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Other printed matter
HS 491199
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Clearance difficulty by destination
- KoreaSelf-clearable
[-] Printed matter, accessories and sundries carry no customs-verified requirement by default; a children’s, food-contact or electrical function moves them into the corresponding regime.
- United StatesSelf-clearable
[CBP] Printed matter has no federal pre-import approval; CBP trademark/copyright border enforcement still applies.
- TaiwanSelf-clearable
[-] Printed matter, accessories and sundries generally carry no import rule; for mainland-China origin the MW0/MP1 rules must still be checked.
- ChinaBroker recommended
[NPPA] Importing publications (books, periodicals, printed matter) is limited to firms holding a publication import licence and is subject to content review; even small personal quantities can be screened, so K-pop photobooks and magazines need checking.
2026-09-07
Names (4 languages)
- enOther printed matter
- zh_hant其他印刷品
- zh_hans其他印刷品
National tariff lines
Korea
- 4911990000기타
United States
- 4911.99.20.00International customs forms (carnets) and parts thereof, in English or French (whether or not in additional languages)
- 4911.99.60.00Printed on paper in whole or in part by a lithographic process
- 4911.99.80.00Other
Taiwan
- 49119900002其他印刷品
China
- 49119910纸质的其他印刷品
- 49119990其他印刷品
Rulings
Rulings held:Korea 38United States 560Taiwan 3China —
Korea 38
- 관세평가분류원Other printed matter; Officehard VEXDecided line: 4911990000Date: 2023-12-12Reference: CLIP-0072023004471
- 관세평가분류원Other printed matter; CHARACTER MASKING TAPE; 15mm*3mDecided line: 4911990000Date: 2023-03-06Reference: CLIP-0072023000752
- 관세평가분류원Other printed matter ; PAPER CARD; LITTLE BEAN PHONICSDecided line: 4911990000Date: 2023-02-17Reference: CLIP-0072023000688
United States 560
- NYThe tariff classification of printed wall art from PolandDecided line: 4911.91.4040, 4911.99.8000Date: 2026-07-16Reference: N362474
- NYThe tariff classification of printed medium density fiberboard cubes from ChinaDecided line: 4911.99.8000Date: 2026-03-04Reference: N358767
- NYThe tariff classification of wall signs from ChinaDecided line: 4420.19.0000, 4911.99.8000, 9903.01.22, 9903.01.24, 9903.01.25, 9903.01.31Date: 2025-11-03Reference: N355058
No public classification-ruling corpus exists for China, so there is nothing to show.