HS Code 4701Wood pulp, mechanical wood pulp

What HS code 4701 covers

Mechanical pulp is made with physical force. Wood is ground or refined until the fibres come apart. No chemicals are used to dissolve the natural glue that holds the fibres together, so much of the wood's other content stays in the pulp.

This gives you a simple test. Ask how the fibres were freed. If force did the work, the pulp fits here. If chemicals did the work, look at the chemical pulp headings instead.

Some traders write this as HSN code 4701. The numbering is the same, because both names point to the Harmonized System classification used by customs offices around the world.

The wider family is pulp of wood and other fibrous cellulosic material. That family also takes in pulp made from recovered paper, and the waste paper itself.

HS code 470100 and national code variants

Every country that uses the system reads it the same way. That makes it a safe key when you compare trade between markets.

Many customs offices add extra digits after the first six for their own tariffs and statistics. Those longer numbers differ from one country to the next, so a local code is not the same thing as the world code.

If you are not sure whether your goods belong here, try the HS code classifier before you ship. It is quicker than fixing a wrong declaration later.

Difference between mechanical and chemical wood pulp HS codes

The process decides the heading. Chemical pulp is cooked with chemicals to free the fibres. Mechanical pulp is not. Pulp made with a mix of both methods has its own heading, and so does pulp from recovered paper.

These are the nearby headings, using the official wording:

• 4702: chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades.
• 4706: pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material.

Who imports mechanical wood pulp? Find buyers and suppliers

Customs shipment records show who buys and sells a product across borders. They come from real filings, not from guesses. That makes them a solid starting point if you want to find importers and exporters of this pulp.

EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources. Coverage is 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries. Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets.

Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily. You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo.

To go further, open the import data or export data pages. Use the buyer data and supplier data pages if you would rather start from companies than from codes.