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Chapter 49 |
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PRINTED
BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY;
MANUSCRIPTS, TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS |
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Notes. |
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1.
This Chapter does not cover: |
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(a)
Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37); |
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(b)
Maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23); |
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(c)
Playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or |
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(d)
Original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 97.02), postage or
revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery or the
like of heading 97.04, antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years or
other articles of Chapter 97. |
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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. |
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3.
Newspapers, journals and periodicals which are bound otherwise than in paper,
and sets of newspapers, journals or periodicals comprising more than one
number under a single cover are to be classified in heading 49.01, whether or
not containing advertising material. |
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4.
Heading 49.01 also covers: |
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(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; |
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(b)
A pictorial supplement accompanying, and subsidiary to, a bound volume; and |
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(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. |
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However,
printed pictures or illustrations not bearing a text, whether in the form of
signatures or separate sheets, fall in heading 49.11. |
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5.
Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, heading 49.01 does not cover publications
which are essentially devoted to advertising (for example, brochures,
pamphlets, leaflets, trade catalogues, year books published by trade
associations, tourist propaganda). Such publications are to be classified in
heading 49.11. |
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6.
For the purposes of heading 49.03, the expression “children’s picture books”
means books for children in which the pictures form the principal interest
and the text is subsidiary. |
| HS code |
Product
description in English |
| 4901 |
Printed books,
brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single
sheets. |
| 49011000 |
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In single sheets, whether or not folded |
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Other: |
| 49019100 |
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- Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereof |
| 490199 |
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- Other: |
| 49019910 |
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- - Educational, technical, scientific, historical or cultural books |
| 49019990 |
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- - Other |
| 4902 |
Newspapers,
journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing
advertising material. |
| 49021000 |
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Appearing at least four times a week |
| 490290 |
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Other: |
| 49029010 |
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- Educational, technical, scientific, historical or cultural journals and
periodicals |
| 49029090 |
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- Other |
| 49030000 |
Children’s
picture, drawing or colouring books. |
| 49040000 |
Music,
printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated. |
| 4905 |
Maps
and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall
maps, topographical plans and globes, printed. |
| 49051000 |
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Globes |
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Other: |
| 49059100 |
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- In book form |
| 49059900 |
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- Other |
| 49060000 |
Plans
and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial,
topographical or similar purposes, being originals drawn by hand;
hand-written texts; photographic reproductions on sensitised paper and carbon
copies of the foregoing. |
| 4907 |
Unused
postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in
which they have, or will have, a recognised face value; stamp-impressed
paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar
documents of title. |
| 49070010 |
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Banknotes, being legal tender |
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Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps: |
| 49070021 |
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- Postage stamps |
| 49070029 |
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- Other |
| 49070040 |
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Stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title; cheque
forms |
| 49070090 |
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Other |
| 4908 |
Transfers
(decalcomanias). |
| 49081000 |
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Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable |
| 49089000 |
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Other |
| 49090000 |
Printed
or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages
or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or
trimmings. |
| 49100000 |
Calendars
of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks. |
| 4911 |
Other
printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs. |
| 491110 |
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Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like: |
| 49111010 |
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- Catalogues listing only educational, technical, scientific, historical or
cultural books and publications |
| 49111090 |
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- Other |
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Other: |
| 491191 |
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- Pictures, designs and photographs: |
| 49119110 |
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- - Designs |
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- - Other, of a kind to be mounted for instructional purposes: |
| 49119121 |
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- - - Anatomical and botanical |
| 49119129 |
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- - - Other |
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- - Other: |
| 49119131 |
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- - - Anatomical and botanical |
| 49119139 |
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- - - Other |
| 491199 |
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- Other: |
| 49119910 |
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- - Printed cards for jewellery or for small objects of personal adornment or
articles of personal use normally carried in the pocket, handbag or on the
person |
| 49119920 |
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- - Printed labels for explosives |
| 49119930 |
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- - Educational, technical, scientific, historical or cultural material
printed on a set of cards |
| 49119990 |
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- - Other |