ADDRESSEE. Packets containing merchandise which bear neither the endorsement described nor a green customs label can be accepted only at sender's risk.
Prohibitions: Wedding cake not securely packed in tin boxes.
Restrictions apply to the importation of: Bees; cigarettes and cigars; plants and parts of plants; seeds.
Origin: Every article (except books imported by or for the account of any public library association) capable of being stamped, branded or labelled at the time of its manufacture, without suffering damage, must be conspicuously and indelibly stamped or branded and so on, in English characters with an indication of the country of origin.
Invoice: An invoice must be enclosed in all packets containing either merchandise or books for sale; and a statement (giving accurate particulars of contents and value) in all packets contain- ing merchandise or books not sent in execution of an order or not for sale. Each packet should be marked on the address side INVOICE ENCLOSED. If the total value of the goods contained in a packet or in several packets sent at the same time by the same sender to the same addressee exceeds U.S.$100, the invoice (or statement) should be certified by a United States Consul. Sample packets should be marked TRADE SAMPLES.
Customs duty: Articles (except those subject to internal revenue tax, such as cigars, cigarettes, and so on) the aggregate value of which is not more than U.S.$1.00, are admitted free of duty provided they are not imported for sale or forwarded for the purpose of avoiding the payment of duty. A charge of 10 cents for customs clearance and, in addition, a delivery fee of 5 cents in the case of small packets, are collected from the addressee.
Books and printed matter of all kinds, charts, engravings, etchings, maps, music in books or sheets, photographs are subject, in general, to a customs duty of 25 per cent ad valorem. The undermentioned articles are, however, exempt from duty:
1.
Newspapers and periodicals; books engravings, etchings, bound or unbound maps and charts, photographs, imported for the use of the United States Government or the library of Congress; books, charts, engravings, etchings, lithographic prints, maps, music, photographs (bound or unbound), and which have been printed more than 20 years, or are intended for the use of any religious, educational or learned institution or any State or public library; hydrographic charts and publications issued by scientific and literary associations or academies for their subscribers or exchanges, or publications of invididuals for gratuitous private circulation, not advertising matter, and public documents issued by foreign Governments; books and pamphlets printed wholly or chiefly in languages other than English, blind literature and music, and books used abroad not less than one year, by persons or families from foreign countries.
2.
Photographs and printed papers, other than books, sent in small quantities, and intended for the personal use of the addressee.
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