2[CHAPTER 49
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Products Of The Printing
Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts And Plans.
(Section Notes)
Main 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 (heading 9023) ;
(c) playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95 ; or
(d) original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 9702), postage or revenue stamps, stamppostmarks, 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 number 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 to this Chapter, heading 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 heading 4911.
6 For the purposes of heading 4903, the expression "children?s picture books" means booksfor children in which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.
Supplemetary Notes
1 For the purposes of tariff item4907 00 30, "InformationTechnology software" means any representation of instructions, data, sound or image, including source code and object code, recorded in a machine readable form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine.
| Chapter Number | ITC (HS) Code | Description | Dashes | Export Policy | Policy Condition | Notification No | Notification Date |
| 49 | 49 | Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Products Of The Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts And Plans. | |||||
| 49 | 4901 | Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets. | |||||
| 49 | 490110 | In single sheets, whether or not folded | - | ||||
| 49 | 49011010 | Printed books | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49011020 | Pamphlets, booklets, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter other | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49019100 | Other : -- Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereof | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 49019900 | Other : -- Other | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 4902 | Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material. | |||||
| 49 | 490210 | Appearing at least four times a week | - | ||||
| 49 | 49021010 | Newspapers | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49021020 | Journals and periodicals | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 490290 | Other | - | ||||
| 49 | 49029010 | Newspapers | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49029020 | Journals and periodicals | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 4903 | Childrens picture, drawing or colouring books. | |||||
| 49 | 490300 | Children's picture, drawing or colouring books : | |||||
| 49 | 49030010 | Picture books | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49030020 | Drawing or colouring books | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49040000 | Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated. | Free | ||||
| 49 | 4905 | Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed. | |||||
| 49 | 49052000 | In book form | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 490590 | Other: | |||||
| 49 | 49059010 | Geographical, hydrological, astronomical maps or charts | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 49059020 | Globe | - | ||||
| 49 | 49059090 | Other | - - - | Free | |||
| 49 | 49060000 | 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. | - - - | Free | |||
| 49 | 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; stampimpressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title. | - | ||||
| 49 | 490700 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognized face value; stampimpressed paper; bank notes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title : | |||||
| 49 | 49070010 | Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognized face value | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 49070020 | Bank notes | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49070030 | Documents of title conveying the right to use Information Technology software | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49070090 | Other | Free | ||||
| 49 | 4908 | Transfers (decalcomanias). | |||||
| 49 | 49081000 | Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49089000 | Other | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 4909 | Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings. | --- | ||||
| 49 | 490900 | Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings : | |||||
| 49 | 49090010 | Greetings or Wedding cards | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49090090 | Other | Free | ||||
| 49 | 4910 | Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks. | - | ||||
| 49 | 491000 | Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks : | |||||
| 49 | 49100010 | Advertising calendar | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 49100090 | Other | Free | ||||
| 49 | 4911 | Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs. | --- | ||||
| 49 | 491110 | Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like | --- | ||||
| 49 | 49111010 | Posters, printed | Free | ||||
| 49 | 49111020 | Commercial catalogues | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49111030 | Printed inlay cards | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49111090 | Other | Free | ||||
| 49 | 49119100 | Other : -- Pictures, designs and photographs | - | Free | |||
| 49 | 491199 | Other : -- Other | --- | ||||
| 49 | 49119910 | Hard copy (printed) of computer software | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49119920 | Plan and drawings for architectural engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes reproduced with the aid of computer or any other devices | --- | Free | |||
| 49 | 49119990 | Other | --- | Free |
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Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Products Of The Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts And Plans.
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Chapter Number |
ITC(HS) Code |
Description |
Export Policy |
Policy Condition |
Notification No |
Notification Date |
|
49 |
49 |
Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Products Of The Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts And Plans. |
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49 |
4901 |
Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets. |
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|
49 |
490110 |
In single sheets, whether or not folded |
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|
49 |
49011010 |
Printed books |
Free |
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|
49 |
49011020 |
Pamphlets, booklets, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter other |
Free |
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|
49 |
49019100 |
Other : |
Free |
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|
49 |
49019900 |
Other : |
Free |
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|
49 |
4902 |
Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material. |
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|
49 |
490210 |
Appearing at least four times a week |
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|
49 |
49021010 |
Newspapers |
Free |
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|
49 |
49021020 |
Journals and periodicals |
Free |
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|
49 |
490290 |
Other |
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|
49 |
49029010 |
Newspapers |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49029020 |
Journals and periodicals |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
4903 |
Childrens picture, drawing or colouring books. |
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|
49 |
490300 |
Children's picture, drawing or colouring books : |
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|
49 |
49030010 |
Picture books |
Free |
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|
49 |
49030020 |
Drawing or colouring books |
Free |
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|
49 |
49040000 |
Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated. |
Free |
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|
49 |
4905 |
Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed. |
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|
49 |
49052000 |
In book form |
Free |
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|
49 |
490590 |
Other: |
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|
49 |
49059010 |
Geographical, hydrological, astronomical maps or charts |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49059020 |
Globe |
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|
49 |
49059090 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49060000 |
Plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes, being originals drawn by hand; handwritten texts; photographic reproductions on sensitised paper and carbon copies of the foregoing. |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
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; stampimpressed paper; banknotes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title. |
||||
|
49 |
490700 |
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognized face value; stampimpressed paper; bank notes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title : |
||||
|
49 |
49070010 |
Unused postage, revenue or similar stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognized face value |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49070020 |
Bank notes |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49070030 |
Documents of title conveying the right to use Information Technology software |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49070090 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
4908 |
Transfers (decalcomanias). |
||||
|
49 |
49081000 |
Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49089000 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
4909 |
Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings. |
||||
|
49 |
490900 |
Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings : |
||||
|
49 |
49090010 |
Greetings or Wedding cards |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49090090 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
4910 |
Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks. |
||||
|
49 |
491000 |
Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks : |
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|
49 |
49100010 |
Advertising calendar |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49100090 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
4911 |
Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs. |
||||
|
49 |
491110 |
Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like |
||||
|
49 |
49111010 |
Posters, printed |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49111020 |
Commercial catalogues |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49111030 |
Printed inlay cards |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49111090 |
Other |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49119100 |
Other : |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
491199 |
Other : |
||||
|
49 |
49119910 |
Hard copy (printed) of computer software |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49119920 |
Plan and drawings for architectural engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes reproduced with the aid of computer or any other devices |
Free |
|||
|
49 |
49119990 |
Other |
Free |
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1. Inserted vide:- Trade Notice No. 11/2024-25 dt. 02.08.2024
2. Substituted vide:- Notification No. 50/2024-25 Dated 13.01.2025