Subheading · Chapter 48 · Heading 4810

4810.31

4810.31: 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, and weighing 150 g/m2 or less

4810.31 is a six-digit subheading of heading 4810, paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin, chapter 48.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 2
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
Duty calculatorCalculate duty and taxes →

Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 4810 31 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, and weighing 150 g/m<sup>2</sup> or less Free+3

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 2

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 376
    Documents
    • 9008
  • Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    2020 No. 1431
    Documents
    • C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)

Import requirements 2

  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Russia, Ukraine
    Legal act
    2023 No. 440, S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 9011
    • 9022
    • 9038
    • 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 schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, 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")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & 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 more

Anguilla, 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–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–XC agreement XC Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–XL agreement XL Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£6.3m+62.6% · previous 12 months
Average import price£1.36 per kg
Jan 2024: £412kFeb 2024: £553kMar 2024: £353kApr 2024: £400kMay 2024: £381kJun 2024: £287kJul 2024: £412kAug 2024: £425kSept 2024: £456kOct 2024: £439kNov 2024: £489kDec 2024: £201kJan 2025: £212kFeb 2025: £187kMar 2025: £429kApr 2025: £85kMay 2025: £336kJun 2025: £211kJul 2025: £528kAug 2025: £322kSept 2025: £627kOct 2025: £258kNov 2025: £530kDec 2025: £370kJan 2026: £474kFeb 2026: £540kMar 2026: £428kApr 2026: £553kMay 2026: £881kJun 2026: £440kJul 2026: £818kAug 2026: £418k 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Austria £2.6m 41.1% +6,474.1%
Czechia £1.6m 24.5% +2.1%
Germany £631k 10% -20%
Sweden £570k 9% +24.1%
Netherlands £532k 8.4% +12.6%
United States £109k 1.7% +1,901.6%
Hungary £93k 1.5% -67.8%
Italy £68k 1.1% —

Same subheading in other tariffs

The Turkish schedule prints the statutory rate set under Customs Law 474. The rate applied at import is laid down in the Import Regime Decision and can be lower, or different by country of origin.

World trade in 2024

4810.31 · US$221.9m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$130.4kUS$130.4k+US$1.5m+US$13.2m+> US$23.2m

Exports: 73
  1. United States: US$36m
  2. Italy: US$23.2m
  3. China: US$22.8m
  4. Taiwan: US$21.4m
  5. Germany: US$17m
  6. France: US$15.3m
  7. Czechia: US$13.2m
  8. Finland: US$11.1m
  9. Japan: US$9.2m
  10. Singapore: US$8.1m
  11. South Korea: US$8m
  12. Malaysia: US$7.4m
  13. Sweden: US$6.6m
  14. Austria: US$4.1m
  15. Spain: US$3.6m
  16. Belgium: US$2.9m
  17. Hungary: US$1.5m
  18. Netherlands: US$1.1m
  19. Brazil: US$1.1m
  20. Vietnam: US$988.8k
  21. United Kingdom: US$949.4k
  22. Mexico: US$922.5k
  23. Slovenia: US$868.3k
  24. Türkiye: US$798.4k
  25. Poland: US$635.5k
  26. Indonesia: US$566.1k
  27. Australia: US$469.9k
  28. Portugal: US$307.6k
  29. South Africa: US$303.4k
  30. Slovakia: US$186k
  31. India: US$185.3k
  32. Canada: US$147.7k
  33. Philippines: US$130.4k
  34. Croatia: US$114.7k
  35. Argentina: US$106k
  36. Honduras: US$104.8k
  37. Hong Kong SAR China: US$103.5k
  38. Greece: US$62.3k
  39. Luxembourg: US$42.1k
  40. Estonia: US$40.7k
  41. New Zealand: US$40.5k
  42. Pakistan: US$34.6k
  43. Uzbekistan: US$26.3k
  44. Thailand: US$21.4k
  45. Colombia: US$18.9k
  46. Switzerland: US$16.9k
  47. Georgia: US$15.7k
  48. Chile: US$15.3k
  49. Fiji: US$15.2k
  50. United Arab Emirates: US$14.2k
  51. El Salvador: US$14.1k
  52. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$12.5k
  53. Denmark: US$5.6k
  54. Ireland: US$5.6k
  55. Dominican Republic: US$4.5k
  56. Serbia: US$3k
  57. Bulgaria: US$1.1k
  58. Iceland: US$800
  59. Tunisia: US$400
  60. Mauritius: US$300

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 United States US$36m 16.2%
2 Italy US$23.2m 10.4%
3 China US$22.8m 10.3%
4 Taiwan US$21.4m 9.6%
5 Germany US$17m 7.7%
6 France US$15.3m 6.9%
7 Czechia US$13.2m 5.9%
8 Finland US$11.1m 5%
9 Japan US$9.2m 4.2%
10 Singapore US$8.1m 3.7%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$28.6m 12.9%
2 Canada US$28.3m 12.7%
3 Germany US$16.5m 7.5%
4 Vietnam US$14.7m 6.6%
5 Colombia US$13.4m 6%
6 Netherlands US$10.2m 4.6%
7 India US$8.5m 3.8%
8 France US$7m 3.2%
9 United Kingdom US$6.2m 2.8%
10 Poland US$6.2m 2.8%

Subheading 4810.31 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 4810.31; the duty is duty-free.

Goods from 157 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 157 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 £6.3m (up 63% on the year before), at an average of £1.36 per kg; Austria supplied 41%, followed by Czechia.

World trade in these goods reached US$221.9m in 2024, down 17.8% on 2023.

The United States was the largest exporter with 16.2% of the total, ahead of Italy.

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, and weighing 150 g/m2 or less?

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, and weighing 150 g/m2 or less fall under HS subheading 4810.31, part of heading 4810, 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 4810.31 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 4810.31 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…?

The United States, with US$36m in 2024 (16.2% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

157 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 Austria (41%), Czechia (25%) and Germany (10%), out of total imports of £6.3m.