HS code 4202: Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school
Heading 4202 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 42, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
4202Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Place in the nomenclature: 42 Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) > 4202
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 12
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 25
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 4202
- 4202 11Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather
- 4202 11 10 Executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers
- 4202 11 90 Other
- 4202 12Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers | With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or textile materials
- 4202 12 11 Of sheeting of plastics | Executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers
- 4202 12 19 Of sheeting of plastics | Other
- 4202 12 50 Of moulded plastic material
- 4202 12 91 Of other materials, including vulcanised fibre | Executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers
- 4202 12 99 Of other materials, including vulcanised fibre | Other
- 4202 19Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers (excl. with outer surface of leather, composition leather, patent leather, plastics or textile materials)
- 4202 19 10 Of aluminium
- 4202 19 90 Of other materials
- 4202 21Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather
- 4202 21 00 With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
- 4202 22Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Handbags, whether or not with shoulder straps, incl. those without handles, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials
- 4202 22 10 Of sheeting of plastics
- 4202 22 90 Of textile materials
- 4202 29Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, incl. those without handle, with outer surface of vulcanised fibre or paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
- 4202 29 00 Other
- 4202 31Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wallets, purses, key-pouches, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches and similar articles carried in the pocket or handbag, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather
- 4202 31 00 With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
- 4202 32Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wallets, purses, key-pouches, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches and similar articles carried in the pocket or handbag, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials
- 4202 32 10 Of sheeting of plastics
- 4202 32 90 Of textile materials
- 4202 39Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Wallets, purses, key-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches and similar articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or handbag, with outer surface of vulcanised fibre or paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper, incl. spectacle cases of moulded plastic material
- 4202 39 00 Other
- 4202 91Other | With outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers, with outer surface of leather, composition leather or patent leather (excl. trunks, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, handbags and articles normally carried in the pocket or handbag)
- 4202 91 10 Travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sports bags
- 4202 91 80 Other
- 4202 92Other | With outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Travelling-bags, insulated food or beverage bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, shopping-bags, map-cases, tool bags, sports bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers, with outer surface of plastic sheeting or textile materials (excl. trunks, briefcases, school satchels and similar containers, handbags and articles carried in the pocket or handbag)
- 4202 92 11 Of sheeting of plastics | Travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sports bags
- 4202 92 15 Of sheeting of plastics | Musical instrument cases
- 4202 92 19 Of sheeting of plastics | Other
- 4202 92 91 Of textile materials | Travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks and sports bags
- 4202 92 98 Of textile materials | Other
- 4202 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Travelling-bags, shopping or tool bags, jewellery boxes, cutlery cases and similar, with outer surface of vulcanised fibre or paperboard; cases for binoculars, cameras, musical instruments, guns, holsters and similar containers with outer surface of materials (not leather, plastic sheeting or textile materials) (excl. trunks, briefcases, school satchels and similar; handbags; articles normally carried in pocket or handbag)
- 4202 99 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.