Analysis
HTS 4602.12.14 covers other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: wickerwork under heading 4602 (basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plaiting materials…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 18%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4602.12.25 (luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: other), at 18%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 18 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 50% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 50% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 27% of the 48 tariff lines in chapter 46. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4602.12.05 | Fishing baskets or creels | 5% |
| 4602.12.16 | Other baskets and bags, whether or not lined: other | 5% |
| 4602.12.23 | Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | 9% |
| 4602.12.25 | Luggage, handbags and flatgoods, whether or not lined: other | 18% |
| 4602.12.35 | Other: wickerwork | Free |
| 4602.12.45 | Other: other | 6.6% |