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This heading covers all printed globes (for example, terrestrial, lunar or celestial), maps, charts and plans designed to represent the natural or artificial features of countries, towns, seas, the heavens, etc., conventional signs being used to indicate contours, etc. Maps and charts incorporating advertising matter remain classified in this heading.
These products may be printed on paper or other material (e.g., cloth), reinforced or not, and may be in the form of single or folded sheets, or consist of a collection of such sheets bound together in book form (e.g., an atlas). The articles may be fitted with movable indicators and rollers, and may have transparent protective coverings or other accessories.
The heading includes, inter alia :
Geographical maps (including sectors for globes), road maps, wall maps, atlases, hydrographic, geographical and astronomical charts, geological surveys, topographical plans (e.g., plans of towns or districts).
It also covers printed globes with internal lighting, provided they are not merely toys.The heading does not include : (a) Books containing maps or plans as a subsidiary feature (heading 49.01). (b) Hand-drawn maps, plans, etc., their carbon copies and their photographic reproductions (heading 49.06). (c) Aerial survey or landscape photographs, whether or not topographically accurate, provided that they are not prepared as finished maps, charts or plans (heading 49.11). (d) Schematic maps designed to show by suitable illustrations the particular industrial, tourist or other activities, the outline of railway systems, etc., of a country or district (heading 49.11). (e) Textile articles, e.g., scarves or handkerchiefs, containing prints of maps for ornamental or decorative purposes (Section XI). (f) Maps, plans and globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23).
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