October 2021 — Question 69
What is the CLASSIFICATION of current production wall art depicting abstract flowers and birds that is mechanically printed, via lithography, onto sheets of paper, the paper measuring 0.35 millimeter (mm) in thickness that has been permanently mounted onto a backing of 0.50 mm thick paperboard?
- A4911.91.2040
- B4911.91.3000✓ CBP's answer
- C4911.99.6000
- D9701.10.0000
- E9702.00.0000
Why this answer
The Chapter 97 options fall away first: under the cited note, original lithographs of that chapter must come from plates executed wholly by hand by the artist, excluding any mechanical or photomechanical process, so mechanically printed current-production wall art belongs with Chapter 49 printed matter. Within subheading 4911.91, the tariff separates lithographs on paper or paperboard at a 0.51 mm thickness breakpoint, and the cited additional U.S. note to Chapter 49 directs that thickness be determined including the permanently mounted backing. The 0.35 mm sheet plus its 0.50 mm paperboard backing is 0.85 mm, over the breakpoint, so 4911.91.3000 applies; option A fails by measuring the printed sheet alone. Watch for: Measuring only the 0.35 mm printed sheet and choosing the not-over-0.51 mm provision.
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Answer and citations as published in CBP's official answer key for the October 2021 examination.
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