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HS code for Leather handbag
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 > Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle > With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
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 covers handbags of leather. The product is a leather handbag, so the heading applies. Under Chapter 42 Note 1, 'leather' includes patent leather and metallised leather, so the leather type does not change the result. Additional Chapter Note 1 treats outer surface as the visible outer material, which is leather. Subheading 420221 covers handbags with outer surface of leather or composition leather. Note 2 excludes no features of this product. Genuine and composition leather both fall in 420221, so the missing leather-type detail does not change the code.
Rules applied: GRI 1, Chapter 42 Note 1, Chapter 42 Additional Chapter Note 1, GRI 6.
Alternatives considered
| Code | Description | Why not |
|---|---|---|
| 4202.29 | 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 > Other | Covers handbags with outer surface of other materials; the stated outer material is leather. |
| 4202.31 | 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 > Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag > With outer surface of leather or of composition leather | Covers articles normally carried in the pocket or handbag (e.g., small wallets, purses); this is a handbag. |
| 4205.00 | Other articles of leather or of composition leather | Residual heading for other leather articles; handbags are specifically provided for in heading 4202. |
Information that would confirm the code
- Confirm the bag is a handbag (hand-carried) and not a travel bag, rucksack or pocket item, which would change the heading text used.
- Confirm the outer surface is leather or composition leather and not a plastic or textile covering over most of the surface.
EU Combined Nomenclature / TARIC line for DE
Other
Confidence 0.70. The product is a leather handbag, and the data does not state that it is hand-made, so the residual 'Other' line 4202210090 applies, with reduced confidence because hand-made status is unverified.
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