4404 20 — Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles and the like; chipwood and the like (excl. hoopwood sawn lengthwise and carved or notched at the ends; brushmounts, lasts; coniferous wood in general)

4404 Bondar wood; split logs; piles, stakes and poles of wood, pointed but not sawn along; timber, rough hewn but not grinded, not curved or otherwise treated, used for the production of canes, umbrellas, handles for tools or similar products; chips and similar wood: 4404 10 – softwood 4404 20 – hardwood

This heading covers: (1) Bondar wood, which is split rods of willow, hazelnut, birch, etc., covered with bark or draped and used for making hoops for barrels, braids, etc. Bondar wood is usually packed into bundles or coils. Bondar wood, trimmed to the required length and having grooves at the ends for fastening in the manufacture of barrels, is classified in heading 4416. (2) Broken logs, which are trunks or branches of trees, split along. They are widely used as scaffolds in gardens and farm eggs, for fences and indoors.

some other cases, as ceiling or roofing laths. (3) Pointed piles, stakes and posts (including fence stakes), consisting of round or split logs pointed at the ends, whether or not debarked, whether or not impregnated with preservatives, but not sawn lengthwise. (4) Wood roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, of a length and thickness suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, whips, golf club shafts, umbrellas, tool handles, brooms, etc., paint brush handles and similar articles. Similar wood, planed, turned (on an ordinary lathe or on a special pole-turning machine), bent or further worked in some other way, which has been given the shape of umbrella handles, walking-sticks, tool handles, etc., falls in the headings covering the corresponding articles. (5) Chipwood, i.e., wood obtained by splitting into layers, by peeling or sometimes by sawing into flexible, narrow, thin and uniform strips, used for plaiting and for making sieves, chip boxes, baskets, pill boxes, match boxes, etc. This also covers similar strips of wood for the manufacture of match splints and of pegs for boots or shoes. The heading also covers wood shavings, generally of beech or hazel wood, which resemble chipwood rolled in a spiral and are used in making vinegar or for clarifying liquids; these shavings differ from the wood waste of heading 44 01 in that they are of uniform thickness, width and length and are regularly rolled. Blanks for brush backs or for boot or shoe lasts fall in heading 4417.

Notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. This group does not include:

(a) wood in the form of chips, chips, sawdust or powder used principally in perfumery, pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes (heading 1211);

(b) bamboo or other woody materials principally used for weaving, untreated, split or unsplit, not sawn or sawn along or cut or cut in length (heading 1401);

(c) wood in the form of chips, chips, sawdust or powder used principally for dyeing or tanning (heading 1404);

(d) activated charcoal (heading 3802);

(e) articles of heading 4202;

(f) goods of Chapter 46;

(g) Shoes or parts thereof of Chapter 64;

(h) goods of Chapter 66 (e.g. umbrellas, canes and parts thereof);

(ij) the goods of heading 6808;

(k) jewelry of heading 7117;

(l) goods of Section XVI or XVII (e.g. parts of machinery, casings, lids, machinery and apparatus and articles of master coachmen);

(m) goods of Title XVIII (e.g. watch cases, musical instruments and parts thereof);

(n) parts of firearms (heading 9305);

(o) articles of Chapter 94 (e.g. furniture, fixtures and lighting equipment, prefabricated constructions);

(p) Articles of Chapter 95 (e.g. toys, games, sports equipment);

(q) articles of Chapter 96 (e.g., pipes and parts thereof, buttons, pencils, monopores, bipeds, tripods and the like), with the exception of wooden housings and pens for articles of heading 9603; or

(r) Articles of Chapter 97 (e.g. works of art).

2. In this chapter, the term “pressed wood” means wood that has undergone chemical or physical treatment (when the layers are joined together, the treatment must be greater than necessary for simple bonding of the layers), resulting in increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or resistance to chemical or electrical effects.

3. Headings 4414 to 4421 cover articles of the corresponding description of chipboards or similar boards, fibreboards, layered or pressed wood, similar to wood products.

4. The articles of heading 4410, 4411 or 4412 may be given the profile characteristic of the articles of heading 4409 and may be curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or shaped in a different shape than square or rectangular, or subjected to any other treatment, provided that this does not give them the properties of the articles of other headings.

5. Heading 4417 does not include tools whose blade, working edge, working surface or other working part is made of any of the materials listed in note 1 to Chapter 82.

6. Subject to the provisions of Note 1 above, and unless the context otherwise requires, the term “wood” in the headings of this Chapter also applies to bamboo and other woody materials.

Subheading notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

1. For the purposes of subheading 4401 31, the expression ‘wood pellets’ means by-products, such as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood-processing industry, furniture-making industry or other wood-transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. Such pellets are cylindrical, with a diameter not exceeding 25 mm and a length not exceeding 100 mm.

2. For the purposes of subheading 4401 32, the expression ‘wood briquettes’ means by-products such as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry, furniture making or other wood transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. Such briquettes are in the form of cubiform, polyhedral or cylindrical units with the minimum cross-sectional dimension greater than 25 mm.

3. For the purposes of subheading 4407 13, ‘S-P-F’ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands of spruce, pine and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.

