2008 Schedule B - Chapter 49

Section X - Chapter 49                                                                              
                                                                                                    
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.     
                                                                                                    
 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter,                                     
              whether or not in single sheets:                                                      
   In single sheets, whether or not folded . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Dictionaries and encyclopedias, and serial installments                                       
                   thereof:                                                                         
        Dictionaries (including thesauruses) . .No.                                                 
        Encyclopedias  . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
      Other:                                                                                        
        Textbooks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
        Bound newspapers, journals and periodicals                                                  
                     provided for in note 3 of this chapter .No.                                    
        Directories  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
                    Other:                                                                          
           Bibles, testaments, prayer books and other                                               
                        religious books . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                    
           Technical, scientific and professional books No.                                         
           Art and pictorial books . . . . . . .No.                                                 
                       Other:                                                                       
             Hardbound books . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
             Rack size paperbound books  . . . .No.                                                 
                         Other:                                                                     
                Containing not more than 4 pages each                                               
                             (excluding covers) . . . . . . .No.                                    
                Containing 5 or more pages each, but not                                            
                             more than 48 pages each (excluding                                     
                             covers)  . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                    
                Containing 49 or more pages each                                                    
                             (excluding covers) . . . . . . .No.                                    
 Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not                                               
              illustrated or containing advertising material:                                       
   Appearing at least four times a week  . . . .kg                                                  
   Other:                                                                                           
      Newspapers appearing less than four times a week kg                                           
      Other business and professional journals and periodicals                                      
                   (including single issues tied together for shipping                              
                   purposes)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                    
      Other (including single issues tied together for shipping                                     
                   purposes)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                    
 Children's picture, drawing or coloring books .No.                                                 
 Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or                                           
              illustrated:                                                                          
   Sheet music whether or not stapled or folded, but not                                            
                otherwise bound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                     
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
 Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including                                    
              atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed:                          
   Globes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      In book form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .No.                                                 
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial,                                     
              commercial, topographical or similar purposes, being originals                        
              drawn by hand; hand-written texts; photographic reproduc-                             
              tions on sensitized paper and carbon copies of the foregoing kg                       
 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                                     
 Transfers (decalcomanias, except toy):                                                             
   Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable  . . .kg                                                  
   Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
 Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal                                   
              greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not                                  
              illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings:                                  
   Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                               
               Other:                                                                               
      Greeting cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                               
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thsnds                                               
 Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks kg                                       
 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs:                                  
   Trade advertising material, commercial catalogs and the                                          
                like:                                                                               
      Catalogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
               Other:                                                                               
      Pictures, designs and photographs:                                                            
        Posters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
        Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg                                                  
      Other  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kg