Chapter 47 at a glance
- HS chapter
- 47
- Section
- X — Pulp, paper & paperboard
- Tariff headings
- 7 (21 subheadings)
As at 2026-08-06. Source: SARS Tariff Book, Schedule 1 Part 1.
HS Chapter 47 covers wood pulp & recovered paper. Every tariff heading in the chapter is listed below, with its subheadings. Headings we have researched carry a duty page link showing the South African customs duty, a worked landed-cost example and any anti-dumping or ITAC permit exposure.
All 7 tariff headings in Chapter 47
Harmonised System HS 2022 nomenclature — the same headings and subheadings the SARS Tariff Book is built on. South Africa classifies to 8 digits, so confirm the last two digits of your line in the Tariff Book before you clear.
4701 Wood pulp, mechanical wood pulp
- 4701.00 Wood pulp; mechanical wood pulp
4702 Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades
- 4702.00 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades
4703 Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades
- 4703.11 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood
- 4703.19 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of non-coniferous wood
- 4703.21 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood
- 4703.29 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood
4704 Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, other than dissolving grades
- 4704.11 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, sulphite, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of coniferous wood
- 4704.19 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, sulphite, (other than dissolving grades), unbleached, of non-coniferous wood
- 4704.21 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, sulphite, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood
- 4704.29 Wood pulp; chemical wood pulp, sulphite, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of non-coniferous wood
4705 Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes
- 4705.00 Wood pulp; obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes
4706 Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material
- 4706.10 Pulp; cotton linters pulp
- 4706.20 Pulp; of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard
- 4706.30 Pulp; of bamboo
- 4706.91 Pulp; of fibrous cellulosic material, other than of bamboo or fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or from cotton linters pulp, mechanical
- 4706.92 Pulp; of fibrous cellulosic material, other than of bamboo or fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or from cotton linters pulp, chemical
- 4706.93 Pulp; of fibrous cellulosic material, other than of bamboo or fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or from cotton linters pulp, obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical processes
4707 Waste and scrap of paper and paperboard
- 4707.10 Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard
- 4707.20 Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass
- 4707.30 Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (e.g. newspapers, journals and similar printed matter)
- 4707.90 Paper or paperboard; waste and scrap, of paper or paperboard n.e.c. in heading no. 4707 and of unsorted waste and scrap