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Updated September 19, 2026

What is the HTS code for a plastic bucket spacer?

HTS code

3926.90.9989

CBP classified a plastic bucket spacer under HTS 3926.90.9989 in ruling N341337. The spacer sits inside a five-gallon bucket and keeps nested buckets from locking together. That line covers other articles of plastics that no other heading describes more specifically.

  • Made in China
  • CBP ruling N341337
  • August 6, 2024
  • Current
Today's duty from China

The Product

  • A plastic spacer that keeps nested plastic buckets, like those sold at home improvement stores, from locking together.
  • Shaped roughly like a table with four legs.
  • Large enough to fit inside a five-gallon bucket and tall enough to stop a nested bucket from fully seating.

CBP's Ruling

ItemHTS codeCBP's description of the line
Bucket spacerHTS 3926.90.9989[o]ther articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914: [o]ther: [o]ther: [o]ther

Explanation

CBP found the bucket spacer is an article of plastic that no other heading of the tariff describes more specifically. Heading 3926 covers other articles of plastics, and CBP placed the spacer on that heading's line for other articles.

Headings CBP ruled out

  • heading 3923, articles for the conveyance and packing of goods: The importer proposed this heading. CBP said the spacer is designed to keep nested buckets from becoming stuck together, so it isn't an article for conveying or packing goods.

Does this apply to your product?

It likely does if you can answer yes to each of these:

  • Is it made of plastic?
  • Is it a spacer that keeps nested buckets from locking together?
  • Does it fit inside a five-gallon bucket and stop the next bucket from fully seating?

A no to any of them can mean a different code. A licensed broker can classify your product.

The code today

HTS codeIn today's scheduleWhere it sitsToday's duty
3926.90.9989✓ Still in the scheduleHeading 3926Today's duty from China 

Checked against today's tariff schedule. The duty calculator opens with the code and country filled in.

Related rulings

N356785, on a plastic sleeve, is on the same line. N342118 covers a plastic tool, and N328944, N332780, N333374 and N335202 cover a plastic pipette, a plastic wheel, a plastic bin and plastic geocells under the same heading.

  • N328944November 8, 2022Plastic pipette from China3926.90.9985
  • N332780May 19, 2023Plastic wheel from China3926.90.9985
  • N325536May 5, 2022Plastic gasket from China3926.90.4590
  • N333374June 15, 2023Plastic bin from China3926.90.9985
  • N336142November 15, 2023Plastic syringes from China3926.90.2100
  • N342118September 5, 2024Plastic tool from China3926.90.9989
  • N356785December 17, 2025Plastic sleeve from China3926.90.9989
  • N335202September 26, 2023Plastic geocells from China3926.90.9985
Read CBP's full ruling N341337 The letter as CBP published it, on rulings.cbp.gov

Borderless, a licensed U.S. customs brokerage, summarized CBP ruling N341337 in plain English and checked its codes against the letter and today's tariff schedule. A ruling applies only to goods that match its facts; our terms explain the rest. Terms