4402.10.00

Analysis

HTS 4402.10.00 covers wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated: of bamboo under heading 4402 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated).

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.

The other lines in the same group are 4402.20.00 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or…, duty-free) and 4402.90.01 (wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or…, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 325194 (Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing), an industry of 68 US establishments employing 5,542 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 2 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.