Luggage, handbags and the like, of leather, composition leather, plastic sheeting, textile materials, vulcanized fibre or paperboard; travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning

1. Scope and Applicability

This rule covers accepted finished luggage, handbags and similar carrying or storage articles, and personal toilet, sewing, shoe-care or clothes-cleaning travel sets sold as one unit at the factory gate. Declare subtype, outer material, lining, structural panels, size or capacity, closure, set contents, production site and reference year separately. Per-item results are not directly comparable across different capacities, functions or expected lifetimes. A leather handbag is the database-backed representative; other subtypes need their own verified finished-flow identity.

Include upstream datasets for purchased materials and components, cutting, stitching, bonding, assembly, inspection and packaging shipped with the article; include contents sold inside a travel set. Retail, use-phase cleaning and maintenance, consumer transport and end-of-life are outside this factory-gate boundary. If the site itself tans leather, weaves fabric or forms panels, add those as declared foreground processes rather than substituting this assembly process.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.food-products-beverages-and-tobacco-textiles-apparel-and-leather-products.leather-and-leather-products-footwear.luggage-handbags-and-the-like-of-leather-composition-leather-plastic-sheeting-textile-m-ad74b041
classification_refs	CPC 3.0 29220 (un-cpc-2025)
covered_products	Finished luggage, handbags, similar articles and specified travel sets
excluded_products	Separately sold raw materials, goods-packing sacks, saddlery and repair services
representative_product	One accepted finished leather handbag
production_route	Purchased materials and components, cutting, stitching or bonding, assembly and packing; declare applicable route from bill of materials
market_state	Complete, accepted, saleable and unused article

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Carry or store goods, or provide the declared travel-set function
How much	One accepted finished article
How well	Declare capacity, dimensions, material, closure, load rating and set contents; do not assume equivalent performance
How long or cycle	Declare expected years or use cycles; factory-gate inventory excludes use phase
reference_flow_link	finished_leather_bag

Field	Value
Reference amount	1
Reference product flow	Leather Bag 3a920bac-cab3-4a8c-8a9c-71875390afa8
Reference flow property	Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345
Reference unit group	Units of items 5beb6eed-33a9-47b8-9ede-1dfe8f679159
Reference unit	item
Required qualifiers	product subtype; outer and lining material; capacity and dimensions; load rating; set contents; packaging; production site; reference year; acceptance state; expected service life

The verified Leather Bag UUID applies only to the representative leather-bag dataset. Other subtypes must not reuse it; verify their own finished flow and record it in the data package.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
accepted_item_basis	finished_leather_bag	Number of items 01846770-4cfe-4a25-8ad9-919d8d378345	item	One reference flow is one accepted unused finished article of a declared configuration; reject counts do not enter the denominator.
mass_records	material and waste records	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Normalize weighed net material amounts to accepted articles in the same lot; retain weighing evidence.
electricity_units	ac_electricity	Net calorific value 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66	MJ	When meters record kWh, convert using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ and retain raw readings.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Purchased finished materials and components enter the cutting and assembly site
starting_condition_role	Foreground assembly starting point; upstream material production uses separate datasets
product_classification_scope	Finished CPC 3.0 29220 articles; each dataset declares one concrete subtype
recursive_input_rule	If a purchased article from the same category is included in a set, record it as a separate product input and do not recount its manufacturing in this site
upstream_dataset_requirement	Purchased leather, textile, plastic, paperboard, metal parts, adhesive, travel-set contents and packaging require upstream datasets matching their material state
disclosure	Disclose any on-site tanning, weaving, forming, rework, outsourced work and transport exclusions

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
boundary_factory_gate	all declared datasets	Include operations through accepted finished article and shipped packaging at factory gate; retain upstream data for purchased materials and set contents.	un-cpc-2025
boundary_no_double_count	same-category purchased inputs	Record a purchased same-category finished article once as an input, without duplicating its upstream production inside this foreground site.	ghg-product-2011

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
bag_fabrication	Cutting, stitching, bonding, assembly, inspection and packing	required	All declared articles; each material row applies only for its declared route	foreground manufacture	per one accepted finished article

Process: Article fabrication and packing (bag_fabrication)

Add separately named atomic rows for every actually used bill-of-material input and waste stream absent from these representative rows; retain individual identity and amount evidence. Record each travel-set content item separately.

