TABLE OF DIVISIONS IN CATEGORY 20

Writing, drawing or painting materials, small office materials	20.01
Paper goods, documents	20.03
Books, magazines, newspapers	20.05

20.01    Writing, drawing or painting materials, small office materials

20.01.01    Pencils, pens (excluding quill pens), crayons, pen points, chalk, markers

Excluding:    Quill pens and inkwells are coded in 20.01.09.

20.01.02    Paint brushes

20.01.03    Paint rollers, paint trays, paint edgers

20.01.04    Artist's easels, palettes, drawing boards, blackboards, clip boards, bulletin boards

20.01.05    Other writing, drawing or painting materials

Excluding:    Drawing compasses (17.07.08)

20.01.06    Paper clips, clamps

20.01.07    Pencil sharpeners, tape dispensers, staplers, staples

Excluding:    Rolls of tape not in dispensers are coded in 20.01.25.

20.01.08    Embossed or rubber stamps; stamp pads

20.01.09    Quill pens and inkwells

20.01.25    Other small office materials and supplies

Including:    Rubber bands, paper weights, erasers, bookends and rolls of tape not in dispensers, book marks, hole punches and pencil cases

Excluding:    Measuring instruments are coded in 17.07; notebooks and ledgers are coded in 20.05.02.

20.03    Paper goods, documents

20.03.01    Paper with furled, fringed or scalloped edges

20.03.02    Scrolls, rolls of paper, including rolled wallpaper, toilet paper, paper towels and aluminum foil

20.03.03    Envelopes of all sizes

20.03.04    Business cards, including decals

20.03.05    Other cards, such as index cards, punched cards (computer cards), bar code labels, QR Codes, postcards, credit cards, greeting cards

Excluding:    Playing cards are coded in 21.01.01.

20.03.06    Hang tags, labels including address labels

Note:    Clothing labels are coded in 09.01.02.

Note:    Alcohol bottle labels are coded in 20.03.10.

20.03.07    Postage stamps, postmarks

20.03.08    Graph paper, diagrams, blueprints, the periodic table

Note:    For similar designs, see also 17.07.25.

20.03.09    Tablets, stacks of sheets of paper, including writing pads

20.03.10    Bottle label

Specific Guideline:    Bottle labels are generally squares or rectangles with curved sides or they may be other exotic geometric shapes. Bottle labels are coded here as well as the appropriate geometric shape in order to facilitate retrieval.

20.03.24    Other paper goods bearing handwritten or printed texts or tables

Including:    Bank checks, paper currency, calendars, trading stamps, paper tickets

Excluding:    Books, magazines, newspapers are coded in 20.05.

20.03.25    Other paper goods, including file folders, adhesive note pads, tissue paper, stencils and facial tissue

20.05    Books, magazines, newspapers

20.05.01    Closed books

Note:    For open books, see 20.05.05.

20.05.02    Ledgers, binders, notebooks and the like

20.05.03    Magazines

20.05.04    Newspapers

20.05.05    Open books

Note:    For closed books, see 20.05.01.