Analysis
HTS 4409.10.20 covers other: wood flooring under heading 4409 (wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously…).
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 4409.10.65 (sanded, grooved, or otherwise advanced in condition) at 4.9%, a difference of 4.9 points on the customs value.
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 321918 (Other Millwork (including Flooring)), an industry of 1,445 US establishments employing 32,379 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring 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 |
| 4409.10.40 | 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 |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.08 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(b) to this subchapter