: US$288k
- Indonesia: US$284k
- Switzerland: US$239k
- Costa Rica: US$214k
- South Africa: US$190k
- Austria: US$164k
- Cambodia: US$149k
- Kuwait: US$110k
- Singapore: US$97k
- Egypt: US$92k
- Senegal: US$88k
- United Arab Emirates: US$77k
- Brunei: US$69k
- Estonia: US$69k
- Slovakia: US$67k
- Serbia: US$64k
- Nigeria: US$56k
- Finland: US$47k
- Jordan: US$44k
- Sri Lanka: US$36k
- Brazil: US$35k
- Dominican Republic: US$34k
- Laos: US$31k
- Botswana: US$29k
- Romania: US$27k
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$26k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$62m | 30.6% | |
| 2 | US$46m | 22.8% | |
| 3 | US$34m | 16.7% | |
| 4 | US$28m | 14.1% | |
| 5 | US$12m | 6.2% | |
| 6 | US$6m | 3% | |
| 7 | US$2m | 1.1% | |
| 8 | US$2m | 0.8% | |
| 9 | US$1m | 0.7% | |
| 10 | US$1m | 0.7% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$38m | 18.6% | |
| 2 | US$29m | 14.5% | |
| 3 | US$21m | 10.3% | |
| 4 | US$20m | 9.8% | |
| 5 | US$15m | 7.4% | |
| 6 | US$13m | 6.3% | |
| 7 | US$8m | 3.9% | |
| 8 | US$6m | 2.9% | |
| 9 | US$5m | 2.6% | |
| 10 | US$5m | 2.4% |
Import duty on this product around the world 165
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 5%median duty
- 45number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Kenya, Bermuda
165
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2007 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2022 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 2.5% | 0% – 5% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 13%* | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 18% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2007 | ||
| 11%* | 2023 | ||
| 1% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 7% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 17% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0.1% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 64148 Kraft paper, uncoated, in rolls/sheets, n.e.s., weight > 225 g/m2
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 611210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 32133 Other uncoated kraft paper and paperboard; sack kraft paper, creped or crinkled
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 1701 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4804.52 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 4804.52 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 4804.52 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 4804.52 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 4804.52 | changed |
| 1992 | 4804.52 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
EU deforestation regulation (EUDR)
Products of these commodities may only be placed on the EU market or exported if they are deforestation-free, legally produced and covered by a due diligence statement.
- Wood applies from 30 December 2026
Paper and Paperboard: Articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (not including waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC; not including used products and second-hand products; not including recovered (waste and scrap) products and products derived from recovered (waste and scrap) products; not including single use packing material and packing containers used exclusively to support, protect or carry another product made available on the market or exported and presented with that product; not including packing material and packing containers clearly suitable for repetitive use used exclusively to support, protect or carry another product made available on the market or exported and presented with that product from the moment they are used for such purpose and onwards; not including items of correspondence and marketing and information materials exclusively accompanying another product made available on the market or exported, or supplied for marketing or information purposes free of charge)
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I (consolidated text)
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk
Subheading 4804.52 is a single line in the UK Global Tariff, where the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 4804.52; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 156 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 156 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £2.2m (down 48% on the year before), at an average of £1.46 per kg; Finland supplied 77%, followed by Sweden.
World trade in these goods reached US$202m in 2024, down 5.5% on 2023.
Finland was the largest exporter with 30.6% of the total, ahead of the United States.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for bleached 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?
Bleached 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 fall under HS subheading 4804.52, part of heading 4804, in section X of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of… in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4804.52 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of… in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4804.52 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of…?
Finland, with US$62m in 2024 (30.6% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
156 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, CARIFORUM. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Finland (77%), Sweden (23%) and United States (0%), out of total imports of £2.2m.