3923.10: Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles

1. 3923 10 00 00 Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles
2. 3923 10 10 00 Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles, of plastic, specially shaped or fitted for the conveyance or packing of semiconductor wafers, masks, or reticles Free
3. 3923 10 90 00 Other 6%
4. 3923 10 90 10 Photomask or wafer compacts: - consisting of antistatic materials or blended thermoplastics proving special electrostatic discharge (esd) and outgassing properties, - having non porous, abrasion resistant or impact resistant surface properties, - fitted with a specially designed retainer system that protects the photomask or wafers from surface or cosmetic damage and - with or without a gasket seal, of a kind used in the photolithography or other semiconductor production to house photomasks or wafers 6%
5. 3923 10 90 90 Other 6%

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£381.2m+5.6% · previous 12 months

Average import price£3.32 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£99.8m	26.2%	+9.1%
China	£40.8m	10.7%	+10%
France	£35.1m	9.2%	-9.8%
Ireland	£30.2m	7.9%	+13%
Türkiye	£24.3m	6.4%	+19.2%
Netherlands	£21.8m	5.7%	+7.1%
Italy	£15.4m	4%	+22%
Belgium	£14.5m	3.8%	+7.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free – 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 3.3% Türkiye 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA Free – 3% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 1.5% Canada Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Mexico 25% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Brazil 16.2% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Argentina 18% Third-country duty 8 tariff lines Peru 6% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines New Zealand Free – 5% Third-country duty 9 tariff lines · average 3.3% Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free – 5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 2.5% GCC 5% Third-country duty 5 tariff lines Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines North Macedonia 6.5% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Nigeria 20% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$2bn	15.3%
2	China	US$2bn	13.7%
3	Germany	US$1bn	10.5%
4	France	US$676m	4.8%
5	South Korea	US$542m	3.8%
6	Poland	US$528m	3.7%
7	Mexico	US$518m	3.7%
8	Netherlands	US$483m	3.4%
9	Spain	US$436m	3.1%
10	United Kingdom	US$355m	2.5%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$1bn	10.6%
2	Mexico	US$1bn	10.6%
3	Germany	US$905m	6.4%
4	Canada	US$635m	4.5%
5	France	US$553m	3.9%
6	Spain	US$514m	3.6%
7	Netherlands	US$509m	3.6%
8	South Korea	US$503m	3.6%
9	United Kingdom	US$452m	3.2%
10	Italy	US$452m	3.2%

Import duty on this product around the world 165

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

• 10%median duty
• 19number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 110%highest: Maldives, Gibraltar, Angola

165

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	10%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Angola	50%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Antigua & Barbuda	5%		2021 · HS 2007
Argentina	18%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	6.5%		2023
Aruba	12%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Azerbaijan	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	45%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	25%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	13%	5% – 20%	2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	6.5%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	25%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	10%		2022
Botswana	15%		2023
Brazil	18%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cambodia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon	10%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Cape Verde	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Cayman Islands	22%		2021 · HS 2002
Central African Republic	10%		2023
Chad	10%		2023
Chile	6%		2023 · HS 2017
China	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Colombia	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Comoros	20%		2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville	10%		2023
Cook Islands	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica	8.3%	5% – 9%	2023
Côte d’Ivoire	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Cuba	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	14%		2023
Ecuador	5%	0% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	10%		2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador	8.3%	5% – 10%	2022
Equatorial Guinea	10%		2023
Eswatini	15%		2023
Ethiopia	20%		2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries)	3.3%	0% – 6.5%	2023
Fiji	24%	15% – 32%	2023
French Polynesia	13%		2023
Gabon	10%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Georgia	12%		2022 · HS 2017
Ghana	20%		2023
Gibraltar	75%	12% – 200%	2023 · HS 2017
Grenada	5%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	8.3%	5% – 10%	2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Guyana	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	10%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	8.3%	5% – 10%	2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	15%		2023
Indonesia	15%		2023
Iran	20%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	4%	0% – 12%	2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	0%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	6.5%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kiribati	40%		2023 · HS 2002
Kuwait	5%		2023
Kyrgyzstan	6.5%		2021 · HS 2017
Laos	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon	13%	5% – 20%	2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho	15%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Libya	5%		2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein	0%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	10%		2023
Malawi	18%	10% – 25%	2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	13%	0% – 20%	2023
Maldives	110%	20% – 200%	2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritania	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mexico	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia	4%		2021 · HS 2017
Moldova	6.5%		2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia	5%		2023
Montserrat	18%	15% – 20%	2023 · HS 2017
Morocco	14%	10% – 18%	2023
Mozambique	20%		2023
Myanmar (Burma)	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Namibia	15%		2023
Nauru	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Nepal	25%	15% – 30%	2023
New Zealand	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Nicaragua	8.3%	5% – 10%	2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	6.5%		2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
Palestinian Territories	4%	0% – 12%	2017 · HS 2017
Panama	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Papua New Guinea	0%		2023
Paraguay	18%		2023 · HS 2017
Peru	6%		2023 · HS 2017
Philippines	10%	0% – 15%	2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Russia	6.5%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	25%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	10%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	6.5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
Singapore	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands	4.5%*		2023 · HS 2017
Somalia	25%		2023 · HS 2017
South Africa	15%		2023
South Korea	0%		2023
Sri Lanka	13%	0% – 20%	2023
St Kitts & Nevis	5%		2023
St Lucia	2.5%	0% – 5%	2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	13%	5% – 20%	2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	5%		2023
Sudan	3%		2021 · HS 2017
Suriname	5%		2023 · HS 2007
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	10%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	6.5%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Tonga	0%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	7.5%	0% – 15%	2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	32%		2023
Tuvalu	15%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	25%		2023
Ukraine	6.5%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	4%	0% – 6%	2023
United States	1.5%	0% – 3%	2023
Uruguay	18%		2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan	15%		2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu	5%	0% – 10%	2023
Venezuela	18%		2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam	11%	10% – 12%	2023
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	10%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	25%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%	0.1% – 0.2%	2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4

89319 Articles for the conveyance/packing of goods, n.e.s.; stoppers, lids, caps & other closures

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 511220

CPC 2.1 product

36490 Other articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

2220 Manufacture of plastics products

Earlier HS editions

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

Binding rulings for similar goods 16

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

1. Anti-dumping 17 July 2026

   Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Order

   FR Doc. 2026-14421 · 91 FR 44813 · Source: federalregister.gov

2. Anti-dumping 20 May 2026

   Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances

   FR Doc. 2026-10109 · 91 FR 29457 · Source: federalregister.gov

3. Anti-dumping 16 March 2026

   Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

   FR Doc. 2026-05003 · 91 FR 12572 · Source: federalregister.gov

4. Anti-dumping 22 January 2026

   Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

   FR Doc. 2026-01176 · 91 FR 2739 · Source: federalregister.gov

5. Countervailing duty 22 January 2026

   Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes From the People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination

   FR Doc. 2026-01177 · 91 FR 2734 · Source: federalregister.gov

Rule changes →

Products classified here

• boxes, plastic
• crates, plastic
• cartons, plastic
• cool box, plastic

Questions and answers

Typical products

• boxes, plastic
• cartons, plastic
• cool box, plastic
• crates, plastic

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.