Code 4407 96 10 · Subheading 4407 96
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This covers sheets of tropical wood for making pencils, excluding African mahogany, white lauan, limba, mahogany (Swietenia species), obeche, okoumé, para-rosewood, rio-rosewood, rosewood, sapelli, sipo and virola. The sheets must be sawn lengthwise, cut or peeled and have a thickness <= 6 mm.
For example
Official tariff text
Birch "Betula spp.", sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness of > 6 mm, planed, or end-jointed, whether or not planed or sanded
Classification complete
4407 96 10
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 44079610.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 2.5%.
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; 39 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; Canada, United States and Viet Nam except Viet Nam; 2 more origins.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
44.07.9600
Of birch (Betula spp.)
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.
4407 96 10 00
Planed; end-jointed, whether or not planed or sanded
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 describes tropical wood sheets and wood for veneer work or similar laminated wood, with thickness > 1 mm and <= 6 mm; this code is for making pencils.
That code covers tropical wood sheets for veneer work or similar laminated wood; this code covers sheets for making pencils.
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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