Customs Tariff of North Macedonia · tariff code · HS 4901.99
4901 99 00 90: Other printed books: In single sheets, whether or not folded: other
Other printed books
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Customs Tariff of North Macedonia, in force from 1 January 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
What you pay
Importing into North Macedonia
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
4901.99 Printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed: other, other
UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Canada Free General (MFN) 11 tariff lines 
Mexico Free – 15% General (MFN) 7 tariff lines · average 2.1% 
Brazil Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Argentina Free General (MFN) 15 tariff lines 
Peru Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
New Zealand Free General (MFN) 4 tariff lines 
Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines 
GCC Free General (MFN) 14 tariff lines 
Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line 
Norway Free General (MFN) 6 tariff lines 
Nigeria Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines North Macedonia lines: 4901.99
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.
- N363815 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a textbook from India
- N362745 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of an adult coloring book from Vietnam
- N361813 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a religious book from Israel
- N361760 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of a children’s book from Poland
- 600017090 HMRC
This product is a set of training materials to be used as part of a wider learning programme. The programme is a literacy training intervention package, which includes access to online learning materials, downloadable lesson content and follow up education support. These elements are supplied…
- 600014164 HMRC
An activity kit, intended for children’s use, to create stop motion animation films on a computer. Consisting of mostly printed matter including a 64-page printed book, printed worksheets, die-cut papercraft activities and accessories including software and pencils etc. The complete kit includes:…
- 600012853 HMRC
The Diwali Puja Box are contents to perform a prayer ritual associated with Diwali. The box contains a prayer book which instructs on how to perform the ritual with several items necessary to perform the ritual. The ritual cannot be performed without the instructions contained within. The items…
- 600010820 HMRC
The product is a book with building blocks. It contains 128 pages, which include instructions and a manual. Additionally, it includes stories on how to create your own adventure and a small bag of 150 Lego pieces. The book provides ideas for building a jungle car, spacecraft, city car, and…
61 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.
In the Customs Tariff of North Macedonia, 4901 99 00 90 is one of 2 lines under subheading 4901.99, printed books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed: other, other.
The MFN duty is free, and quantities are declared in kg.
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 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is free, the Argentina duty is free, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is free, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free and the Nigeria duty is free.
North Macedonia imported goods of subheading 4901.99 worth US$2m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the North Macedonia import duty for tariff code 4901 99 00 90?
The MFN duty in the Customs Tariff of North Macedonia is free; the supplementary unit is kg. 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.
Typical products
- bible
- book
- cookery books
- crossword puzzle book
- diwali puja box
- instruction manuals
- pull up banner
- puzzle book
- wordsearch puzzle book
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.