1233.0 - Australian Harmonized Export Commodity Classification (AHECC), Jan 2006  
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Contents >> Detailed export commodity classification >> Section 10: Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper of paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof >> Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts typescripts and plans


4901

Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets
4902

Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material
4903

Children's picture, drawing or colouring books
4904

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
4906


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; cheque forms; banknotes, stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title
4908

Transfers (decalcomanias)
4909


Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings
4910

Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks
4911Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs



NOTES

1. This Chapter does not cover:
    (a) Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37);
    (b) Maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (9023);
    (c) Playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or
    (d) Original engravings, prints or lithographs (9702), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery or the like of 9704, antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years or other articles of Chapter 97.

2. For the purposes of Chapter 49, "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 4901, whether or not containing advertising material.


4. 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 4911.

5. Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, 4901 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 4911.


6. For the purposes of 4903, "children's picture books" means books for children in which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.


SECTION 10 - PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; WASTE AND SCRAP OF PAPER
OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF - CONTINUED
CHAPTER 49 - PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE PRINTING
INDUSTRY; MANUSCRIPTS, TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS

NOTE: For goods exempt from Export Entry, refer to Explanatory Notes, 1.5 Instructions for Completing an Export Entry.


Heading no
HS
code
Export Statistical
Item
Unit of quantity
    Description

4901
    PRINTED BOOKS, BROCHURES, LEAFLETS AND SIMILAR PRINTED MATTER, WHETHER OR NOT IN SINGLE SHEETS:
    4901.10
    4901.10.00
    NO
    - In single sheets, whether or not folded
    4901.9
    - Other:
    4901.91
    4901.91.00
    NO
    -- Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereof
    4901.99
    -- Other:
    4901.99.10

    4901.99.91
    NO

    NO
    --- Comics and similar publications where the content is expressed mainly by illustrations
    --- Other
4902
    NEWSPAPERS, JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS, WHETHER OR NOT ILLUSTRATED OR CONTAINING ADVERTISING MATERIAL:
    4902.10
    4902.10.00
    NO
    - Appearing at least four times a week
    4902.90
    4902.90.00
    NO
    - Other
4903
    4903.00
    4903.00.00
    NO
    CHILDREN'S PICTURE, DRAWING OR COLOURING BOOKS
4904
    4904.00
    4904.00.00
    NO
    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:
    4905.10
    4905.10.00
    NO
    - Globes
    4905.9
    - Other:
    4905.91
    4905.91.00
    NO
    -- In book form
    4905.99
    4905.99.00
    NR
    -- Other
4906
    4906.00
    4906.00.00
    NO
    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(A)
    4907.00
    4907.00.00
    NO
    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; CHEQUE FORMS; BANKNOTES, STOCK, SHARE OR BOND CERTIFICATES AND SIMILAR DOCUMENTS OF TITLE
4908
    TRANSFERS (DECALCOMANIAS):
    4908.10
    4908.10.00
    NO
    - Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable
    4908.90
    4908.90.00
    NO
    - Other
4909
    4909.00
    4909.00.00
    NO
    PRINTED OR ILLUSTRATED POSTCARDS; PRINTED CARDS BEARING PERSONAL GREETINGS, MESSAGES OR ANNOUNCEMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT ILLUSTRATED, WITH OR WITHOUT ENVELOPES OR TRIMMINGS
4910
    4910.00
    4910.00.00
    KG
    CALENDARS OF ANY KIND, PRINTED, INCLUDING CALENDAR BLOCKS
4911
    OTHER PRINTED MATTER, INCLUDING PRINTED PICTURES AND PHOTOGRAPHS:
    4911.10
    4911.10.01
    NR
    - Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like
    4911.9
    - Other:
    4911.91
    4911.91.01
    NR
    -- Pictures, designs and photographs
    4911.99
    4911.99.00
    NR
    -- Other


(A) Commercial value to be shown - not face value

ISSUE DATE: 1 JANUARY 2002



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