U.S. exports of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Serial Installments (SITC 89216) totaled $864K in August 2026.
Importers of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Serial Installments paid $5K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 2.05% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule.
Last updated: August 2026 dataReference works published as dictionaries and encyclopedias — including multi-volume sets and serial installments delivered in fascicle form — occupy a specialized segment of the educational and library supply trade. The serial-installment provision is particularly relevant for subscription-based reference publishing, where individual volumes arrive periodically as part of a larger contracted work. Classification here requires that the product not be in single-sheet format; loose-leaf or single-page reference sheets would fall under a different heading.
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13 import shipments a month
Each physical shipment is typically entered separately at the time of importation. Importers with ongoing subscription-based deliveries may use periodic entry or continuous bond arrangements to streamline processing, but each installment must be declared and valued at the time it crosses the border.
No special admissibility documentation is required for dictionaries as printed matter. Standard commercial invoice, country of origin, and valuation documentation apply. Importers should ensure that the declared value reflects the actual transaction value, particularly for bundled multi-volume sets.
Basic heading 313 of 419 in section 8
Basic heading 89216 · $864K of $18.4B
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Exports · August 2026
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Canada and Honduras together take 82% of it.
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12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $2.9M of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Serial Installments.
Through August 2026 · exports 11 of 12 months reported. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.