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HTS tariff line · chapter 42

4202.19.00

Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers: other

Analysis

HTS 4202.19.00 covers trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers: other under heading 4202 (trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle…).

Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 20%. The costliest confusion would be with 4202.32.85 (containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste) at duty-free, a difference of 20 points on the customs value.

Goods that qualify under the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, AGOA, and 11 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 20%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date. Reduced but not zero rates apply under some agreements: 17.5% for E.

The general duty rate is 20% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 42 (96th percentile of 88 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $2,000 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.

The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 2.2 times the general rate.

Neighbouring lines

LineDescriptionGeneral rate
4202.11.00With outer surface of leather or of composition leather8%
4202.12.21Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases and similar containers20%
4202.12.29With outer surface of plastics: other20%
4202.12.40Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: of cotton (369)6.3%
4202.12.60Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: other (870)5.7%
4202.12.81Of man-made fibers17.6%
4202.12.89With outer surface of textile materials: other17.6%
4202.21.30Of reptile leather5.3%
4202.21.60Valued not over $20 each10%
4202.21.90Valued over $20 each9%
4202.22.15With outer surface of sheeting of plastics16%
4202.22.35Wholly or in part of braid: of abaca8.4%
4202.22.40Wholly or in part of braid: other7.4%
4202.22.45Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: of cotton (369)6.3%
4202.22.60Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: other (871)5.7%
4202.22.70Containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk waste7%
4202.22.81Of man-made fibers (670)17.6%
4202.22.89Other: other17.6%
4202.29.10Of materials (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: of plastics5.3%
4202.29.20Of materials (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: of wood3.3%
4202.29.50Of materials (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: other7.8%
4202.29.90Other: other20%
4202.31.30Of reptile leather3.7%
4202.31.60With outer surface of leather or of composition leather: other8%
4202.32.10Of reinforced or laminated plastics12.1¢/kg + 4.6%
4202.32.20With outer surface of sheeting of plastics: other20%
4202.32.40Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: of cotton (369)6.3%
4202.32.80Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: other (871)5.7%
4202.32.85Containing 85 percent or more by weight of silk or silk wasteFree
4202.32.91Other: of cotton (369)17.6%
4202.32.93Of man-made fibers (670)17.6%
4202.32.99Other: other (871)17.6%
4202.39.10Of material (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: of plastics5.3%
4202.39.20Of material (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: of wood3.3%
4202.39.50Of material (other than leather, composition leather, sheeting of plastics, textile materials, vulcanized fiber or paperboard) wholly or mainly covered with paper: other7.8%
4202.39.90Other: other20%
4202.91.10With outer surface of leather or of composition leather: golf bags4.5%
4202.91.90With outer surface of leather or of composition leather: other4.5%
4202.92.04Beverage bags whose interior incorporates only a flexible plastic container of a kind for storing and dispensing potable beverages through attached flexible tubing7%
4202.92.08With outer surface of textile materials: other7%