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2005 Schedule B - Chapter 49

                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Chapter - 49                                                                                        
2005 Sched ule B                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Products of                                           
the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans                                           
                                                                                                    
Notes                                                                                               
                                                                                                    
1.  This chapter does not cover:                                                                    
                                                                                                    
  (a). Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases                                     
       (chapter37);                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
  (b). Maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed                                     
      (heading 9023);                                                                               
                                                                                                    
  (c). Playing cards or other goods of chapter 95; or                                               
                                                                                                    
  (d). Original engravings, prints and lithographs (heading                                         
       9702), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks,                                           
       first-day covers, postal stationery or the like of                                           
       heading 9704, antiques of an age exceeding one hundred                                       
       years, or other articles of chapter 97.                                                      
                                                                                                    
2.  For the purposes of chapter 49 the term "printed" also                                          
    means reproduced by means of a duplicating machine,                                             
    produced under the control of an automatic data processing                                      
    machine, embossed, photographed, photocopied, thermocopied                                      
    or typewritten.                                                                                 
                                                                                                    
3.  Newspapers, journals and periodicals which are bound                                            
    otherwise than in paper, and sets of newspapers, journals                                       
    or periodicals comprising more than one issue under a                                           
    single cover are to be classified in heading 4901, whether                                      
    or not containing advertising material.                                                         
                                                                                                    
4.  Heading 4901 also covers:                                                                       
                                                                                                    
  (a). A collection of printed reproductions of, for example,                                       
       works of art or drawings, with a relative text, put up                                       
       with numbered pages in a form suitable for binding into                                      
       one or more volumes;                                                                         
                                                                                                    
  (b). A pictorial supplement accompanying, and subsidiary to,                                      
       a bound volume; and                                                                          
                                                                                                    
  (c). Printed parts of books or booklets, in the form of                                           
       assembled or separate sheets or signatures, constituting                                     
       the whole or a part of a complete work and designed for                                      
       binding.                                                                                     
                                                                                                    
    However, printed pictures or illustrations not bearing a                                        
    text, whether in the form of signatures or separate sheets,                                     
    fall in heading 4911.                                                                           
                                                                                                    
5.  Subject to note 3 of this chapter, heading 4901 does not                                        
    cover publications which are essentially devoted to                                             
    advertising (for example, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets,                                       
    trade catalogs, yearbooks published by trade associations,                                      
    and tourist promotional literature).  Such publications                                         
    are to be classified in heading 4911.                                                           
                                                                                                    
6.  For the purposes of heading 4903, the expression                                                
    "children's picture books" means books for children in                                          
    which the pictures form the principal interest and the text                                     
    is subsidiary.                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
4901          Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar                                                   
	     printed matter, whether or not in single                                                      
	     sheets:                                                                                       
4901100000      In single sheets, whether or not folded . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Other:                                                                               
490191             Dictionaries and encyclopedias, and serial                                                  
		  installments thereof:                                                                           
4901910020           Dictionaries (including thesauruses) . .No.                                               
4901910040           Encyclopedias  . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
490199             Other:                                                                                      
4901990010           Textbooks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4901990020           Bound newspapers, journals and                                                            
		    periodicals provided for in note 3 of                                                         
		    this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                   
4901990030           Directories   . . . . . . . . . . . . . No                                                
                      Other:                                                                        
4901990040              Bibles, testaments, prayer books and                                                   
		       other religious books . . . . . . . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4901990050              Technical, scientific and pro-                                                         
		       fessional books  . . . . . . . . . . No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4901990055              Art and pictorial books  . . . . . . No                                                
                                                                                                    
                         Other:                                                                     
4901990070                Hardbound books . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
4901990075                Rack size paperbound books . . . . No                                                
                                                                                                    
                           Other:                                                                   
4901990091                   Containing not more than 4 pages                                                  
			    each (excluding covers)  . . . .No.                                                          
                                                                                                    
4901990092                   Containing 5 or more pages each,                                                  
			    but not more than 48 pages each                                                              
			    (excluding covers)   . . . . . .No.                                                          
                                                                                                    
4901990093                   Containing 49 or more pages each                                                  
                            (excluding covers) . . . . . . .No.                                     
                                                                                                    
4902          Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether                                                    
	     or not illustrated or containing advertising                                                  
	     material:                                                                                     
4902100000      Appearing at least four times a week  . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
490290          Other:                                                                                         
4902902020         Newspapers appearing less than four times                                                   
		  a week  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . kg                                                    
                                                                                                    
4902902040         Other business and professional journals                                                    
		  and periodicals (including single issues                                                        
		  tied together for shipping purposes)   . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4902905000         Other (including single issues tied                                                         
		  together for shipping purposes)  . . . . .No.                                                   
                                                                                                    
4903000000    Children's picture, drawing or coloring books..No                                                
                                                                                                    
4904          Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or                                                      
	     not bound or illustrated:                                                                     
4904000020      Sheet music whether or not stapled or folded,                                                  
	       but not otherwise bound . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
4904000040      Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
                                                                                                    
4905          Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all                                                   
	     kinds, including atlases, wall maps,                                                          
	     topographical plans and globes, printed:                                                      
4905100000      Globes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Other:                                                                               
4905910000         In book form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                               
4905990000         Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4906000000    Plans and drawings for architectural,                                                            
	     engineering, industrial, commercial, topo-                                                    
	     graphical or similar purposes, being originals                                                
             drawn by hand; hand-written texts; photo-                                              
	     graphic reproductions on sensitized paper and                                                 
	     carbon copies of the foregoing   . . . . . . . kg                                             
                                                                                                    
4907000000    Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of                                                     
	     current or new issue in the country to 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  . . . . . . . . . .kg                                             
                                                                                                    
4908          Transfers (decalcomanias, except toy):                                                           
4908100000      Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable  . . .kg                                                
4908900000      Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4909          Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards                                                  
	     bearing personal greetings, messages or                                                       
	     announcements, whether or not illustrated,                                                    
	     with or without envelopes or trimmings:                                                       
4909002000      Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                             
               Other:                                                                               
4909004020         Greeting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                             
4909004040         Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                             
                                                                                                    
4910000000    Calendars of any kind, printed, including                                                        
	     calendar blocks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                              
                                                                                                    
4911          Other printed matter, including printed                                                          
	     pictures and photographs:                                                                     
491110          Trade advertising material, commercial                                                         
	       catalogs and the like:                                                                      
4911100050         Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4911100090         Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
               Other:                                                                               
491191             Pictures, designs and photographs:                                                          
4911910020           Posters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
4911910040           Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                
                                                                                                    
4911990000         Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                

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Source: FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233
Location: MAIN: REFERENCE:CODES: SCHEDULE B 2005
Created: 20 December 2004
Last modified: 20 December 2004 at 10:10:29 AM