HSN chapter guide
Chapter 47 — Pulp of wood
23 eight-digit tariff lines. Rates below are from the Indian Customs Tariff First Schedule. Use the AI HSN classifier if you only have a product description. Reviewed by the CustomsAI compliance desk · 24 August 2026.
Chapter notes
- For the purposes of heading 47.02, the expression 'chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades' means chemical wood pulp having by weight an insoluble fraction of 92% or more for soda or sulphate wood pulp or of 88% or more for sulphite wood pulp after one hour in a caustic soda solution containing 18% sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 20°C, and for sulphite wood pulp an ash content that does not exceed 0.15% by weight.
- The Chapter does not cover: (a) Cotton linters (heading 14.04); (b) Synthetic paper pulps consisting of sheets of non-coherent polyethylene or polypropylene fibres (heading 39.20); (c) Fibreboard (heading 44.11); (d) Filter blocks, slabs or plates, of paper pulp (heading 48.12); (e) Other articles of paper pulp (Chapter 48).
Sample 8-digit lines
| HSN | Description | BCD |
|---|---|---|
| 4701 00 00 | MECHANICAL WOOD PULP | 5% |
| 4702 00 00 | CHEMICAL WOOD PULP, DISSOLVING GRADES | 5% |
| 4702 00 10 | Rayon grade wood pulp | 5% |
| 4702 00 90 | Other | 5% |
| 4703 11 00 | Coniferous | 5% |
| 4703 19 00 | Non-coniferous | 5% |
| 4703 21 00 | Coniferous | 5% |
| 4703 29 00 | Non-coniferous | 5% |
| 4704 11 00 | Coniferous | 5% |
| 4704 19 00 | Non-coniferous | 5% |
| 4704 21 00 | Coniferous | 5% |
| 4704 29 00 | Non-coniferous | 5% |
| 4705 00 00 | WOOD PULP OBTAINED BY A COMBINATION OF MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PULPING PROCESSES | 5% |
| 4706 10 00 | Cotton linters pulp | 5% |
| 4706 20 00 | Pulps of fibers derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard | 5% |
| 4706 30 00 | Other, of bamboo | 5% |
| 4706 91 00 | Mechanical | 5% |
| 4706 92 00 | Chemical | 5% |
| 4706 93 00 | Obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical processes | 5% |
| 4707 10 00 | Unbleached Kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard | 10% |
| 4707 20 00 | Other paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass | 10% |
| 4707 30 00 | Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, newspapers, journals and similar printed matter) | 10% |
| 4707 90 00 | Other, including unsorted waste and scrap | 10% |