18 Printed papers
LIABILITY TO CUSTOMS DUTY ABROAD
Advertising matter is subject to customs duty on entry into certain countries, notably Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In some cases books also are liable to duty. Printed matter is not however debarred from transmission at the printed paper rate because of liability to customs duty.
PACKETS CONTAINING PRINTED MATTER, COMMERCIAL PAPERS AND SAMPLES
It is permissible to enclose in the same packet printed matter (except literature for the blind), commercial papers and samples, provided that each article taken singly is within the limits applicable to it as regards weight and size, and that the total weight does not exceed 64 lb. to any destination, if it contains an article transmissible as a printed paper; 5 lb. to a place in the British Commonwealth, territories under British Trustee- ship, British Postal Agencies in Bahrain, Muscat, Qatar and the Trucial States; or 4 lb. to other countries, if it contains an article transmissible as a commercial paper but does not contain an article transmissible as a printed paper. The minimum charge
for such a packet is 40c. if it contains commercial papers, and 15c. otherwise.