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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%Section 301 (forced labor) — Japan (col1 rate < 12.5 percent): MFN < 12.5% → total duty capped at 12.5%

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