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The rate is published on 4202.12.89." }, { "question": "Which preferential rates apply to 4202.12.89.20?", "answer": "Duty-free entry applies to goods that qualify under 14 programmes: the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Israel Free Trade Area, the United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation Act, the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and to goods from Nepal. A preferential rate of 16.6% applies to goods that qualify under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act." } ], "sections": [ { "id": "covers", "title": "What this line covers", "text": [ "In the United States tariff, line 4202.12.89.20 covers trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials, with outer surface of textile materials, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, occupational luggage cases and similar containers, of cotton (369).", "Its legal text is “Of cotton (369)”, read under “Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers”, “With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials”, “With outer surface of textile materials”, “Other” and “Attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, occupational luggage cases and similar containers”." ] }, { "id": "structure", "title": "How it is structured", "text": [ "It falls under HS subheading 4202.12 in heading 42.02 (chapter 42). The first six digits are the Harmonized System code; the 4 digits after them are added by the United States tariff." ] }, { "id": "duty", "title": "Duty", "text": [ "The general (MFN) duty rate is 17.6%.", "The rate is published on 4202.12.89.", "Duty-free entry applies to goods that qualify under 14 programmes, and to goods from Nepal.", "A preferential rate of 16.6% applies to goods that qualify under Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act." ] }, { "id": "other-countries", "title": "In other countries", "text": [ "No other national tariff on border.bot has live lines under 4202.12 yet." ] }, { "id": "sources", "title": "Sources and updates", "text": [ "The tariff lines for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.", "The duty rates for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.", "The trade programmes for the United States come from border.bot release 1 (edition 2026HTSRev21), read from the publisher’s files, and have been live since 9 October 2026.", "This page was last updated on 9 October 2026.", "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. 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