Analysis
HTS 4401.21.00 covers wood in chips or particles: coniferous under heading 4401 (fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips…).
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 61% of the 257 tariff lines in chapter 44 that are also free. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321113 (Sawmills), an industry of 2,691 US establishments employing 79,871 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
All 9 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4401.11.00 | Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms: coniferous | Free |
| 4401.12.00 | Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms: nonconiferous | Free |
| 4401.22.00 | Wood in chips or particles: nonconiferous | Free |
| 4401.31.00 | Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: wood pellets | Free |
| 4401.32.00 | Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms: wood briquettes | Free |
| 4401.39.20 | Artificial fire logs composed of wax and sawdust, with or without added materials | Free |
| 4401.39.42 | Other: other | Free |
| 4401.41.00 | Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: sawdust | Free |
| 4401.49.00 | Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: other | Free |