Code 4408 31 30 · Subheading 4408 31
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This code covers veneer sheets, including sheets made by cutting laminated wood, for making plywood or similar laminated wood, and wood sawn, cut or peeled lengthwise. The wood must be dark red meranti, light red meranti or meranti bakau, be 6 mm or less thick, and not be planed, sanded or joined end-to-end.
Official tariff text
Sheets for veneering, incl. those obtained by slicing laminated wood, for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness of <= 6 mm, whether or not spliced, of dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau (excl. planed, sanded or end-jointed)
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4408 31 30
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 44083130.
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Classification decides the rate here: from 4.0% to 6.0%.
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; 48 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 and Russian Federation.
Document or certificate conditions are recorded. Customs may ask for:
What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.
44.08.3100
Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau
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.
4408 31 30 00
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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 covers meranti wood joined end-to-end, whereas this code excludes wood joined end-to-end.
That code covers planed meranti wood, whereas this code excludes planed wood.
That code covers sanded meranti wood, whereas this code excludes sanded wood.
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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