4409 22 — Tropical wood, incl. strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled, continuously shaped "tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed beaded, moulded, rounded or the like" along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed

4409 Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed: 4409 10 – Coniferous – Non-coniferous: 4409 21 – – Of bamboo 4409 22 – – Of tropical wood 4409 29 – – Other

This heading covers lumber, particularly boards, strips, etc., which, after sawing or squaring, have been worked to give a continuous shape along any of their edges, ends or faces, either to facilitate subsequent assembly or to obtain the mouldings or beadings described in Item (4) below, whether or not planed or sanded, whether or not end-jointed, for example, finger-jointed (see the General Explanatory Note to this Chapter). Continuously shaped lumber includes both articles with a uniform cross-section throughout their length or width and articles in which a relief design is repeated. Tongued and grooved lumber consists of boards having a groove along one edge or end and a projection (tongue) along the other, so that on assembly the tongue of one board fits into the groove of the next. Rebated boards are boards in which one or more edges or ends are cut so as to form a rebate. Chamfered boards are boards in which one or more corners are cut at an angle to the face and the edge or end. Other common types of lumber covered by this heading are as follows: (1) Boards with rounded edges or ends. (2) Lumber worked for V-jointing (i.e., tongued and grooved lumber with chamfered edges or ends), including lumber intended for centre V-jointing (i.e., with a V-shaped groove in the centre of the board and usually also tongued and grooved, and sometimes with chamfered edges or ends). (3) Beaded lumber (i.e., lumber having a tongue and a groove with a bead between the edge or end and the tongue), including centre-beaded lumber (i.e., lumber having a tongue or a groove with a bead in the centre of the face). (4) Mouldings (also known as beadings or profiled lumber), i.e., wooden strips of various profiles (obtained mechanically or by hand), used for making picture frames, for decorating walls, furniture, doors and other carpentry or joinery.

(5) Rounded wood, such as drawn wood, consists of very thin rods, usually of circular cross-section, used in the manufacture of match splints, wooden pegs for footwear, certain types of wooden blinds (blinds of painted wooden slats), toothpicks, cheese-making sieves, etc. Wooden dowel pins of a definite length, being sticks or small posts of constant cross-section, usually of a diameter of 2 to 75 mm and a length of 45 to 250 cm, used, for example, for joining parts of wooden furniture, are also classified in this heading. The heading also covers strips and friezes for flooring, consisting of narrow pieces of boards, provided they have been continuously shaped, that is, tongued and grooved. If, however, apart from planing, sanding or end-jointing, for example, finger-jointing, they have not been otherwise worked, they fall in heading 4407. Strips of plywood or veneered wood panels for parquet flooring are also excluded (heading 4412). The heading also excludes: (a) planed or otherwise worked boards, presented in sets as packing case shooks (heading 4415); (b) wood which has been tenoned, mortised, dovetailed or similarly worked at the ends, and wood assembled in panels constituting builders' carpentry or joinery (for example, assembled flooring panels, including assembled parquet flooring panels made of wooden blocks, strips, friezes, etc., assembled on a support of one or more layers of wood or without a support) (heading 4418); (c) panels consisting of strips of roughly sawn wood, assembled with glue in order to facilitate transport or subsequent working (heading 4421); (d) moulded wooden articles made by overlaying some moulded shapes on other moulded or unmoulded shapes (heading 4418 or 4421); (e) wooden articles the surface of which has been worked beyond planing or sanding, other than colouring, staining or varnishing (for example, veneering, polishing, bronzing or coating with metal foil) (mainly heading 4421); (f) wooden strips clearly identifiable as parts of furniture, such as slotted strips for shelves of wall cabinets and bookcases, etc. (heading 9403).

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.