Thick Lithographed Map Reproduction on Paperboard from Japan
A modern lithographic reproduction of a historical map on paperboard thicker than 0.51 mm, for educational or decorative use. HTS 4911.91.30.00 applies as a printed picture lithograph on paperboard, excluded from relief globes in 9023 but not original engravings. Pictures without principal text keep it out of book headings.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide evidence of litho process and thickness test results in entry docs
• Distinguish from 3D relief maps excluded to 9023 by confirming flat print nature
• Check for text dominance; if subsidiary to pictures, avoid book classifications