Analysis
HTS 4819.50.40 covers other packing containers, including record sleeves: other under heading 4819 (cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 100% of the 225 tariff lines in chapter 48. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 4819.50.20 (sanitary food and beverage containers, duty-free) and 4819.50.30 (other packing containers, including record sleeves: record…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 322219 (Other Paperboard Container Manufacturing), an industry of 279 US establishments employing 20,593 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4819.50.20 | Sanitary food and beverage containers | Free |
| 4819.50.30 | Other packing containers, including record sleeves: record sleeves | Free |