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Paperboard Gift Packaging Boxes

Elegant rigid boxes made from folding boxboard, often with foil stamping, used for packaging luxury gifts like jewelry or cosmetics. Classified under HTS 4819.50.40.60 as other packing containers of paperboard, distinct from retail egg cartons or record sleeves.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+37.5%37.5%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+60.0%60%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+12.5%12.5%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

4819.60.00Same rate: 37.5%

If made primarily of cellulose wadding or nonwoven cellulose fibers

Material shift from paperboard to cellulose wadding changes subheading to 4819.60.

4202.92Lower: 30.1% vs 37.5%

If featuring significant textile linings or leather exteriors

Predominant material becomes textile or leather, moving to Chapter 42 for travel goods.

4823.70.00Same rate: 37.5%

If molded pulp construction for produce like fruit

Molded pulp trays for agriculture are classified under 4823.70 as paper articles.

Not sure which classification is right?

The Tariff Assistant works through the GRI rules on your specific product to reach the right HTS code — and can price the duty on it in the same conversation.

Import Tips & Compliance

• Include detailed descriptions of surface treatments like lamination to confirm paperboard base material

• Avoid misdeclaration as printed matter; motifs must be subsidiary to packing function per chapter notes