Decorative Wooden Cigar Box Lined with Silk Textile from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
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