Analysis
HTS 4412.41.00 covers with at least one outer ply of tropical wood under heading 4412 (plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 8%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 4412.91.41 (plywood: other), at 8%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 8 percentage points.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 40% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 40% duty.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 321211 (Hardwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing), an industry of 201 US establishments employing 10,831 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4412.10.05 | Of bamboo: plywood | 8% |
| 4412.10.90 | Of bamboo: other | Free |
| 4412.31.06 | With a face ply of birch (Betula spp.) | Free |
| 4412.31.26 | With a face ply of Spanish cedar (Cedrela spp.) or walnut (Juglans spp) | 8% |
| 4412.31.42 | With a face ply of mahogany (Swietenia spp. or Khaya spp.) | 8% |
| 4412.31.45 | Panels not exceeding 3.6 mm in thickness and exceeding 1.2 m in width and 2.2 m in length | 8% |
| 4412.31.48 | With at least one outer ply of the following tropical woods: Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti, White Lauan, Sipo, Limba, Okoumé, Obeche, Acajou d'Afrique, Sapelli, Virola, Mahogany, Palissandre de Para, Palissandre de Rio or Palissandre de Rose: other | 8% |
| 4412.31.52 | Other: other | 8% |
| 4412.31.61 | With at least one outer ply of the following tropical woods: Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti, White Lauan, Sipo, Limba, Okoumé, Obeche, Acajou d'Afrique, Sapelli, Virola, Mahogany, Palissandre de Para, Palissandre de Rio or Palissandre de Rose | 8% |
| 4412.31.92 | Other: other | 8% |
| 4412.33.06 | With a face ply of birch (Betula spp.) | Free |
| 4412.33.26 | With a face ply of walnut (Juglans spp.) | 5.1% |
| 4412.33.32 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.33.57 | Other, with at least one outer ply of nonconiferous wood of the species alder (Alnus spp.), ash (Fraxinus spp.), beech (Fagus spp.), birch (Betula spp.), cherry (Prunus spp.), chestnut (Castanea spp.), elm (Ulmus spp.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), hickory (Carya spp.), horse chestnut (Aesculus spp.), lime (Tilia spp.), maple (Acer spp.), oak (Quercus spp.), plane tree (Platanus spp.), poplar and aspen (Populus spp.), robinia (Robinia spp.), tulipwood (Liriodendron spp.) or walnut (Juglans spp.): other | 8% |
| 4412.34.26 | With a face ply of Spanish cedar (Cedrela spp.) | 5.1% |
| 4412.34.32 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.34.57 | Other, with at least one outer ply of nonconiferous wood not specified under subheading 4412.33: other | 8% |
| 4412.39.10 | With a face ply of Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) | Free |
| 4412.39.30 | With a face ply of European red pine (Pinus silvestris) | 3.4% |
| 4412.39.40 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.39.50 | Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood: other | 5.1% |
| 4412.42.00 | Laminated veneered lumber (LVL): other, with at least one outer ply of nonconiferous wood | Free |
| 4412.49.00 | Laminated veneered lumber (LVL): other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood | Free |
| 4412.51.10 | With a face ply of birch (Betula spp.) | Free |
| 4412.51.31 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.51.41 | Plywood: other | 8% |
| 4412.51.51 | With at least one outer ply of tropical wood: other | Free |
| 4412.52.10 | With a face ply of birch (Betula spp.) | Free |
| 4412.52.31 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.52.41 | Plywood: other | 8% |
| 4412.52.51 | Other, with at least one outer ply of nonconiferous wood: other | Free |
| 4412.59.60 | With a face ply of Parana pine (Araucaria angustifolia) | Free |
| 4412.59.70 | With a face ply of European red pine (Pinus silvestris) | 3.4% |
| 4412.59.80 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.59.90 | Plywood: other | 5.1% |
| 4412.59.95 | Other, with both outer plies of coniferous wood: other | Free |
| 4412.91.06 | Containing at least one layer of particle board | Free |
| 4412.91.10 | With a face ply of birch (Betula spp.) | Free |
| 4412.91.31 | Not surface covered, or surface covered with a clear or transparent material which does not obscure the grain, texture or markings of the face ply: other | 8% |
| 4412.91.41 | Plywood: other | 8% |