Palm Leaf Drawstring Gym Bag from Japan
A lightweight gym bag with drawstring closure, woven from thin palm leaf strips for ventilation during sports. Classified in HTS 4602.19.25.00 for palm leaf luggage made directly from plaiting materials, not as footwear parts or Chapter 94 excluded items. Compact when empty for gym bags.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
18%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.480%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 equal to or greater than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Avoid waterproof coatings; they classify as plastics under 3923 if predominant
• Document as 'unlined' explicitly in commercial invoices
• Monitor EU REACH for palm fiber treatments if transshipping