WOOD AND
ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURERS
OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLATING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
Chapter 44
Wood and articles of wood; wood
charcoal
Notes :-
1. This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Wood, in chips, in shavings, crushed, ground or powdered, of a
kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal,
fungicidal or similar purposes (heading 1211);
(b) Bamboos or other materials of a woody nature of a kind used primarily
for plaiting, in the rough, whether or not split, sawn lengthwise or
cut to length (heading 1401);
(c) Wood, in chips, in shavings, ground or powdered, of a kind used
primarily in dyeing or in tanning (heading 1404);
(d) Activated charcoal (heading 3802);
(e) Articles of heading 4202;
(f) Goods of chapter 46;
(g) Footwear or parts thereof Chapter 64;
(h) Goods of chapter 66 (for example, umbrellas and walking-sticks and
parts thereof);
(ij) Goods of heading 6808;
(k) Imitation jewellery of heading 7117;
(l) Goods of Section XVI or section XVII (For example, maching parts,
cases, covers, cabinets for machines and apparatus and wheel wrights’
wares);
(m) Goods of section XVII (for example, clock cases and musical instruments
and parts thereof);
(n) Parts of firearms (heading 9305);
(o) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting
fittings, prefabricated buildings);
(p) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites);
(q) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, smoking pipes and parts thereof,
buttons, pencils) excluding bodies and handles, of wood, for articles
of heading 9603; or
(r) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art ).
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. Headings 4414 to 4421 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 4410, 4411 or
4412 may be worked to form the shapes provided for in respect of the goods
of heading 4409, 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 4417 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-headings 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 :-
Abura, Acajou, d'Afrique, Afrormosia, Ako, Alan, Andiroba,
Aningre, Avodire, Azobe, Balau, Balsa, Bosse Clair, Bosse fonce, Cativo,
Cedro, Dabema, Dark Red Meranti, Dibetou, Doussie, Framire, Freijo, Fromager,
Fuma, Geronggang, Ilomba, Imbuia, Ipe, Iroko, Jaboty, Jelutong, Jequitiba,
Jongkong, Kapur, Kempas, Keruing, Kosipo, Kotibe, Koto, Light Red Meranti,
Limba, Louro, Macaranduba, Mahogony, Makore, Mandioqueira, Mansonia, Mengkulang,
Meranti Bakau, Merawan, Merbau, Merpauh, Mersawa, Moabi, Niangon, Nyatoh,
Obeche, Okoume, Onzabili, Orey, Ovengkol, Ozigo, Padauk, Paldao, Palissandre
de Guatemala, Palissandre de para, Palissandre de Rio, Palissandre de
Rose, Pau Marfim, Pulai, Punah, quaruba, Ramin, Sapelli, Saqui-Saqui,
Sepetir, Sipo, Sucupira, Suren, Teak, Tauari, Tiama, Tola, Virola, White
Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, yellow Meranti.
Supplementary Notes:-
1. “Marine plywood” means plywood conforming to Indian Standard
Specification IS : 710-1976.
2. “Aircraft plywood” means plywood conforming to Indian
Standard specification Nos.IS:709-1974 and IS:4859-1968.
3. For the purposes of heading 4412, the expression “similar laminated
wood” includes blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, in which
the core is thick and composed of blocks, laths or battens of wood glued
or otherwise joined together and surface with the outer plies and also
panels in which the wooden core is replaced by other materials such as
a layer of layers of particle board, fibre board, wood waste glued or
otherwise joined together, asbestos or cork.
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Exim Code
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Item Description
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Policy
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Policy
Conditions
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4401
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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
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4401 10
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Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in
similar forms:
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4401 10 10
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In logs
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Free
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4401 10 90
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Other
Wood in chips or particles :
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Free
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4401 21 00
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Coniferous
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Free
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4401 22 00
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Non-coniferous
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Free
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4401 30 00
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Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not
agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
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Free
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4402
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Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not
agglomerated
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4402 00
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Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether
or not agglomerated
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4402 00 10
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Of coconut shell
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Free
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4402 00 90
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Other
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Free
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4403
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Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood,
or roughly squared
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4403 10 00
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Treated with paint, stains, creosote or other
preservatives
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Free
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4403 20
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Other, coniferous:
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4403 20 10
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Sawlogs and veneerlogs
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Free
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4403 20 20
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Poles, pilling and posts
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Free
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4403 20 90
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Other
Other, of tropical wood specified in Sub Heading Note 1 to this Chapter :
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Free
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4403 41 00
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Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau
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Free
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4403 49
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Other:
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4403 49 10
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Teak wood in rough
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Free
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4403 49 90
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Other
Other :
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Free
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4403 91 00
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Of Oak (quercus spp.)
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Free
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4403 92 00
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Of beech (Fagus spp.)
