42.6%
HTS code 4202.92.31.20 · Backpack · origin India · data as of 2026-09-22
A shipment of backpack entering the United States from India is classified under HTS code 4202.92.31.20 and pays 42.6% total import duty on its customs value. That is the 17.6% normal (MFN) rate plus Reciprocal tariff, which is a separate heading in Chapter 99 of the tariff schedule. The duty is worked out on the customs value of the goods, which is normally what you paid for them; freight, insurance, customs brokerage and any merchandise processing fee come on top and are not included in the figure above.
| Layer | Heading | Rate | As the schedule words it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal duty (MFN, column 1-General) | 4202.92.31.20 | 17.6% | 17.6% |
| Reciprocal tariff | 9903.02.26 | 25% | The duty provided in the applicable subheading + 25% |
| Total | 42.6% | ||
4202.92.31.20.The normal duty is the column 1-General rate the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sets for this code. Every country the United States trades with normally pays it unless a trade agreement or a preference programme says otherwise.
The reciprocal tariff is the across-the-board rate applied to a trading partner. For some partners a ceiling applies, so the reciprocal rate and the normal rate together cannot exceed that ceiling.
Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, attache cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; traveling bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toiletry bags, knapsacks and backpacks, handbags, shopping bags, wallets, purses, map cases, cigarette cases, tobacco pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle cases, jewelry boxes, powder cases, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanized fiber or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper: > Other: > With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials: > Travel, sports and similar bags: > With outer surface of textile materials: > Of man-made fibers > Backpacks (670)
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