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HS code for Backpack, polyester
HS 2022Destination DEConfidence 0.90Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper > Other > With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Section VIII: 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) · Chapter 42: Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) · Heading 4202: Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Why this code
Heading 4202 expressly covers rucksacks and travel or personal-carrying containers. The backpack is a bag carried on the back with shoulder straps, so it is a rucksack rather than a handbag. Its outer surface is polyester, a textile material, so subheading 420292 applies: 'Other', with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials. Note 3(A)(a) to Chapter 42 excludes only plastic-sheeting bags with handles not designed for prolonged use, which does not fit a backpack. Heading 6305 covers sacks for packing goods, not personal rucksacks. Chapter 42 Additional Note 1 is satisfied by the visible polyester outer surface. Leather subheadings are excluded.
Rules applied: GRI 1, Chapter 42 Note 2, Chapter 42 Note 3(A)(a), Chapter 42 Additional Note 1, GRI 6.
Alternatives considered
| Code | Description | Why not |
|---|---|---|
| 4202.22 | Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper > Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle > With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials | Handbags are hand-carried containers; this item is carried on the back with shoulder straps, so it is a rucksack under 'Other'. |
| 6305.90 | Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods > Of other textile materials | Heading 6305 covers sacks and bags for the packing of goods, not personal rucksacks designed to carry belongings. |
| 4202.99 | Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper > Other > Other | Subheading 420299 is for 'Other' with outer surfaces not of leather, plastics or textiles, which does not fit a polyester outer surface. |
EU Combined Nomenclature / TARIC line for DE
Of textile materials > Travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sports bags > Other
Confidence 0.78. A rucksack is a named article of the 'travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sports bags' line, and polyester is a textile material, so the textile branch applies; hand-made production is not stated, so the non-hand-made 'Other' line is selected with reduced confidence because the exact fibre content and any coating are unconfirmed.
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