Chapter 49 — Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 29 HS code lines for Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans (Section X — Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4901.10.00	In single sheets, whether or not folded	kg/nos	10%	5%
4901.91.00	Dictionaries and encyclopaedias, and serial instalments thereof	kg/nos	10%	5%
4901.99.00	Other	kg/nos	10%	5%

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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4902.10.00	Appearing at least four times a week	kg	Free	Free
4902.90.00	Other	kg	Free	Free

49.03 — Children's picture, drawing or colouring books

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4903.00.00	Children's picture, drawing or colouring books.	kg/nos	10%	5%

49.04 — Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4904.00.00	Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated.	kg/nos	10%	5%

49.05 — Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4905.20.00	In book form	kg/nos	10%	6%
4905.90.00	Other	kg/nos	10%	6%

49.06 — 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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4906.00.00	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.	kg	10%	6%

49.07 — 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; bank Notes; cheque forms; stock, share or bond certificates and similar documents of title

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4907.00.10	Bank notes	kg	Free	Free
4907.00.20	Unused postage stamps of current or new issue in the country in which they have, or will have, a recognised face value	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.30	Aerograms	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.40	Passport	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.50	Ticket of Excise	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.60	Chequek book and cheque form	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.70	Stock, share or bond certificate	kg	15%	6%
4907.00.90	Other	kg	15%	6%

49.08 — Transfers (decalcomanias)

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4908.10.00	Transfers (decalcomanias), vitrifiable	kg	10%	6%
4908.90.00	Other	kg	10%	6%

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

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4909.00.00	Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings.	kg/nos	20%	20%

49.10 — Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4910.00.10	Traditional calendears (Patro)	kg/nos	Free	Free
4910.00.90	Other	kg/nos	20%	20%

49.11 — Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
4911.10.00	Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like	kg	20%	20%
4911.91.00	Pictures, designs and photographs	kg	20%	20%
4911.99.10	Printed computer software key	kg	5%	5%
4911.99.20	Recharge Cards	kg	20%	20%
4911.99.30	Travel tickets	kg	20%	20%
4911.99.90	Other	kg	20%	20%

Chapter 49 legal notes

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 90.23); (c) Playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or (d) Original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 97.02), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery or the like of heading 97.04, 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 49.01, whether or not containing advertising material. 4.- Heading 49.01 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 49.11. 5.- Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, heading 49.01 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 49.11. 6.- For the purposes of heading 49.03, the expression “children’s picture books” means books for children in which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.

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