HS code 4820: Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt
Heading 4820 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 48, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
4820Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard
Place in the nomenclature: 48 Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard > 4820
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting pads, binders, folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book covers, of paper and paperboard
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 9
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 4820
- 4820 10Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, of paper or paperboard
- 4820 10 10 Registers, account books, order books and receipt books
- 4820 10 30 Notebooks, letter pads and memorandum pads
- 4820 10 50 Diaries
- 4820 10 90 Other
- 4820 20Exercise books
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Exercise books of paper or paperboard
- 4820 20 00 Exercise books
- 4820 30Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers, of paper or paperboard
- 4820 30 00 Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers
- 4820 40Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets, of paper or paperboard
- 4820 40 00 Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
- 4820 50Albums for samples or for collections
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Albums for samples or collections, of paper or paperboard
- 4820 50 00 Albums for samples or for collections
- 4820 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Blotting pads and similar articles of stationery, of paper and paperboard, and book covers of paper or paperboard (excl. registers, account books, notebooks, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries, exercise books, binders, folders, file covers, manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets, and albums for samples or for collections)
- 4820 90 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Not a binding classification
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.