Cardboard Juice Box from China
Compact folding carton made from non-corrugated paperboard with foil and plastic lamination for shelf-stable fruit juice packaging. Falls under HTS 4819.20.00.20 as a sanitary beverage container ensuring hygiene and preventing spoilage through multi-layer barriers.
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 supplier declarations confirming paperboard as primary material over 50% by weight
• Test for migration limits per FDA 21 CFR 176 to prove sanitary suitability
• Avoid pitfalls by documenting flat-packed shipment to qualify as folding cartons