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Hardcover Memorandum Pad from Germany

A bound pad with lined paper pages for quick notes, featuring a rigid paperboard hardcover. This qualifies under HTS 4820.10.20.60 as a bound memorandum pad, a similar article of stationery.

Duty Rate — Germany → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.3910%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.97, articles the product of a member state of the European Union, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 10 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter

Import Tips

• Document binding to differentiate from letter pads that may be unbound

• Ensure no dominant printing pushes to Chapter 49

• Test for paperboard thickness compliance if queried by customs