Code 4408 39 85 · Subheading 4408 39
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This code covers veneer sheets and similar lengthwise-sawn, cut or peeled tropical wood for making plywood or similar laminated wood. The wood must be sanded and end-jointed, may also be planed or sanded, be thickness <= 1 mm, and must not be one of the listed excluded species.
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, whether or not spliced, of a thickness of <= 1 mm, of tropical wood (excl. white lauan, sipo, limba, okoumé, obeche, acajou d'Afrique, sapelli, virola, mahogany "Swietenia spp.", palissandre de Rio, palissandre de Para, palissandre de Rose, and planed, sanded or end-jointed)
Classification complete
4408 39 85
The spaces only make the code easier to read. Customs declarations normally use the unspaced form, 44083985.
Compare the sibling codes at this level before you settle on this one.
Classification decides the rate here: from 3.0% 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; 49 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.
44.08.3900
Other
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 39 85 00
Of a thickness not exceeding 1 mm
These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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Codes that sit close to this one, for when the material itself could be different.
This code also covers the specified sanded and end-jointed tropical-wood products but uses a thickness limit of <= 6 mm rather than <= 1 mm.
This code is for tropical-wood sheets for making pencils, whereas the present code is for veneer and similar wood for making plywood or similar laminated wood.
The main direct difference is thickness: this code covers thickness > 1 mm and <= 6 mm, while the present code covers thickness <= 1 mm.
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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