Trunks; suit, camera, jewellery, cutlery cases; travel, tool, similar bags; wholly or mainly covered by leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanised fibre, paperboard
In plain English
This category includes trunks, suitcases, handbags, and various other bags and cases used for carrying personal items, tools, or jewelry. The items are grouped based on their outer material, specifically distinguishing between those made of leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanized fibre, or paperboard. Subcategories further refine these groups by identifying whether the item is a large container like a trunk, a handbag, a small pocket case, or another type of case not otherwise specified.
6-digit subheadings (12)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Chapter 42 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Bags with textile outer surface belong in 4202.92, not 4202.21 (leather). The outer surface material determines classification, not internal construction.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 42
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- 4203 — Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composi…
- 4205 — Leather or composition leather articles n.e.c. in chapter 42
- 4206 — Articles of gut (other than silk-worm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of b…