Sourcing comparison · Bags & Luggage
Tariff & fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier.
| Annual import value | Estimated duty & fee savings / year |
|---|---|
| $50,000 | $1,319 |
| $250,000 | $6,594 |
| $1,000,000 | $26,375 |
Savings scale linearly with volume. Enter your exact figure to model it precisely.
Calculate your exact volume →A bags & luggage importer's margin increasingly turns on a single field on the entry: country of origin. Switch the origin from Vietnam (20%) to India (17.5%) and an importer reclaims about $2,637 for every $100,000 purchased. Two suppliers can quote the same factory price and still land at very different costs once Customs is done. The breakdown below itemises both duty stacks so the figure is auditable, not asserted.
Start with the two duty stacks side by side. Shipped out of Vietnam, the product is hit with a 7.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 12.5% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its bags & luggage, an effective 20% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. India-made goods carry a 7.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty on its bags & luggage, an effective 17.5% once the $49.74 in processing fees are added. The Merchandise Processing Fee and Harbor Maintenance Fee are charged on customs value, not origin, so they sit at $49.74 on either stack and never contribute to the gap. The per-shipment gap comes to $263.75 on $10,000 of goods — a clean read on the 2.5% rate difference. Across a year that is roughly $659 on a $25,000 purchase order and about $2,637 on a $100,000 program. Scaled to a single $25,000 PO, the gap is near $659, repeated on every reorder.
The category, HTS 4202, takes in Suitcases, Backpacks, Handbags, Briefcases, Sports bags, Toiletry bags, and School bags among other bags & luggage. The US imports bags & luggage at scale, so the origin mix for this category is unusually sensitive to tariff policy. Bag and luggage tariffs raise prices across all price points, with Chinese-made luggage facing the highest effective rates from stacked Section 301 and the forced-labor Section 301 duty that replaced Section 122 after its July 24, 2026 lapse. Vietnam's trade profile leans toward consumer electronics, clothing garments, and footwear, and it sits in Asia-Pacific. Vietnam trades under a bilateral arrangement that sets a fixed rate on bags & luggage alongside the standard duty layers. India (Asia-Pacific) sends the United States largely pharmaceutical ingredients, generic drugs, and clothing garments. For India, a negotiated bilateral rate applies on bags & luggage entries alongside the base and Section 232/301 layers, now that Section 122 has lapsed to 0%. Shared Asia-Pacific routing keeps logistics roughly comparable and leaves the duty gap as the decisive number. India is surfaced as a credible alternative, not just the cheapest line — it is among the origins a US buyer of bags & luggage could realistically qualify. US tariff policy in 2026 is unusually fluid, with effective rates on many categories changing several times a year — a reason to treat any origin comparison as a live calculation rather than a fixed sheet.
Where India is a viable supplier, expect roughly $2,637 at $100,000, rising to about $6,594 at $250,000 and $26,375 at $1,000,000 as volume grows. The numbers come straight from the landed-cost engine, with product cost and shipping fixed across both origins to isolate the tariff difference. These figures reflect tariff and fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier. If any price premium from India is smaller than the duty saving, the switch still wins on net landed cost. Before acting, confirm the India supplier classifies under the same HTS heading, can meet your volume and certifications, and faces no product-specific exclusion or quota that shifts the duty. Because rates move, treat this as a point-in-time read and re-check before committing — new proclamations and bilateral deals can shift the stack with little notice. Open the Tariff Savings Finder to rank every feasible origin for your specific volume.
At $100,000 of annual import value, switching from Vietnam to India saves an estimated $2,637 in duties and fees, because the effective tariff rate falls from 20% to 17.5%. The saving scales linearly with volume. These figures reflect tariff and fee savings only, assuming equal product cost — your actual landed cost also depends on price and freight, which vary by supplier.
India-origin bags & luggage is assessed a 7.5% Most-Favoured-Nation base duty and a 10% forced-labor Section 301 duty, for an effective 17.5% duty rate before the Merchandise Processing Fee ($36.55) and Harbor Maintenance Fee ($13.19).
Vietnam carries an effective 20% rate versus 17.5% for India. The gap comes from differences in the base, Section 232 and bilateral rates that apply to each origin.
Tariff rates from Tax Foundation, USITC, and Penn Wharton Budget Model; retaliatory and industry data from the ITA Foreign Retaliations Database and U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS). Last verified .
