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Code 4803 00 31 · Subheading 4803 00

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Creped household or toilet tissue paper and tissue cellulose-fibre material, in large rolls or sheets, up to 25 g/m² per layer

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.

This code covers creped paper for household or toilet use and tissue cellulose-fibre material, including versions that are pleated, patterned, perforated, coloured, decorated or printed. It applies to rolls wider than 36 cm or to square or rectangular sheets with one side longer than 36 cm and the other longer than 15 cm when unfolded, with a weight per layer of 25 g/m² or less.

For example

  • A roll of creped household-use tissue paper wider than 36 cm, weighing 25 g/m² or less per layer
  • A rectangular sheet of creped toilet-use tissue paper with one side longer than 36 cm and the other longer than 15 cm when unfolded, weighing 25 g/m² or less per layer
  • A roll of perforated tissue cellulose-fibre material wider than 36 cm, weighing 25 g/m² or less per layer
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Official tariff text

Creped paper for household or sanitary purposes and webs of cellulose fibres "tissues", in rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 25 g/m² per ply

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4803 00 31

Creped household or toilet tissue paper and tissue cellulose-fibre material, in large rolls or sheets, up to 25 g/m² per layer

The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 48030031.

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Trade measures to be aware of

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

  • Lower duty for goods from some countries

    Preferential rates exist for goods originating in United Kingdom and United States. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

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  • Restrictions and paperwork

    Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Ukraine, Indonesia, Belarus and Russian Federation.

    Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:

    • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
    • Movement certificate EUR.1
    • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document
    • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
    • Goods not requiring the presentation of a FLEGT import licence for timber
    • 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
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    • FLEGT import licence for timber
    • Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 8f of Regulation (EU) No 765/2006)
    • Import authorisation by virtue of article 1ra paragraph 10 of Council Regulation (EU) 765/2006
    • The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 4)
    • The prohibitions defined in article 1ra paragraph 1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 765/2006 do not apply (see exemptions in article 1ra paragraph 3)
    • The prohibitions defined in article 3i.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 do not apply (see exemptions in article 3i.3aa)
    • Goods entered the territory of the customs union of the EU and presented to customs authorities prior to the entry into force or to applicability date of the present sanction, whichever is latest (see Article 12e of Regulation (EU) No 833/2014)
    • Import authorisation by virtue of article 12b.2 of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
    • Import authorisation by virtue of article 3i paragraph 3c of Council Regulation (EU) 833/2014
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EU tariff measure data version 2026-08-03-tullverket.

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

  • 48.03.0001

    Cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

  • 48.03.0009

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

  • 4803 00 31 00

    Not more than 25 g/m<sup>2</sup>

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 3, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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