4. For the purposes of subheading 4407 14, ‘Hem-fir’ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands of Western hemlock and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.

Additional notes

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. For the purposes of heading 4405, the term “wood flour” means wood powder not more than 8 wt.% of which is retained on a sieve with holes of 0.63 mm.

2. В подсубпозициях 4418 11 100 0, 4418 21 100 0 и 4420 90 910 0 термин «древесина тропических пород» означает древесину следующих пород: аукумея Клайна, триплохитон твердосмольный, энтандрофрагма цилиндрическая, энтандрофрагма полезная, кайя иворензис, мимузопс Геккеля, хлорофора высокая, или африканское тиковое дерево, энтандрофрагма ангольская, мансония высокая, иломба, или пикнантус анголезский, ловоа (виды), терминалия пышная, лофира крылатая, шорея с темно-красной древесиной, шорея с бледно-красной древесиной, шорея бакау, древесина различных видов шореи, парашореи, пентакме, заболонная древесина шореи всех видов, парашорея, шорея фагуцина и другие виды шореи, фрагрэа душистая, двукрылоплодник, гонистилюс Варбурга, дриабаланопс ароматный, или камфорное дерево, тик, jongkong, интсия Бейкера, диера тонкоребристая, коомпассия, вирола суринамская, махогониевое, или красное дерево (Swietenia spp.), феба пористая, бальза, палисандр Рио, палисандр Пара и бразильское розовое дерево.

Additional notes of the Eurasian Economic Union

Machine translation. The original is the Russian text of the EAEU tariff, and customs goes by it; this translation is for understanding only and has no legal force.

1. В подсубпозициях 4403 49 950 2, 4407 29 150 2, 4407 29 830 1, 4407 29 850 1, 4407 29 950 1, 4408 39 550 1, 4408 39 550 5, 4408 39 550 8, 4408 39 700 1, 4408 39 850 1, 4408 39 850 5, 4408 39 850 8, 4408 39 950 1, 4408 39 950 5, 4408 39 950 8, 4412 10 000 1, 4412 10 000 4, 4412 31 900 1, 4412 41 000 1, 4412 51 000 1, 4412 91 000 1 термин «древесина тропических пород» означает древесину следующих пород: митрагина прилистниковая, кайя иворензис, афрормозия (виды), брахистегия (виды), фрагрэа душистая, карапа гвианская, или крабовое дерево, aningre, туррэантус африканский, лофира крылатая, balau, бальза, гварея пахучая с бледно-розовой древесиной, гварея пахучая с розовато-коричневой древесиной, приория копаифера, цедрела (виды), пиптадения африканская, шорея (виды), ловоа (виды), афзелия, терминалия иворенская, кордия Гоэлда, сырное дерево, fuma, кратоксилон древовидный, иломба, или пикнантус анголезский, феба пористая, паратекома, хлорофора высокая, или африканское тиковое дерево, бразильский копал, диера тонкоребристая, кариниана легалис, jongkong, дриабаланопс ароматный, или камфорное дерево, коомпассия, двукрылоплодник (виды), энтандрофрагма Кандолля, цистантера макоцветная, koto, шорея с бледно-красной древесиной, терминалия пышная, кордия (виды), плантимисциум (виды), махогониевое, или красное дерево, мимузопс Геккеля, квалеа (один из видов), мансония высокая, тарриетия (виды), шорея бакау, хопея (виды), интсия Бейкера, merpauh, анизоптера (виды), moabi, тарриетия полезная, триплохитон твердосмольный, аукумея Клайна, onzabili, orey, ovengkol, озиго, или пахилобус бутнеров, птерокарпус гибонский, драконтомелум дао, палисандр Гватемала, палисандр Пара, палисандр Рио, бразильское розовое дерево, эуксилофора парэнзис, pau marfim, альстония конгензис, тетрамериста оголенная, вохизия гондурасская, гонистилюс Варбурга, энтандрофрагма цилиндрическая, бомбакопсис, псевдосиндора болотная, энтандрофрагма полезная, sucupira, suren, tauari, тик, энтандрофрагма ангольская, госсвейлеродендрон бальзамный, вирола суринамская, древесина различных видов шореи, парашореи и пентакме, заболонная древесина шореи всех видов, парашорея, шорея фагуцина.

2. For the goods of heading 4407:

- the humidity index is determined in accordance with ISO 4470-81 (GOST 16588-91) and (or) national standards, as well as certified and other methods (methods) of measurements that meet the requirements of the legislation of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union in the field of ensuring uniformity of measurements;

the thickness is determined in millimeters at any place of the length of the timber, but not closer than 150 mm from the end;

The width is defined in millimeters:

in trimmed with parallel edges - in any place of the length of the timber, where there is no obsol, but not closer than 150 mm from the end;

in uncircumcised, unilaterally trimmed - in the middle of the length of the timber as a half-sum of the widths of both strata (excluding bark and club), and fractions up to 5 mm are not taken into account, fractions of 5 mm or more are considered for 10 mm;

in trimmed with non-parallel edges - in the middle of the length of the timber on a formation that does not contain obsol.