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Free
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4403 99
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Other :
Andaman Padauk [Pterocarous dalbaergiodes] Bonsum [Phoebe goalparensis]
Gurgan [Dipterocarpus alatus] Khair [Acacia Catechu] Lampati [Duabanga
grandiflora] Laurel [Terminalia alata] Paliwood [palaquium Elliplicum] and
Red Sanders [Pterocar pus Sautaninus] and Rose wood [Dalbergea Latifolio]:
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4403 99 11
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Andaman Padauk (Pterocarous dalbaergiodes)
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Free
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4403 99 12
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Bonsum (Phoebe goalparensis)
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Free
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4403 99 13
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Gurgan (Dipterocarpus alatus)
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Free
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4403 99 14
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Khair (Acacia Catechu)
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Free
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4403 99 15
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Lampati (Duabanga grandiflora)
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Free
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4403 99 16
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Laurel (Terminalia alata)
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Free
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4403 99 17
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Paliwood (Palaquium Elliplicum)
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Free
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4403 99 18
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Red Sanders (Pterocar pus Sautatinus)
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Free
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4403 99 19
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Rose Wood (Dalbergea Latifolio)
Sal (Chorea robusta) Sandal wood (santalum albur) Semul (Bombax Ceiba) Walnut
wood (Juglans binata) Anjam (Hardwickia binata) Birch (Betula spp.) Sissoo
(Dalbergia sisso) and white cedar (Dysozylum) and the like :
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Free
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4403 99 21
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Sal (Chorea robusta)
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Free
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4403 99 22
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Sandal wood (santalum alburn)
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Restricted
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Import
subject to Licencing Note 2 of the Chapter.
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4403 99 23
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Semul (Bombax ceiba)
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Free`
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4403 99 24
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Walnut wood (Juglans binata)
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Free
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4403 99 25
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Anjam (Hardwickia binata)
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Free
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4403 99 26
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Birch (Betula spp.)
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Free
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4403 99 27
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Sissoo (Dalbergia sisso)
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Free
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4403 99 28
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White cedar [Dysozylum malabaricum]
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Free
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4403 99 29
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Other
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Free
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4404
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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
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4404 10 00
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Coniferous
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Free
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4404 20
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Non-coniferous :
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4404 20 10
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Wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or
otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, tool
handles, split poles, piles, pickets, stakes and the like
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Free
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4404 20 20
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Drawn Wood
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Free
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4404 20 90
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Other
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Free
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4405
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Wood wool; wood flour
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4405 00 00
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Wood wool; wood flour
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Free
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4406
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Railway or tramway sleepers (Crossties) of wood
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4406 10 00
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Not impregnated
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Free
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4406 90 00
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Other
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Free
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4407
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Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or
not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
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4407 10
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Coniferrous:
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4407 10 10
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Doglas fir (Pscudotsuga Menziesie)
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Free
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4407 10 20
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Pine (pinus spp.)
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Free
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4407 10 90
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Other
Of tropical wood specified in Sub heading Note 1 to this chapter :
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Free
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4407 24 00
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Virola, Mahogany (Swietenia spp.) Imbuia and Balsa
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Free
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4407 25 00
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Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau
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Free
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4407 26 00
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White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow Meranti
and Alan
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Free
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4407 29
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Other
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4407 29 10
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Teak Wood
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Free
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4407 29 90
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Other
Other :
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Free
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4407 91 00
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Of oak (Quercus spp.)
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Free
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4407 92 00
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Of beech (Fagus spp.)
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Free
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4407 99
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Other:
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4407 99 10
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Of Birch (Betula spp.)
