U.S. exports of Manifold Business Forms & Interleaved Carbon Sets of Paper or Paperboard (HS 482040) totaled $255K in August 2026.
Importers of Manifold Business Forms & Interleaved Carbon Sets of Paper or Paperboard paid $33K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 21.00% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Manifold Business Forms & Interleaved Carbon Sets of Paper or Paperboard imports of $160K in August 2026 ran 15% above the year-to-date monthly average of $139K.
Last updated: August 2026 dataManifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets — multi-part forms used in invoicing, receipts, and order processing — enter under a single line, 4820400000. Canada is the leading US supplier, consistent with the deep integration of North American commercial printing industries, with China and several European sources also present. Demand for these products has contracted as electronic document workflows displace paper-based multi-part forms, making this a mature, lower-volume import category concentrated among specialized commercial printers and forms distributors.
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32 import shipments a month
Manifold business forms are specifically designed to produce simultaneous duplicate copies — either through interleaved carbon paper or carbonless chemistry — and are used in commercial transactions such as invoices, purchase orders, and receipts. Printed paper forms that do not incorporate a copy-transfer mechanism are classified elsewhere in Chapter 49 as printed matter rather than under heading 4820.
Yes. Both traditional interleaved carbon sets and carbonless (no-carbon-required) multi-part forms that function as manifold business forms are classified under 4820400000, provided they are designed for simultaneous copy production in a commercial-form context. The copy mechanism — carbon paper versus chemical coating — does not change the classification.
Subheading 5 of 6 in heading 4820
Subheading 482040 · $255K of $12.9M
ImportsExports
Imports
$160KYoY · free account
Exports
$255KYoY · free account
12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $1.7M of Manifold Business Forms & Interleaved Carbon Sets of Paper or Paperboard and exported $1.5M.
Fewer than 6 of the last 12 months reported trade, or the latest month was under $500K; the trend chart is not shown for thin series.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Exports · August 2026
destination
Canada and Mexico together take 85% of it.
customs district
origin
entry
rate provision · imports
33.7% enters free of duty; duty collected equals 21.00% of imports for consumption.
HS10 import codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
| Code | Description | Imports for consumption | Average duty rate | Dutiable Share | Duty Collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4820400000 | Manifold Business Forms/Intrleavd Carbon Sets Ppr | $160K | 21.00% | 66.34% | $33K |
HS10 export codes under this HS6 parent, each with its own page. Source: U.S. Schedule B export classification.
| Code | Description | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 4820400000 | Manifold Business Forms/Intrleavd Carbon Sets Ppr | $255K |
Import lines come from the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule and export lines from Schedule B. The two are numbered by different agencies, so the same 10-digit code can appear in both tables describing a different product.
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