Photographic or cinematographic goods
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Photographic or cinematographic goods
Common items in this chapter
- —Photographic plates and film (3701-3702)
- —Photographic paper (3703)
- —Plates, film, paper, cloth, sensitised, unexposed (3705)
- —Cinematographic film, exposed and developed (3706)
Headings in this chapter (7)
Official HS 2022 four-digit headings. Each heading page lists its 6-digit subheadings with the official nomenclature texts.
- 3701 — Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, of an…
- 3702 — Photographic film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of any material oth…
- 3703 — Photographic paper, paperboard and textiles; sensitised, unexposed
- 3704 — Photographic plates, film, paper, paperboard and textiles, exposed but…
- 3705 — Photographic plates and film; exposed and developed, other than cinema…
- 3706 — Cinematographic film; exposed and developed, whether or not incorporat…
- 3707 — Chemical preparations for photographic uses (other than varnishes, glu…
Classification notes
Chapter 37 trade volume has collapsed with digital photography; legacy trade in specialty cinema film (Kodak Vision3, IMAX) continues. Personal-quantity carriage of unexposed film clears as routine; checked-baggage X-ray screening risk.
Frequent misclassification
Digital memory cards (Chapter 85) vs. photographic film (Chapter 37) — sometimes mis-declared.
Binding tariff ruling database
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Binding tariff ruling database