4409.10.90

Analysis

HTS 4409.10.90 covers other: other under heading 4409 (wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in square metres and m3.

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.

Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 4.9%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4409.10.65 (sanded, grooved, or otherwise advanced in condition), at 4.9%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 4.9 percentage points.

For statistics it divides in two: 4409.10.90.20 for western red cedar and 4409.10.90.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

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.