HTS tariff line · chapter 44
4421.91.70
Pickets, palings, posts and rails, the foregoing which are sawn; assembled fence sections
Analysis
HTS 4421.91.70 covers pickets, palings, posts and rails, the foregoing which are sawn; assembled fence sections under heading 4421 (other articles of wood). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 10.7%. Compared with 4421.91.30 (consisting of wooden frames in the center of which are fixed louver…), which pays 10.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 10.7 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 4421.91.70.20 for assembled fence sections and 4421.91.70.40 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
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
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 4421.91.10 | Wood dowel pins: plain | Free |
| 4421.91.20 | Sanded, grooved or otherwise advanced in condition | 4.9% |
| 4421.91.30 | Consisting of wooden frames in the center of which are fixed louver boards or slats, with or without their hardware | 10.7% |
| 4421.91.40 | Wood blinds, shutters, screens and shades, all the foregoing with or without their hardware: other | 5.1% |
| 4421.91.50 | Toothpicks, skewers, candy sticks, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, drink mixers and similar small wares: toothpicks | Free |
| 4421.91.60 | Toothpicks, skewers, candy sticks, ice cream sticks, tongue depressors, drink mixers and similar small wares: other | 5.1% |
| 4421.91.80 | Clothespins: spring-type | 6.5¢/gross |
| 4421.91.85 | Clothespins: other | 4.8% |
| 4421.91.88 | Of bamboo: canoe paddles | Free |
| 4421.91.93 | Theatrical, ballet, and operatic scenery and properties, including sets | Free |
| 4421.91.94 | Other: edge-glued lumber | Free |
| 4421.91.98 | Other: other | 3.3% |