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Updated September 19, 2026

What is the HTS code for a card holder with an aluminum shell and plastic interior?

HTS code

3926.90.9989

CBP classified a card holder with a grooved aluminum shell and a rigid plastic interior under HTS 3926.90.9989 in ruling N350270. That line covers other articles of plastics. CBP found the plastic interior gives the card holder its essential character, so it is classified as an article of plastic rather than as a card case or wallet.

  • Made in Italy
  • CBP ruling N350270
  • July 8, 2025
  • Current
Today's duty from Italy

The Product

  • Exterior shell of grooved aluminum.
  • Interior compartment of rigid plastic that rotates in and out of the shell on an articulated pivot.
  • Holds cards; CBP treats a card case as a form of wallet.
  • Offered in silver, black and titanium.

CBP's Ruling

ItemHTS codeCBP's description of the line
Card holderHTS 3926.90.9989Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914: Other: Other: Other

Explanation

CBP set aside heading 4202, which lists card cases as a form of wallet, because the card holder's materials aren't among those the heading allows.

It then applied General Rule of Interpretation 3(b), the essential character rule, to the two materials, and found the rigid plastic interior gives the card holder its essential character. Treated as an article of plastic that isn't more specifically described elsewhere, the card holder falls on the residual line of heading 3926 for other articles of plastics.

Headings CBP ruled out

  • heading 4202, card cases and wallets: The second half of heading 4202 covers only goods of leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textiles, vulcanized fiber or paperboard, or mainly covered with those or paper; metal and molded plastic aren't included.

Does this apply to your product?

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

  • Is it a card holder or card case?
  • Is the outer shell metal rather than leather, plastic sheeting, textile or paperboard?
  • Is the interior compartment made of rigid, molded plastic?

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 Italy 

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

Related rulings

N336603 covers a plastic card holder, N336457 a plastic key card holder, and G83664 an instrument holder and a card holder, each under a different line. N359958, on a plastic faucet aerator, is on the same line as this ruling.

  • N336603December 8, 2023Plastic card holder from China3926.90.9985
  • N336457November 29, 2023Plastic key card holder from China3926.90.9985
  • N359958April 17, 2026Plastic faucet aerator from Italy3926.90.9989
  • N336956December 19, 2023Plastic cup holder insert from China3926.90.9985
  • N347075April 22, 2025Passport holder gift set from China3926.90.9989, 8544.42.9090
  • N347537April 30, 2025Passport holder gift set from China3926.90.9989, 8423.10.0010
  • N357679January 29, 2026Glass fiber reinforced resin fins from Italy3926.90.3000
  • G83664November 13, 2000“Instrument Holder” and a “Card Holder” from Taiwan3926.90.9880, 6307.90.9989
Read CBP's full ruling N350270 The letter as CBP published it, on rulings.cbp.gov

Borderless, a licensed U.S. customs brokerage, summarized CBP ruling N350270 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