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Tax requirements

Instacart collects relevant data to help us apply taxes and fees to products.

ColumnData typeDescriptionExample
container_typetextThe type of container a product is sold in.

Accepted values:
- Aluminum
- Bag in a Box
- Bi-metal
- Ceramic
- Drink box
- Drink pouch
- Gable top
- Glass
- HDPE plastic
- LDPE plastic
- Paper fiber
- PET plastic
- Plastic
- Polystyrene (PS foam)
- PP plastic
- PVC plastic
- Tetra brik
Glass
vertex_tax_codetextMatches retailer Vertex Tax Codes to Instacart values if required.0517-000