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Chapter 49
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Products of the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans

Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Products of the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37);

(b)

maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23);

(c)

playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or

(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.

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 number under a single cover are to be classified in heading 49.01, whether or not containing advertising material.

4.

Heading 49.01 also covers the following:

(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 49.11.

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.

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.

Additional Note

1.

Tariff subheadings 4907.00.16 and 4907.00.18 applies to the foreign currency banknotes mentioned therein, exported from the Republic.

Rates as at
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
49.01Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets:
4901.108In single sheets whether or not foldedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4901.9Other:
4901.910Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereofkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4901.991Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
49.02Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material:
4902.101Appearing at least four times a weekkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4902.908Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4903.000Children's picture, drawing or colouring bookskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4904.004Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustratedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
49.05Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed:
4905.207In book formkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4905.909Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4906.001Plans 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 foregoingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00Unused 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:
4907.00.1Banknotes:
4907.00.404Postage stampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.110National currency, in circulation, repatriated from abroadkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.307Travellers cheques and bills of exchange, denominated in a foreign currencykgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.188Foreign currency, in circulation, as provided for in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 49kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.161Foreign currency, printed locally, not in circulation, as provided for in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 49kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.145Foreign currency, in circulation, importedkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.129National currency, not in circulation, printed abroadkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.196Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.501Revenue stampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4907.00.900Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
49.08Transfers (decalcomanias):
4908.10.100In rolls, of a width of 150 cm or more and a width of the printed area of 130 cm or morekg5%freefreefree5%2%
4908.10Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable:
4908.10.909Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
4908.90Other:
4908.90.107In rolls, of a width of 150 cm or more and a width of the printed area of 130 cm or morekg5%freefreefree5%2%
4908.90.905Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
4909.002Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmingskg15%freefreefree15%6%
4910.002Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blockskg15%freefreefree15%6%
49.11Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs:
4911.10Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like:
4911.10.302Cut samples of cloth, leather, linoleum, wallpaper, carpets or plastic, in book form; colour cards, for paints or similar surfacing preparations, whether or not in book formkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4911.10.205Publications and other advertising matter, relating to fairs, exhibitions and tourism in foreign countrieskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4911.10.108Catalogues, price lists and trade publications of firms or persons having no established place of business in the Republic or no representative holding stocks in the Republickgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4911.10.906Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%
4911.9Other:
4911.913Pictures, designs and photographskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4911.99Other:
4911.99.101Mottoes and texts, of religious subjectskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
4911.99.909Otherkg15%freefreefree15%6%

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