Code 4404 20 00 · Subheading 4404 20
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This is a complete 8-digit customs code. There is no further code choice to make below it.
This covers non-coniferous wood blanks for barrel hoops, posts, stakes, sticks and similar uses when they are split or pointed without being sawn lengthwise, as well as roughly shaped or rounded blanks for walking sticks, umbrella handles, tool handles and similar products. It also covers non-coniferous wood chips and similar material, but not the specifically excluded items or blanks and chips of coniferous wood.
For example
Official tariff text
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)
Classification complete
4404 20 00
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 44042000.
Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.
Preferential rates exist for goods originating in Andorra; San Marino; Türkiye; European Union; Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe; Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia; 33 more origins. Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.
Check this code in the official EU TARIC databaseImport restrictions are recorded for goods originating in Belarus; North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea); Iraq; Syria; Ukraine; Russian Federation; any country except Switzerland; Phytosanitary – BY CA CN IL JP KP KR KZ MN RU SH TW UA US; 10 more origins.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
44.04.2000
Non-coniferous
Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.
What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.
All 3 UK lines under this code
They all have the same duty rates shown here.
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
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Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).
Before you use the code
The code can be right while what you pay still changes, because of where the goods come from, when they arrive, or extra EU measures.
Worth comparing
Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
That code concerns unworked coniferous wood with a minimum cross-section of < 15 cm, whereas this code excludes coniferous wood and covers the specified blanks and chips.
That code concerns non-coniferous, non-tropical wood sawn or otherwise processed into boards or sheets, including thickness <= 6 mm, whereas this code covers the specified roughly shaped, split or pointed blanks and chips.
Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with SKAT, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.
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