Trunks, suitcases, handbags, wallets & similar containers
The heading for leather bags and accessories — Kanpur, Kolkata and Chennai are leading clusters.
- India exports 2024
- $1.56B
- Share of Chapter 42
- 61.8%
- Rank in its chapter
- #1 of 5
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
A strong finished-leather-goods category with vertical supply chains.
How to read this code
42.02 is the four-digit HS heading for trunks, suitcases, handbags, wallets & similar con. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many leather lines — check our import guides for your market.
Subheadings under HS 42.02
The Harmonised System breaks Trunks, suitcases, handbags, wallets & similar containers into these 12 subheadings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels and similar containers, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of leather or of composition leather
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials
Cases and containers; n.e.c. in heading 4202, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
Products under HS 42.02 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 4202, each with its own indicative FOB, minimum order and lead-time economics — request quotes directly.
Where these are made in India
The categories above are produced across these clusters, each with its own factory base and export track record.
Turn this code into a sourcing plan
HS 42.02 maps to live sourcing categories — jump straight to the sector and products we ship under it.
Top destinations for Chapter 42 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
More codes in Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
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Indian exporters in this category
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