Chapter 49
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Printed Products
69 tariff lines · 50 filing-ready 10-digit codes · codes begin with 49
Chapter 49 of the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Printed Products. Every code in this chapter starts with the digits 49. Work down the nested list below: the bold headings are broad categories, and the 10-digit statistical codes underneath them are what you actually declare to US Customs. Duty rates shown are the general (Column 1) rates that apply to most trading partners.
Codes in Chapter 49
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4901.10.00 | In single sheets, whether or not folded | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4901.10.00.20 | Reproduction proofs | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.10.00.40 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.91.00 | Dictionaries and encyclopedias, and serial installments thereof | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4901.91.00.20 | Dictionaries (including thesauruses) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.91.00.40 | Encyclopedias | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4901.99.00.10 | Textbooks | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.20 | Bound newspapers, journals and periodicals provided for in Legal Note 3 to this chapter | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.30 | Directories | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.40 | Bibles, testaments, prayer books and other religious books | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.50 | Technical, scientific and professional books | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.60 | Valued under $5 each | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.65 | Valued $5 or more each | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.70 | Hardbound books | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.75 | Rack size paperbound books | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.91 | Containing not more than 4 pages each (excluding covers) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.92 | Containing 5 or more pages each, but not more than 48 pages each (excluding covers) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4901.99.00.93 | Containing 49 or more pages each (excluding covers) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4902.10.00.00 | Appearing at least four times a week | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4902.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 4902.90.10.00 | Newspaper supplements printed by a gravure process | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4902.90.20 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4902.90.20.20 | Newspapers appearing less than four times per week | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4902.90.20.40 | Other business and professional journals and periodicals (including single issues tied together for shipping purposes) | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4902.90.20.60 | Other (including single issues tied together for shipping purposes) | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4904.00.00.20 | Sheet music, whether or not stapled or folded, but not otherwise bound | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4904.00.00.40 | Other | 10-digit statistical code |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4905.20.00.00 | In book form | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4905.90 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 4905.90.20.00 | Globes | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4905.90.60.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4908.10.00.00 | Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4908.90.00.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4909.00.20.00 | Postcards | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4909.00.40.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4910.00.20.00 | Not over 0.51 mm in thickness | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4910.00.40.00 | Over 0.51 mm in thickness | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4910.00.60.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| HTS code | Description | Level | General duty rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4911.10.00 | Trade advertising material, commercial catalogs and the like | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4911.10.00.20 | Printed catalogs relating principally to current offers for the sale of United States products | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.10.00.40 | 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 | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.10.00.60 | 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 | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.10.00.80 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.91 | Pictures, designs and photographs | 6-digit heading | |
| 4911.91.10.00 | Printed over 20 years at time of importation | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4911.91.15.00 | Suitable for use in the production of articles of heading 4901 | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4911.91.20 | Not over 0.51 mm in thickness | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4911.91.20.20 | Posters | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.91.20.40 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.91.30.00 | Over 0.51 mm in thickness | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4911.91.40 | Other | 8-digit subheading | Free |
| 4911.91.40.20 | Posters | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.91.40.40 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | |
| 4911.99 | Other | 6-digit heading | |
| 4911.99.20.00 | International customs forms (carnets) and parts thereof, in English or French (whether or not in additional languages) | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4911.99.60.00 | Printed on paper in whole or in part by a lithographic process | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
| 4911.99.80.00 | Other | 10-digit statistical code | Free |
Not sure which line applies?
Classification follows the General Rules of Interpretation: the most specific description wins, and you must use a 10-digit statistical code on the entry. When two lines look equally plausible, a CBP binding ruling is the only way to be certain.
Source: USITC Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2026 Basic Edition, Revision 16. Rate text is reproduced verbatim from the official export; category paths and duty estimates are derived.
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