Decorative Wooden Cigar Box Lined with Silk Textile from China
This wooden cigar box, mainly covered with embossed paper, features a silk textile lining to maintain humidity and protect cigars. It qualifies for HTS 4202.99.3000 as a similar container of wood, paper-covered, and textile-lined. The design mimics traditional humidors but uses paper exterior for aesthetics.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide humidity-control feature descriptions but confirm textile lining to stay in 4202.99.3000; avoid plastic inserts
• Label as 'cigar case' not 'humidor furniture' to prevent shift to Chapter 94 exclusions per Chapter Note 2(k)
• Include supplier affidavits on paper covering extent to counter potential downgrades to plain wood boxes