Analysis
HTS 4409.29.66 covers sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition under heading 4409 (wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.2%. Compared with 4409.29.91 (other: other), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.9 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 4.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 44 (82nd percentile of 257 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $490 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 4.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4409.29.91 | Other: other | Free |