Inputs

Product flows

Finished bovine leather sheet (bovine_leather)

Include this single exchange when leather or mixed-material article with finished bovine leather panels. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Finished bovine leather sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable finished bovine leather sheet in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: leather or mixed-material article with finished bovine leather panels

Composition leather sheet (composition_leather)

Include this single exchange when article using composition leather panels. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Composition leather sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable composition leather sheet in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article using composition leather panels

Woven polyester fabric (polyester_fabric)

Include this single exchange when article with woven polyester shell or lining. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Woven polyester fabric
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable woven polyester fabric in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article with woven polyester shell or lining

Polyvinyl chloride sheet (pvc_sheet)

Include this single exchange when article with PVC sheet panels. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Polyvinyl chloride sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable polyvinyl chloride sheet in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article with PVC sheet panels

Vulcanized fibre sheet (vulcanized_fibre)

Include this single exchange when article with vulcanized fibre structural panels. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Vulcanized fibre sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable vulcanized fibre sheet in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article with vulcanized fibre structural panels

Paperboard sheet (paperboard_panel)

Include this single exchange when article with paperboard structural panels. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Paperboard sheet
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable paperboard sheet in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article with paperboard structural panels

Polyester sewing thread (sewing_thread)

Include this single exchange when sewn construction using polyester thread. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Polyester sewing thread
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable polyester sewing thread in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: sewn construction using polyester thread

Metal-tooth zipper (metal_zipper)

Include this single exchange when article fitted with a metal-tooth zipper. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Metal-tooth zipper
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable metal-tooth zipper in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: article fitted with a metal-tooth zipper

Water-based polyurethane adhesive (pu_adhesive)

Include this single exchange when bonded construction using water-based polyurethane adhesive. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Water-based polyurethane adhesive
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable water-based polyurethane adhesive in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: bonded construction using water-based polyurethane adhesive

Alternating current (ac_electricity)

Include this single exchange when purchased alternating-current electricity consumed in fabrication. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 8bfc48b1-c262-4156-a817-b2c8a1b21598
• Flow property / unit: Net calorific value / MJ
• Amount rule: Measure attributable alternating current in MJ per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_electricity
• Inclusion condition: purchased alternating-current electricity consumed in fabrication

corrugated board boxes (corrugated_box)

Include this single exchange when saleable article packed in a corrugated board box. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: corrugated board boxes 4f197bec-7b3b-11dd-ad8b-0800200c9a66
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable corrugated board boxes in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_materials
• Inclusion condition: saleable article packed in a corrugated board box

Waste flows

No waste input is assumed.

Elementary flows

No direct natural-resource input is assumed for this assembly process.

Outputs

Product flows

Leather Bag (finished_leather_bag)

Include this single exchange when representative accepted finished leather handbag. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Leather Bag 3a920bac-cab3-4a8c-8a9c-71875390afa8
• Flow property / unit: Number of items / item
• Amount rule: 1 item
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_finished
• Inclusion condition: representative accepted finished leather handbag

Waste flows

Finished leather cutting offcuts (leather_offcuts)

Include this single exchange when finished leather cutting generates segregated offcuts. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: Finished leather cutting offcuts
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable finished leather cutting offcuts in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Inclusion condition: finished leather cutting generates segregated offcuts

PVC (pvc_offcuts)

Include this single exchange when PVC sheet cutting generates segregated PVC scrap. Use the actual bill of materials and lot records; an absent route is recorded as not applicable.

• Selected flow: PVC cacd273c-d5c5-4f38-91c2-660d8a86498b
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measure attributable pvc in kg per reference flow from the linked foreground record.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific)
• Normalization basis: per reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_waste
• Inclusion condition: PVC sheet cutting generates segregated PVC scrap

Elementary flows

Add any measured direct releases as separate chemical species and receiving compartments from site records; do not aggregate them as “emissions to air.”

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
allocate_subdivide	shared cutting and assembly operations	First subdivide shared operations by traceable production lot, equipment and meter to assign material and energy directly.	ghg-product-2011
allocate_physical	unavoidable shared inputs	If subdivision is impossible, allocate using a documented physical causal relation and disclose denominator, basis and residual; if none is valid, declare and justify another method.	ghg-product-2011
scrap_distinction	offcuts and saleable coproducts	Distinguish saleable co-products from offcuts sent for treatment; do not count the same output twice as treated waste and credited co-product.	ghg-product-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_materials	bag_fabrication	specific purchased material or component	purchase, issue and batch bill-of-material records	material identity; lot; net input mass; returns; accepted item count	Record on calibrated scale or traceable net-mass document; subtract returns and reconcile same-lot bill of materials.	kg	each production lot	representative production year	manufacturing site and product subtype	per reference flow	weighing record; purchase record; bill of materials; acceptance record
cp_electricity	bag_fabrication	alternating-current electricity	submeter and master-meter records	opening and closing readings; meter scope; lot; accepted item count	Prefer submetering; document auditable attribution for shared electricity.	MJ	each production lot	representative production year	manufacturing site and product subtype	per reference flow	meter calibration; bill; attribution record
cp_waste	bag_fabrication	specific segregated offcut waste	segregated weighing and transfer records	waste material; lot; net mass; destination; accepted item count	Weigh leather and PVC offcuts separately and record reuse, sale or disposal.	kg	each production lot	representative production year	manufacturing site and product subtype	per reference flow	weighing record; transfer note; destination evidence
cp_finished	bag_fabrication	accepted finished article	quality acceptance and inventory records	subtype; configuration; accepted count; rejected count; capacity; dimensions	Reconcile same-lot acceptance and inventory records item by item; exclude rejects from denominator.	item	each production lot	representative production year	manufacturing site and product subtype	per reference flow	acceptance; inventory and specification records

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
normalize_per_item	all inventory rows	Amount per reference flow = attributable net exchange for the same lot / accepted finished-article count for that lot; do not pool unlike subtypes or configurations.	lot quantity; accepted item count; cp_finished	amount per reference flow
check_material_balance	material and offcut rows	Reconcile same-lot material input, material in accepted articles, segregated offcuts, rework and other identified destinations; record unexplained residual.	cp_materials; cp_waste; cp_finished	documented mass-balance residual	ilo-isco68

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	each declared material and finished subtype	Check actual material, finished state, flow type, property and unit for each row; unresolved UUIDs must not be replaced with proxy flows.	bill of materials; direct flow evidence
dq_coverage	each production lot	Record route applicability, set contents, rework, outsourced stages and any direct emissions; missing data are not zero.	lot reconciliation; site log
dq_time	site data	Declare site, year and technology; record temporal coverage and exceptional batches.	meter logs; production records

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	applies_to	rule	source_ids
validate_item_denominator	reference and all inventory rows	Confirm normalization uses accepted items of one subtype and configuration; do not use the Leather Bag UUID for another subtype.
validate_material_routes	all material and waste rows	Check every applicable material, component, set content, package and offcut has a separate flow and lot record, with evidence for absent routes.	ilo-isco68
validate_allocation	shared operations	Check consistency and completeness of direct assignment and shared-input allocation, including disclosed residuals.	ghg-product-2011

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground production data package for one concrete finished subtype
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset
allowed_use	Production-stage models matching declared subtype, material, function, capacity, site and year
excluded_use	No direct per-item comparison across unlike capacity or service life; no representation of unverified other subtypes
required_metadata	subtype; capacity and dimensions; major materials; set contents; configuration; site; year; reference flow; packaging; production lots
required_quality_disclosure	data coverage; estimates and gaps; allocation; unresolved UUID rows; mass-balance residual
update_trigger	change in main material, manufacturing route, set contents, site or representative year

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
un-cpc-2025	official_guidance	United Nations Statistics Division, CPC Version 3.0 Structure, 30 June 2025. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Econ/Download/In%20Text/CPC_Ver_3.0_Structure_30Jun2025.csv	product classification identity and adjacent categories
ilo-isco68	official_guidance	International Labour Office, International Standard Classification of Occupations, revised edition 1968, p. 193 (PDF p. 199). https://webapps.ilo.org/ilostat-files/ISCO/newdocs-08-2021/Previous%20versions%20of%20ISCO/ISCO-68/ISCO-68%20EN%20Structure%20and%20defnitions.pdf	qualitative leather-goods cutting, sewing and assembly decomposition
ghg-product-2011	standard	GHG Protocol, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), section 9.2, pp. 62–63. https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	shared-process subdivision and allocation hierarchy; not amount-range evidence