4911.99.20

Analysis

HTS 4911.99.20 covers international customs forms (carnets) and parts thereof, in English or French (whether or not in additional languages) under heading 4911 (other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs).

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 100% of the 29 tariff lines in chapter 49 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

The other lines in the same group are 4911.99.60 (printed on paper in whole or in part by a lithographic…, duty-free) and 4911.99.80 (other: other, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 323111 (Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books)), an industry of 15,140 US establishments employing 280,276 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.