HTS tariff line · chapter 44
4404.10.00
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: coniferous
Analysis
HTS 4404.10.00 covers hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise… under heading 4404 (hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
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.
The other line in the same group is 4404.20.00 (hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 113310 (Logging), an industry of 7,261 US establishments employing 42,916 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The ten-digit suffixes separate fence pickets, palings and rails and poles, piles and posts. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4404.20.00 | 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: nonconiferous | Free |