Product guide

Paperboard Carton & EUDR

Paperboard cartons can fall within Chapter 48 when sold in their own right, but packaging used only to carry another product can be excluded under stated conditions.

Status

Conditional — product vs packaging use matters

Next step

Confirm exact material, product use and origin-country facts in the combined checker.

Typical business cases

Empty cartons sold wholesale

Can be treated as the traded product itself.

Retail box around another item

May fall under the packaging-use exclusion if the legal conditions are met.

Recovered / used cartons

Recovered-material and used/second-hand exclusions can also apply.