{ "summary": "Children’s picture books are usually classified under HS code 4903.00 when it is a children’s picture, drawing or colouring book. It sits in heading 49.03, “Children's picture, drawing or colouring books”.", "updatedAt": "2026-10-11", "facts": [ { "label": "Most likely code", "value": "4903.00", "source": null, "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/490300" }, { "label": "Chapter", "value": "49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans", "source": null, "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/49" }, { "label": "Candidate codes", "value": "1", "source": null }, { "label": "HS edition", "value": "HS2022", "source": null } ], "faq": [ { "question": "What is the HS code for children’s picture books?", "answer": "Children’s picture books are usually classified under HS code 4903.00 when it is a children’s picture, drawing or colouring book. It sits in heading 49.03, “Children's picture, drawing or colouring books”." }, { "question": "Does the type of book change the HS code for children’s picture books?", "answer": "Yes. Use 4903.00 when it is a children’s picture, drawing or colouring book. Use 4901.99 when it is an ordinary printed book for children rather than a picture, drawing or colouring book." } ], "sections": [ { "id": "choose", "title": "How to choose the right code", "text": [ "Is it a picture, drawing or colouring book for children, or an ordinary book with text? Use 4903.00 when it is a children’s picture, drawing or colouring book. Use 4901.99 when it is an ordinary printed book for children rather than a picture, drawing or colouring book.", "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 4901.99 applies when it is an ordinary printed book for children rather than a picture, drawing or colouring book." ] }, { "id": "codes", "title": "Codes for children’s picture books", "text": [ "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to children’s picture books." ] }, { "id": "similar", "title": "Similar products", "text": [ "Products in the same category as children’s picture books, or classified under the same headings." ] }, { "id": "countries", "title": "Duty rates by country", "text": [ "National tariff lines for children’s picture books are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live." ] }, { "id": "check", "title": "Check your exact product", "text": [ "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code with its reasons." ] }, { "id": "note", "title": "Classification depends on the exact product", "text": [ "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as children’s picture books can fall under different codes.", "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling." ] }, { "id": "sources", "title": "Sources and updates", "text": [ "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.", "The conditions and questions on this page were written for children’s picture books by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again." ] } ], "data": { "type": "product-topic", "topic": { "slug": "childrens-picture-books", "name": "Children’s picture books", "singular": "children’s picture book", "plural": "children’s picture books", "synonyms": [ "colouring book", "coloring book", "drawing book", "picture book" ], "category": { "id": "books-media", "name": "Books and media" } }, "edition": "HS2022", "codes": [ { "code": "490300", "role": "likely", "when": "it is a children’s picture, drawing or colouring book", "legalText": "Children's picture, drawing or colouring books", "levels": [ "Children's picture, drawing or colouring books" ], "heading": { "code": "4903", "description": "Children's picture, drawing or colouring books" }, "chapter": { "code": "49", "description": "Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans" } }, { "code": "490199", "role": "elsewhere", "when": "it is an ordinary printed book for children rather than a picture, drawing or colouring book", "legalText": "Other: Other", "levels": [ "Other", "Other" ], "heading": { "code": "4901", "description": "Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter, whether or not in single sheets" }, "chapter": { "code": "49", "description": "Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans" } } ], "questions": [ { "about": "type of book", "codes": [ "490300", "490199" ], "question": "Is it a picture, drawing or colouring book for children, or an ordinary book with text?" } ], "similar": [ { "slug": "books", "name": "Books", "category": { "id": "books-media", "name": "Books and media" }, "codes": [ "490199" ] }, { "slug": "posters", "name": "Posters", "category": { "id": "books-media", "name": "Books and media" }, "codes": [ "491191" ] }, { "slug": "vinyl-records", "name": "Vinyl records", "category": { "id": "books-media", "name": "Books and media" }, "codes": [ "852380" ] } ], "countries": [ { "code": "US", "name": "United States", "slug": "united-states", "lines": 1, "ratesLive": true } ], "provenance": [ { "dataset": "GLOBAL:hs", "country": "GLOBAL", "kind": "hs", "seq": 2, "version": "mytraddal hs2022.csv (HS 2022)", "liveAt": "2026-10-11T06:04:17.693Z", "origin": "upload", "sourceUrls": [] } ], "dateModified": "2026-10-11T08:23:53.439Z", "seo": { "canonicalPath": "/hs-codes/for/childrens-picture-books", "robots": "index", "sitemap": true, "reasons": [ "published topic, every candidate in the live HS release" ] } }, "links": { "self": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/for/childrens-picture-books.json", "html": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/for/childrens-picture-books", "canonical": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/for/childrens-picture-books", "markdown": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/for/childrens-picture-books.md", "tools": { "classifier": "https://border.bot/tools/hs-code-classifier?product=children%E2%80%99s+picture+book", "calculator": "https://border.bot/tools/landed-cost-calculator", "api": "https://api.border.bot/v1" } }, "attribution": "border.bot tariff reference (border.bot), compiled from the official publishers named on each page.", "terms": "https://border.bot/legal/terms", "notice": "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.", "catalogVersion": "08bc53aa" }