U.S. imports of Trunks, Suitcases & Travel Cases with Leather or Patent Leather Outer Surface (SITC 83121) totaled $6.2M in August 2026, imported from 78 countries.
Importers of Trunks, Suitcases & Travel Cases with Leather or Patent Leather Outer Surface paid $1.2M in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 17.13% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Trunks, Suitcases & Travel Cases with Leather or Patent Leather Outer Surface imports of $6.2M in August 2026 ran 11% above the year-to-date monthly average of $5.6M.
Last updated: August 2026 dataLeather-surfaced hard and soft luggage — including trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive cases, briefcases, and school satchels — occupies the premium tier of the travel goods market and is classified by outer surface material as the primary criterion. Full-grain, composition, and patent leather variants all fall here, distinguishing them from the far larger plastic- and textile-surfaced luggage trade. Importers of luxury leather luggage should be attentive to country-of-origin marking requirements and, where applicable, Section 301 exposure for goods with Chinese-origin components.
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2.4K import shipments a month
Yes — classification is determined by the outer surface material, not the lining. A briefcase with a leather exterior classifies under the leather-surface subheading regardless of the interior fabric or material.
Each article must be classified individually based on its own outer surface material. Mixed shipments should be itemized on the commercial invoice by material type, with separate line entries for leather-surfaced and non-leather-surfaced pieces to ensure correct duty assessment and avoid blanket misclassification.
Basic heading 295 of 419 in section 8
Basic heading 83121 · $6.2M of $46.9B
Imports · August 2026
origin
China pays 45.1% duty; France 10.2%.
customs district
Census does not publish district detail for this classification system.
destination
Census does not publish state detail for this classification system.
entry
Census does not publish port detail for this classification system.
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Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $66.3M of Trunks, Suitcases & Travel Cases with Leather or Patent Leather Outer Surface and exported $19.2M.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.