Cardboard Juice Box from Japan
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 — 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 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