4602.90.00.00 - Other 🖩

This HTS category, 4602.90.00.00, encompasses a broad range of basketwork, wickerwork, and other articles that are manufactured from plaiting materials. It specifically covers items that are either made directly to shape from these materials or are constructed from articles classified under heading 4601, which pertains to plaited or laminated sheets of plaiting materials. Additionally, this category includes articles made from loofah, a natural sponge derived from a fibrous plant.

It's important to distinguish this "Other" category from its sibling, "Of vegetable materials." While both fall under the umbrella of manufactures of straw, esparto, or other plaiting materials, the sibling category likely refers to articles exclusively or primarily composed of specific vegetable-derived plaiting materials, whereas 4602.90.00.00 serves as a residual category for items not specifically covered elsewhere within heading 4602, or those made from a wider array of plaiting materials that may not be solely vegetable in origin, or articles of loofah.

As a leaf node, this category has no further subcategories. Therefore, classification under 4602.90.00.00 hinges on the determination that the article is indeed a form of basketwork, wickerwork, or similar manufactured item made from plaiting materials or loofah, and does not fit into any more specifically defined classifications within heading 4602. Classification would require a detailed examination of the article's construction, material composition, and overall appearance to ensure it meets the criteria of being "made directly to shape from plaiting materials or made up from articles of heading 4601; articles of loofah."