GCC Common Customs Tariff · HS code · HS 4911.10
4911.10.10.00.00: Advertising material and catalogues: Printed matter for pulicity & advertisiment.
Advertising material and catalogues
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: GCC Common Customs Tariff, in force from 1 January 2025 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into GCC
Customs duty only: import VAT, other taxes and trade defence duties of this country are not covered here, and the duty calculator works only with the EU, Türkiye, US and UK tariffs.
Same subheading in other tariffs
4911.10 Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like
UK Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Mexico 5% – 15% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 7% 
Brazil Free – 16% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 8% 
Argentina Free – 16% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines · average 12.8% 
Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines 
North Macedonia 10% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC lines: 4911.10
Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N360783 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of wall display signs and product display signs from Canada
- N359903 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of store display advertising signage from China and Vietnam
- N357392 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification and United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) eligibility of advertising signage
- N354455 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of movie promotional materials from Australia
- 600013508 HMRC
Paper carrier bag. This product is a retail-style carrier bag, designed as advertising the products, also for packaging and transporting of the consumer goods. The bag is made from high-quality paper with reinforced handles. It is available in a choice of two advertising design, this bag is…
- 600011874 HMRC
Replacement printed magnetic graphic. Replacement printed magnetic graphic, advertising products, for the steel point of sale counter top display. The graphic is printed onto rubber and attaches magnetically to the steel display.
8 rulings in total for this code
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 9023);
(c) playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or
(d) original engravings, prints or lithographs (heading 9702), postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery or the like of heading 9704, antiques of an age exceeding 100 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 4901, whether or not containing advertising material.
4. Heading 4901 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 4911.
5. Subject to note 3 to this chapter, heading 4901 does not cover publications which are essentially devoted to advertising (for example, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets, trade catalogues, yearbooks published by trade associations, tourist propaganda). Such publications are to be classified in heading 4911.
6. For the purposes of heading 4903, the expression ‘children's picture books’ means books for children in which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary.
HS code 4911.10.10.00.00 is a line of the GCC Common Customs Tariff under HS subheading 4911.10 (trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like).
The customs duty is 5%, and quantities are declared in Kilograms.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is free, the Türkiye duty is free, the US duty is free, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is 5%–15%, the Brazil duty is 0%–16%, the Argentina duty is 0%–16%, the Peru duty is 6%, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 10% and the Nigeria duty is 20%.
The GCC states imported goods of subheading 4911.10 worth US$38m in 2024; the largest supplier was China.
Questions and answers
What is the GCC import duty for HS code 4911.10.10.00.00?
The customs duty in the GCC Common Customs Tariff is 5%; the supplementary unit is Kilograms. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Where does the GCC import these goods from?
For subheading 4911.10 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was China (US$8m), followed by France.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.