Analysis
HTS 4409.22.90 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 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in m3.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 4.9%. Compared with 4409.22.65 (sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition), which pays 4.9%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.9 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 61% of the 257 tariff lines in chapter 44, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
The ten-digit suffixes separate cumaru, ipé, keruing and padauk. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
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. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4409.22.90.20 | Cumaru (Dipteryx spp.), also known as Brazilian teak | m3 | 321999 |
| 4409.22.90.30 | Ipé (Tabebuia spp. or Handroanthus spp.), also known as Tahibo or Taheebo, LaPacho or Lapacho, Brazilian walnut and Patagonian walnut | m3 | 321999 |
| 4409.22.90.45 | Keruing (Dipterocarpus spp.) | m3 | 321999 |
| 4409.22.90.60 | Padauk (Padouk) or Narra (Pterocarpus spp.) | m3 | 321999 |
| 4409.22.90.90 | Other | m3 | 321999 |
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 |
| 4409.22.60 | Wood dowel rods: plain | Free |
| 4409.22.65 | Sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |