Analysis
HTS 4409.22.60 covers wood dowel rods: plain under heading 4409 (wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 4.9%. The costliest confusion would be with 4409.22.65 (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 321999 (All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing), an industry of 2,327 US establishments employing 31,381 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 5% duty.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4409.22.65 | Sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |
| 4409.22.90 | Other: other | Free |