Chapter 44
HTS Chapter 44
17 headings · 83 tariff lines · 54 duty-free lines · ad valorem rates from 3.2% to 8%
Headings in chapter 44
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Rate range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4401 | Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms | 2 | 2 | Free |
| 4402 | Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sap- wood, or roughly squared | 14 | 14 | Free |
| 4404 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like | 2 | 2 | Free |
| 4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm | 10 | 10 | Free |
| 4408 | Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm | 3 | 3 | Free |
| 4409 | Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, molded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 8 | 6 | 3.2–3.2% |
| 4410 | Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | 3 | 3 | Free |
| 4411 | Fiberboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances | 5 | 1 | 3.9–3.9% |
| 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 20 | 8 | 5.1–8% |
| 4414 | Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 4415 | Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums, of wood; pallets, box-pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 4418 | Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels and assembled flooring panels; shingles and shakes | 5 | 1 | 3.2–4.8% |
| 4419 | Tableware and kitchenware, of wood | 0 | 0 | Free |
| 4420 | Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewelry or cutlery and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling within chapter 94 | 1 | 0 | 3.2–3.2% |
| 4421 | Other articles of wood | 6 | 2 | 3.3–3.3% |
How to read chapter 44
Chapter 44 is part of the international Harmonized System, not a US invention — the chapter and heading boundaries are shared with every country that uses HS 2022. The 83 tariff lines below them are where countries diverge: national suffixes, rate levels and quota notes are set locally.
54 of the 83 lines in this chapter carry a general rate of Free. That is a statement about the general column only — Section 301, AD/CVD and quota measures are applied on top and are not reflected here.