Analysis
HTS 4401.41.00 covers sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: sawdust under heading 4401 (fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips…).
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 61% of the 257 tariff lines in chapter 44. 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 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
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 |
| 4401.21.00 | Wood in chips or particles: coniferous | 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 |
| 4401.49.00 | Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: other | Free |