4202.31Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases
Also written 420231
HTS Code 4202.31 covers any article best defined as Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles Thereof; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other Than Silkworm Gut)Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; traveling bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toiletry bags, knapsacks and backpacks, handbags, shopping bags, wallets, purses, map cases, cigarette cases, tobacco pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle cases, jewelry boxes, powder cases, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanized fiber or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper:Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag:With outer surface of leather or of composition leather: in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule — covering 2 sub-classifications.
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Relevant HTS Notes
Official USITC notes that may affect classification under HTS 4202.31.
Related CROSS Rulings for HTS 4202.31
CBP classification rulings related to 4202.31. Open a ruling to read how Customs classified a similar product.
Tariff classification of wallets and handbags; articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag.
Modification of HQ 961942; certain wallets or small handbags
Internal advice request concerning tariff classification of a leather identification holder
Decision on Request for Internal Advice 30/97 concerning the classification of small clutch purses; Handbags; Subheading 4202.21.6000, HTSUSA; Articles of A Kind Normally Carried in the Handbag; Subheading 4202.31.6000, HTSUSA; Wallet
Decision on Application for Further Review of Protest No. 0401-01-100186
What does HTS code 4202.31 cover?
HTS code 4202.31 covers trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases (With outer surface of leather or of composition leather:), classified under Chapter 42 (Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)) in the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule. There are 2 more specific sub-classifications under this code.
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