Paperboard Gift Packaging Boxes from Japan
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.
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
• 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