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Heading / Subheading Stat Suffix Article Description Unit of Quantity Rates of Duty
1-General 1-Special 2
4901
Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets:
4901.10.00
In single sheets, whether or not folded
Free [1]Free [2]
4901.10.0020
Reproduction proofs
kg
4901.10.0040
Other
kg
Other:
4901.91.00
Dictionaries and encyclopedias, and serial installments thereof
Free [1]Free [2]
4901.91.0020
Dictionaries (including thesauruses)
No.
4901.91.0040
Encyclopedias
No.
4901.99.00
Other
Free [1]Free [2]
4901.99.0010
Textbooks
No.
4901.99.0020
Bound newspapers, journals and periodicals provided for in Legal Note 3 to this chapter
No.
4901.99.0030
Directories
No.
Other:
4901.99.0040
Bibles, testaments, prayer books and other religious books
No.
4901.99.0050
Technical, scientific and professional books
No.
Art and pictorial books:
4901.99.0060
Valued under $5 each
No.
4901.99.0065
Valued $5 or more each
No.
Other:
4901.99.0070
Hardbound books
No.
4901.99.0075
Rack size paperbound books
No.
Other:
4901.99.0091
Containing not more than 4 pages each (excluding covers)
No.
4901.99.0092
Containing 5 or more pages each, but not more than 48 pages each (excluding covers)
No.
4901.99.0093
Containing 49 or more pages each (excluding covers)
No.
4902
Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material:
4902.10.0000
Appearing at least four times a week
kgFree [1]Free [2]
4902.90
Other:
4902.90.1000
Newspaper supplements printed by a gravure process
No.Free [1]25% [2]
4902.90.20
Other
Free [1]Free [2]
4902.90.2020
Newspapers appearing less than four times per week
kg
4902.90.2040
Other business and professional journals and periodicals (including single issues tied together for shipping purposes)
No.
4902.90.2060
Other (including single issues tied together for shipping purposes)
No.
4903.00.0000
Children's picture, drawing or coloring books
No.FreeFree [2]
4904.00.00
Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated
Free [1]Free [2]
4904.00.0020
Sheet music, whether or not stapled or folded, but not otherwise bound
kg
4904.00.0040
Other
No.
4905
Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed:
4905.20.0000
In book form
No.Free [1]Free
4905.90
Other:
4905.90.2000
Globes
kgFree [1]35%
4905.90.6000
Other
kgFree [1]Free
4906.00.0000
Plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes, being originals drawn by hand; handwritten texts; photographic reproductions on sensitized paper and carbon copies of the foregoing
kgFree [1]25% [2]
4907.00.0000
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognized face value; stamp-impressed paper; banknotes; check forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title
kgFree [1]66¢/kg [2]
4908
Transfers (decalcomanias):
4908.10.0000
Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable
kgFree [1]66¢/kg + 15%
4908.90.0000
Other
kgFree [1]88¢/kg [2]
4909.00
Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings:
4909.00.2000
Postcards
thousandsFree [1]25% [2]
4909.00.4000
Other
kgFree45%
4910.00
Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks:
Printed on paper or paperboard in whole or in part by a lithographic process:
4910.00.2000
Not over 0.51 mm in thickness
kgFree66¢/kg [2]
4910.00.4000
Over 0.51 mm in thickness
kgFree [1]19¢/kg
4910.00.6000
Other
kgFree [1]35%
4911
Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs:
4911.10.00
Trade advertising material, commercial catalogs and the like
Free [1]Free [2]
4911.10.0020
Printed catalogs relating principally to current offers for the sale of United States products
No.
4911.10.0040
Printed catalogs, price lists or trade notices, relating to offers, by a person whose principal place of business or bonafide residence is in a foreign country, to sell or rent products of a foreign country or to furnish foreign or international transportation or commercial insurance services
No.
4911.10.0060
Tourist and other literature (including posters), containing geographic, historical, hotel, institutional, timetable, travel or similar information, principally with respect to places, travel facilities or educational opportunities outside the customs territory of the United States
kg
4911.10.0080
Other
kg
Other:
4911.91
Pictures, designs and photographs:
4911.91.1000
Printed over 20 years at time of importation
kgFree [1]Free [2]
Printed not over 20 years at time of importation:
4911.91.1500
Suitable for use in the production of articles of heading 4901
kgFree [1]Free
Other:
Lithographs on paper or paperboard:
4911.91.20
Not over 0.51 mm in thickness
Free66¢/kg
4911.91.2020
Posters
kg
4911.91.2040
Other
kg
4911.91.3000
Over 0.51 mm in thickness
kgFree19.3¢/kg
4911.91.40
Other
Free [1]25% [2]
4911.91.4020
Posters
kg
4911.91.4040
Other
kg
4911.99
Other:
4911.99.2000
International customs forms (carnets) and parts thereof, in English or French (whether or not in additional languages)
kgFree [1]Free
Other:
4911.99.6000
Printed on paper in whole or in part by a lithographic process
kgFree [1]66¢/kg + 0.4%
4911.99.8000
Other
kgFree [1]35%
  • Footnotes
  • [1] See 9903.88.15.
  • [2] See 9903.90.08.