Palm Leaf Wicker Fruit Basket from Japan
An elegant fruit basket woven directly from palm leaves in wickerwork technique, perfect for displaying produce on tables. HTS 4602.19.14.00 covers this as wickerwork other baskets of palm leaf plaiting materials. Its shaped, interlaced form distinguishes it from simple plaits.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%
Import Tips
• Use invoice descriptions specifying 'wickerwork from palm leaf plaiting materials' to match tariff heading
• Avoid grouping with non-plaiting vegetable items like gourds, which go to Chapter 94 or 39
• For retail packaging, ensure it doesn't confer essential character shifting to Chapter 48 paper articles