HTS heading · chapter 44
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
Analysis
Heading 4409 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers 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…. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 27 eight-digit tariff lines, with 47 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
20 of its 27 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (74%) and 7 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.9%. The median line pays duty-free.
The largest subheadings are 4409.10 (coniferous, 9 lines), 4409.22 (of tropical wood, 8 lines), 4409.29 (other, 8 lines) and 4409.21 (of bamboo, 2 lines).
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 30th percentile of the headings in chapter 44.
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Other Millwork (including Flooring) (321918), All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999) and Sawmills (321113). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4409.10.05 | Wood continuously shaped along any of its ends, whether or not also continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, all the foregoing whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 3.2% |
| 4409.10.10 | Other: wood siding | Free |
| 4409.10.20 | Other: wood flooring | Free |
| 4409.10.40 | Standard wood molding: pine (Pinus spp.) | Free |
| 4409.10.45 | Standard wood molding: other | Free |
| 4409.10.50 | Wood moldings: other | Free |
| 4409.10.60 | Wood dowel rods: plain | Free |
| 4409.10.65 | Sanded, grooved, or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |
| 4409.10.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 4409.21.05 | Wood continuously shaped along any of its ends, whether or not also continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, all the foregoing whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 3.2% |
| 4409.21.90 | Of bamboo: other | Free |
| 4409.22.05 | Wood continuously shaped along any of its ends, whether or not also continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, all the foregoing whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 3.2% |
| 4409.22.10 | Other: wood siding | Free |
| 4409.22.25 | Other: wood flooring | Free |
| 4409.22.40 | Standard wood moldings | Free |
| 4409.22.50 | Wood moldings: other | Free |
| 4409.22.60 | Wood dowel rods: plain | Free |
| 4409.22.65 | Sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |
| 4409.22.90 | Other: other | Free |
| 4409.29.06 | Wood continuously shaped along any of its ends, whether or not also continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, all the foregoing whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 3.2% |
| 4409.29.11 | Other: wood siding | Free |
| 4409.29.26 | Other: wood flooring | Free |
| 4409.29.41 | Standard wood moldings | Free |
| 4409.29.51 | Wood moldings: other | Free |
| 4409.29.61 | Wood dowel rods: plain | Free |
| 4409.29.66 | Sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |
| 4409.29.91 | Other: other | Free |