U.S. imports of Printed Books, Brochures, Leaflets & Similar Single-Sheet Matter (SITC 89215) totaled $15.5M in August 2026, imported from 74 countries.
Importers of Printed Books, Brochures, Leaflets & Similar Single-Sheet Matter paid $315K in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 1.96% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Printed Books, Brochures, Leaflets & Similar Single-Sheet Matter imports of $15.5M in August 2026 ran 11% above the year-to-date monthly average of $14.0M.
Last updated: August 2026 dataSingle-sheet printed matter — whether flat or folded — encompasses a wide range of commercial and informational products, from product brochures and instruction leaflets to promotional flyers, all sharing the characteristic of being produced on a single substrate rather than bound. Trade volumes in this category are driven heavily by marketing, retail packaging inserts, and pharmaceutical labeling supply chains. Importers sourcing high-volume leaflet runs from offshore printers should pay close attention to whether the product remains a single sheet after folding, as multi-sheet collation shifts classification to bound-book headings.
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A single sheet folded — even into multiple panels — remains classifiable here as long as it originates from one continuous substrate. Once multiple sheets are collated, stapled, or bound together, the product typically moves into the heading for books and brochures not in single sheets.
From a customs classification standpoint, printed leaflets are assessed as printed matter regardless of their end use. However, if the leaflets are imported as part of a pharmaceutical shipment, FDA may review the accompanying product; the leaflets themselves do not trigger a separate admissibility review.
Basic heading 240 of 419 in section 8
Basic heading 89215 · $15.5M of $46.9B
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Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $160.6M of Printed Books, Brochures, Leaflets & Similar Single-Sheet Matter.
Through August 2026 · exports 11 of 12 months reported. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Imports · August 2026
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India and Canada together supply 66% of it. China pays 12.7% duty; India 0.2%.
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