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HS code for bags and luggage: heading 4202

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Choose a bag line, its country of origin and the value: the ordinary rate is high and List 3 adds to it for China.

What will these bags cost to import?

Other > Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction > Of cotton (369)

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Landed cost

$14,427

4202.22.45.00: duties $4,380, 43.8% of value, $14 per unit before rounding

Ordinary duty (6.3%)
Column 1 General		$630
Section 301, 60 economies (12.5%)
Heading 9903.05.31		$1,250
Section 301 on China, List 3 (25%)
U.S. note 20. USTR exclusions are not applied here		$2,500
Merchandise processing fee
0.3464% of value, min $34.58, max $670.86		$35
Harbor maintenance fee
0.125% of value, ocean cargo at covered ports		$13

USTR exclusions under headings 9903.88.69 and .70 run through November 9, 2026, and are not applied here. If yours covers your goods, this list duty does not apply until that date.

Rates of 2026 HTS Revision 22, read on 2026-11-02. Antidumping and countervailing duties, state taxes and USTR exclusions are not included. Estimate, not a customs ruling. Everything you enter stays in this browser: nothing is sent or stored.

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Bags and cases take heading 4202 of the US tariff, with 89 lines in chapter 42. The structure is a grid. First, the type: trunks and suitcases, handbags, wallets and small items, then others such as backpacks and sports bags. Then the outer surface: leather, plastic sheeting, textile, or something else. Rates run from a little above zero to 20%. A cotton handbag on 4202.22.45 prints 6.3%, a suitcase with plastic or textile outer surface on 4202.12.21 prints 20%, and other cases on 4202.99.90 print 20%. Almost all of these lines are on List 3 at +25% for Chinese goods, which brings $10,000 of the cotton handbag to $4,380 (43.8%) in this calculator, against $1,630 (16.3%) from Cambodia. Read in 2026 HTS Revision 22 on November 2, 2026.

Bags and luggage: the same goods from other countries

Other > Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction > Of cotton (369)

OriginDutyShare of valueLayers
Any other country$6306.3%Ordinary duty
European Union$1,00010%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Taiwan$1,00010%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Japan$1,25012.5%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
South Korea$1,25012.5%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Mexico$1,63016.3%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
India$1,63016.3%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
United Kingdom$1,63016.3%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Canada$1,63016.3%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Vietnam$1,88018.8%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
Thailand$1,88018.8%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies
China$4,38043.8%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies + Section 301 on China, List 3
Brazil$4,38043.8%Ordinary duty + Section 301, 60 economies + Section 301, Brazil

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Read the grid in two steps

Take the first split, type of bag, then the second, outer surface. Then check any further split by fiber, value or construction. Because these lines reach high rates, a change of material can change the landed cost by a lot.

HTS 4202.12.21, without trade agreement claim or exclusion, before fees. Worked out by the calculator from 2026 HTS Revision 22.
OriginDuty on $10,000Share of value
China$5,75057.5%
Vietnam$3,25032.5%
Cambodia$3,00030%
India$3,00030%
Indonesia$3,00030%
European Union$2,00020%
Any other country$2,00020%

Bag lines people search

2026 HTS Revision 22, in effect from October 30, 2026. Read on November 2, 2026.
HTS codeLineGeneralChina, Section 301
4202.11.00Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera ca8%List 3: +25%
4202.12.21With outer surface of plastics: Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases and similar containers20%List 3: +25%
4202.22.45.00Of vegetable fibers and not of pile or tufted construction: Of cotton (369)6.3%List 3: +25%
4202.92.97.00Other: Other17.6%List 3: +25%
4202.99.90.00Other: Other20%List 3: +25%

Questions importers ask

What HS code covers backpacks?

Backpacks fall under “other” bags of heading 4202. On 4202.92 with an outer surface of textile or plastic sheeting, for example, man-made fiber backpacks have their own statistical number, 4202.92.31.20. Other lines exist for other materials and fibers. So check the outer surface and the weight of each fiber used, as they can decide the final line, and enter that exact line in the calculator.

How is the outer surface of a bag decided?

A note to chapter 42 deals with textile that is impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, for subheadings such as 4202.12 and 4202.92. It counts as textile or as plastic sheeting depending on whether, and how far, each one makes up the exterior surface of the article. Measure on a sample, since a design change can move a bag into another rate.

Do luxury handbags pay more duty?

The rate does not depend on the brand. Leather handbags split by value, and the higher value pays the lower rate: 4202.21.60, valued not over $20 each, prints 10 percent, and 4202.21.90, valued over $20 each, prints 9 percent. A high customs value still means more duty in dollars, because the percentage applies to a bigger base. Other rules on wildlife leather are not covered here.

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