U.S. exports of Machinery for Making Pulp from Fibrous Cellulosic Material (SITC 72511) totaled $177K in August 2026.
Importers of Machinery for Making Pulp from Fibrous Cellulosic Material paid $5K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 5.06% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Machinery for Making Pulp from Fibrous Cellulosic Material imports of $101K in August 2026 ran 85% below the year-to-date monthly average of $690K.
Last updated: August 2026 dataPulping machinery converts raw fibrous cellulosic feedstocks — wood chips, agricultural residues, or recovered fiber — into the slurry that feeds paper and paperboard production lines, making it a foundational capital good for the forest-products industry. Equipment in this category includes digesters, refiners, and defibrators designed specifically for cellulosic pulp production, distinguishing them from general mixing or grinding machinery. Procurement cycles for pulping machinery are long and capital-intensive, and buyers should confirm that the equipment's design is dedicated to cellulosic fiber processing to support correct SITC classification.
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This heading is limited to machinery designed for fibrous cellulosic material. Equipment engineered to handle synthetic or mineral fibers would not qualify; multi-purpose machines should be classified by their principal designed function, and a customs broker should be consulted when the feedstock mix is ambiguous.
Technical specifications from the manufacturer confirming the machine's design for cellulosic fiber processing, engineering drawings, and commercial invoices describing the equipment's function are all useful. For high-value capital equipment, a binding ruling request to CBP can provide classification certainty before shipment.
Basic heading 72511 · $177K of $76.2B
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Exports · August 2026
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12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $11.6M of Machinery for Making Pulp from Fibrous Cellulosic Material.
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 · exports 10 of 12 months reported. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.