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CHAPTER 44
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

 

Notes:           2. In this Chapter, the expression "densified wood" means wood which has been subjected to chemical or physical treatment (being, in the case of layers bonded together, treatment in excess of that needed to ensure a good bond), and which has thereby acquired increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or resistance to chemical or electrical agencies.

          3. Heading Nos. 44.14 to 44.21 apply to articles of the respective descriptions of particle board or similar board, fibreboard, laminated wood or densified wood as they apply to such articles of wood.

          4. Products of heading No. 44.10, 44.11 or 44.12 may be worked to form the shapes provided for in respect of the goods of heading No. 44.09, curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or formed to shapes other than square or rectangular or submitted to any other operation provided it does not give them the character of articles of other headings.

          5. Heading No. 44.17 does not apply to tools in which the blade, working edge, working surface or other working part is formed by any of the materials specified in Note 1 to Chapter 82.

          6. Subject to Note 1 above and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to "wood" in a heading of this Chapter applies also to bamboos and other materials of a woody nature.

SUB-HEADING NOTE

         For the purposes of sub-heading Nos. 4403.41 to 4403.49,4407.24 to 4407.29, 4408.31 to 4408.39 and 4412.13 to 4412.99, the expression "tropical wood" means one of the following types of wood :-

Heading No.  Sub-heading No.  Description of article  Rate of duty
      Standard Preferential Areas
(1)    (2)                                                    (3)  (4)  (5) 
44.01    Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms     
  4401.10  - Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms  5%  ... 
    - Wood in chips or particles :    
  4401.21  -- Coniferous  5%  ...
  4401.22  -- Non-coniferous  5%  ...
  4401.30 - Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms  5%  ... 
44.02  4402.00  Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated  5%  ...
44.03   Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared     
  4403.10  - Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives  5%  ...
  4403.20  - Other, coniferous  5%  ...
    - Other, of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter :    
  4403.41  -- Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau  5%  ...
  4403.49  --Other  5%  ...
    - Other :    
  4403.91  -- Of, oak (Quercus Spp.)  5%  ... 
  4403.92  -- Of beech (Fagus Spp.)  5%  ... 
  4403.99  --Other  5%  ... 
44.04   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 or the like; chipwood and the like     
  4404.10  - Coniferous  25%  ... 
  4404.20  - Non-coniferous  25%  ... 
44.05 4405.00  Wood wool; wood flour 25%  ... 
44.06   Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood     
  4406.10  - Not impregnated  25%  ... 
  4406.90 - Other  25% ...
44.07   Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm     
  4407.10  - Coniferous  25%  ...
    - Of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter :    
  4407.24  -- Virola, Mahogany (Swietenia spp.), Imbuia and Balsa  25%  ... 
  4407.25  --Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau  25%  ... 
  4407.26  -- White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow Meranti and Alan  25%  ... 
  4407.29  --Other  25%  ... 
    - Other:    
  4407.91  -- Of oak (Quercus Spp.)  25%  ... 
  4407.92  --Of beech (Fagus Spp.)  25%   
  4407.99  --Other  25%  ... 
44.08   Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood (whether or not sliced) and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6mm     
  4408.10  - Coniferous  35%  ... 
    - Of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter :    
  4408.31  --Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau  35%  ...
  4408.39  --Other  35%  ... 
  4408.90  -Other  35%  ... 
44.09   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 or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed     
  4409.10  - Coniferous  35%  ...
  4409.20  - Non-coniferous  35%  ... 
44.10

 

  Particle board and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances 

-Of Wood: 

   
  4410.11  --Waferboard, including oriented strand board  35%  ...
  4410.19  --Other  35%  ...
  4410.90  - Of other ligneous materials  35%  ... 
44.11    Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances 

Fibreboard of a density exceeding 0.8 g/cm3:

   
  4411.11  --Not mechanically worked or surface covered  35%  ... 
  4411.19  --Other  35%  ... 
    - Fibreboard of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 but not exceeding 0.8 g/cm3:    
  4411.21  -- Not mechanically worked or surface covered  35%  ... 
  4411.29  --Other  35%  ...
    - Fibreboard of a density exceeding 0.35 g/cm3 but not exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 :    
  4411.31  -- Not mechanically worked or surface covered  35%  ... 
  4411.39  -9Other  35%  ... 
    - Other:    
  4411.91  -- Not mechanically worked or surface covered  35%  ... 
  4411.99  --Other  35%  ... 
44.12    Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood     
    - Plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6mm thickness :    
  4412.13  -- With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter  35%  ... 
  4412.14  -- Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood  35%  ... 
  4412.19  --Other  35%  ... 
    - Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood:    
  4412.22  --With at least one ply of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter  35%  ... 
  4412.23  -- Other, containing at least one layer of particle board  35%  ... 
  4412.29  --Other  35%  ... 
    - Other :    
  4412.92  --With at least one ply of tropical wood specified in Sub-heading Note 1 to this Chapter  35%  ... 
  4412.93  -- Other, containing at least one layer of particle board  35%  ... 
  4412.99 - Other  35%  ... 
44.13  4413.00  Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips, or profile shapes  35%   ...
44.14  4414.00  Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects  35%  ... 
44.15    Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood     
  4415.10  - Cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings; cable-drums  35%  ...
  4415.20  - Pallets, box pallets and other load boards; pallet collars  35%  ... 
44.16  4416.00  Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves  35%  ... 
44.17  4417.00  Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood  35%  ... 
44.18    Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes     
  4418.10  - Windows, French-windows and their frames  35%  ...
  4418.20  - Doors and their frames and thresholds  35%  ...
  4418.30  - Parquet panels  35%  ...
  4418.40  - Shuttering for concrete constructional work  35%  ... 
  4418.50  - Shingles and shakes  35%  ...
  4418.90  - Other  35%  ...
44.19  4419.00  Tableware and kitchenware, of wood  35%  ...
44.20    Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94     
  4420.10  - Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood  35%  ...
  4420.90  -Other  35%  ...
44.21    Other articles of wood     
  4421.10  - Clothes hangers   35%  ...
  4421.90  - Other  35%  ...