SCHEDULE 2 Volume 5 CONTENTS Foreword- Introduction---- Printed matter for private circulation-- Books not elsewhere enumerated- Printed catalogs, price lists, and trade notices Newspapers-- Periodicals-- Tourist literature- Music in books or sheets-- - Maps, atlases, charts, and globes- Drawings and plans Manuscripts Decalcomanias- Postcards-- Greeting and other social and gift cards--- Calendars of paper--- Printed paper labels, flaps, and bands Postage and revenue stamps- Exposed X-ray film---- Photographs and certain other pictorial matter--- Appendixes: Appendix A. Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (1969): General headnotes and rules of interpretation, and excerpts (unshaded portions) relating to the items included in this volume--. Appendix B. Value of U.S. imports for consumption, by TSUS items included in the individual summaries of this volume, total and from the three principal suppliers, 1968- Page iii 1 3 5 13 17 21 27 31 35 41 45 47 55 63 71 77 85 89 91 99 107 125 This volume, identified as volume 2:5, is the fifth in a series of five volumes of summaries on the wood and paper products classified under schedule 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS). It contains 19 summaries on books, pamphlets, and other printed and manuscript material. Not included here is printed paper or paperboard, not cut to size or shape, in which the printing is merely incidental to the primary use of the article or is employed mainly for coloration or to produce a decorative or novelty effect; such printed papers or paperboards are included in volume 2:4 (see headnote 2(b) to part 4 of schedule 2 for the meaning of the term "cut to size or shape"). The value of annual U.S. manufacturers' shipments, which has increased in recent years, amounted to an estimated $22 billion in 1968. The United States is a net exporter of books, pamphlets, and other printed and manuscript material. The value of U.S. exports of the products covered in this volume amounted to about $295 million in 1968. U.S. exports of books accounted for more than half of total exports of these products ($152 million). Other important export shipments included unbound periodicals ($55 million), miscellaneous printed matter ($23 million), bound periodicals and newspapers ($23 million), and advertising printed matter ($15 million). Canada is by far the largest market for U.S. exports of books, pamphlets, and other printed and manuscript material. It accounted in 1968 for 46 percent of total U.S. exports of these articles. Other important markets were the United Kingdom (9 percent), Japan (9 percent), Australia (5 percent), Italy (3 percent), and Mexico (3 percent). The value of U.S. imports of the products covered in this summary amounted to $111 million in 1968, a fraction of 1 percent of domestic consumption. Books constituted about 60 percent of total imports of the articles covered by this volume ($68 million). Other major import classes were periodicals ($6 million), miscellaneous printed matter ($5 million), and newspapers ($5 million). The United Kingdom was the leading supplier, accounting for 31 percent of the total U.S. imports of books, periodicals, and other printed matter. Other important suppliers were Canada (11 percent), West Germany (9 percent), Netherlands (8 percent), Japan (8 percent), and Italy (7 percent). July 1969 Commodity Printed matter for private circulation------- TSUS item 270.05, -.10 Note.--For the statutory description, see the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated (TSUSA-1969). U.S. trade position U.S. consumption is almost entirely supplied by domestic production; exports are thought to be about equal to imports. Comment Printed matter for private circulation covers issues by literary or scientific institutions for their subscribers or exchanges, printed matter of individuals, and for gratuitous private circulation; not included here is advertising matter. For tariff purposes, printed matter is considered as privately circulated if the group to which it is sent is limited in interest and small in numbers when compared with the general public. Included in this summary are books, pamphlets, folders, periodicals, and other informational forms of printed matter. The following are commodity descriptions for the TSUS items covered by this summary: TSUS 270.05 Commodity Printed matter issued by literary or scientific These items are provided for free of duty in the Tariff Schedules of the United States. The duty-free status was bound under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective January 1, 1948. Data on U.S. production of printed matter for private circulation are not available but it is believed that both consumption and production are valued in the millions of dollars. There are thousands of printers scattered throughout the country with facilities for the production of the printed matter covered by this summary. U.S. exports are not separately reported; they are believed to approximate imports, which are small relative to U.S. consumption. The value of U.S. imports rose irregularly from $186,000 in 1964 to $358,000 in 1968 (see following table). Printed matter for February 1969 |