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Free
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4407 99 20
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Willow
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Free
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4407 99 90
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Other
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Free
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4408
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Sheets for veneering(including 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 planed, sanded or
end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
Coniferous:
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4408 10
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Coniferrous:
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4408 10 10
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Sheets for plywood
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Free
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4408 10 20
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Oak wood veneer
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Free
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4408 10 30
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Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints
|
Free
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4408 10 90
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Other
Of tropical wood specified in Sub heading Note 1 to this Chapter:
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Free
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4408 31
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Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Bakau
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4408 31 10
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Sheets for plywood
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Free
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4408 31 20
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Veneer sheets (of Rose Wood)
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Free
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4408 31 30
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Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints
|
Free
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4408 31 90
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Other
|
Free
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4408 39
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Other
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|
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4408 39 10
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Sheets for plywoods
|
Free
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4408 39 20
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Veneer sheets (of rose wood)
|
Free
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4408 39 30
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Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints
|
Free
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|
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4408 39 90
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Other
|
Free
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4408 90
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Other:
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|
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4408 90 10
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Sheets for plywoods
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Free
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4408 90 20
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Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints
|
Free
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4408 90 90
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Other
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Free
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4409
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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 end-jointed
Coniferous:
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4409 10
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Coniferous:
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4409 10 10
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Planned, Tongued, grooved, Rebated, Chamfered, V-jointed,
and the like but not further moulded
|
Free
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|
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4409 10 20
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Beadings, & mouldings (including moulded, skirting
& other moulded boards)
|
Free
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4409 10 90
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Other
|
Free
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4409 20
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Non-coniferous:
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|
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4409 20 10
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Planned, Tongued, grooved, Rebated, Chamfered, V-jointed,
and the like but not further moulded
|
Free
|
|
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4409 20 20
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Beadings & Mouldings (including moulded skirting and
other moulded boards)
|
Free
|
|
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4409 20 90
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Other
|
Free
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4410
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Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand
Board and Wafer Board ) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not
agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
Oriented strand-board and waferboard, of wood:
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4410 21 00
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Unworked or not further worker worked than sanded
|
Free
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4410 29 00
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Other
Other, of wood:
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Free
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4410 31
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Unworked or not further worked than sanded:
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|
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4410 31 10
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Plain particle boards
|
Free
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4410 31 20
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Insulation Board and Hardboard
|
Free
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|
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4410 31 30
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Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers on
any face
|
Free
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|
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4410 31 90
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Other
|
Free
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4410 32
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Surface-covered with melamine impregnated paper:
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|
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4410 32 10
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Plain particle boards
|
Free
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|
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4410 32 20
|
Insulation Board and Hardboard
|
Free
|
|
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4410 32 30
|
Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers on
any face
|
Free
|
|
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4410 32 90
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Other
|
Free
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|
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4410 33
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Surface-covered with decorative laminates of plastics:
|
|
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4410 33 10
|
Plain particle boards
|
Free
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|
|
4410 33 20
|
Insulation Board and Hardboard
|
Free
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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4410 33 30
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Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers on
any face
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 33 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
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4410 39
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Other:
|
|
|
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4410 39 10
|
Plain particle boards
|
Free
|
|
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4410 39 20
|
Insulation Board and Hardboard
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 39 30
|
Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers on
any face
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 39 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90
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Other
Plastic laminated sheets:
|
|
|
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4410 90 11
|
Insulation Board and hardboard
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 12
|
Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers of
any face
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 19
|
Other
Other :
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 91
|
Plain particle boards
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 92
|
Insulation Board and hardboard
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 93
|
Veneered particle board, not having decorative veneers of
any face
|
Free
|
|
|
4410 90 99
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
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|
4411
|
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 :
Not mechanically worked or surface covered :
|
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4411 11
|
Not mechanically worked or surface covered :
|
|
|
|
4411 11 10
|
Hard Board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 11 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 19
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Other:
|
|
|
|
4411 19 10
|
Hard board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 19 90
|
Other
Fibreboard of a density exceeding 0.5 g/ cm3 but not exceeding 0.8 g/ cm3 :
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 21
|
Not mechanically worked or surface covered:
|
|
|
|
4411 21 10
|
Insulation Board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 21 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 29
|
Other
|
|
|
|
4411 29 10
|
Insulation Board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 29 90
|
Other
Fibre board of a density exceeding 0.35 g/ cm3 but not exceeding 0.5 g/ cm3 :
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 31
|
Not mechanically worked or surface covered:
|
|
|
|
4411 31 10
|
Insulation board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 31 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 39
|
Other:
|
|
|
|
4411 39 10
|
Insulation board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 39 90
|
Other
Other :
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 91
|
Not mechanically worked or surface covered:
|
|
|
|
4411 91 10
|
Insulation board (homogeneous)
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 91 20
|
Accoustic insulation board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 91 30
|
Other insulation board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 91 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 99
|
Other:
|
|
|
|
4411 99 10
|
Insulation Board (homogenous)
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 99 20
|
Accoustic Insulation Board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 99 30
|
Other insulation board
|
Free
|
|
|
4411 99 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
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______________________________________________________________________________________
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|
4412
|
Plywood, veneered panels and
similar laminated wood
Plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding
6 mm. thickness :
|
|
4412 13
|
With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in
Sub heading Note 1 to this Chapter :
|
|
|
|
4412 13 10
|
Decorative plywood
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 13 20
|
Tea chest panels or shooks , packed in sets
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 13 30
|
Other tea chest panels
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 13 40
|
Marine and Aircraft plywood
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 13 50
|
Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not exceeding 5
centimeters
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 13 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 14
|
Other, with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood
:
|
|
|
|
4412 14 10
|
Decorative plywood
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 14 20
|
Tea chest panels or shooks packed in sets
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 14 30
|
Marine and Aircraft plywood
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 14 40
|
Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not exceeding 5
centimeters
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 14 90
|
Other
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 19
|
Other
|
|
|
|
4412 19 10
|
Decorative plywood
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 19 20
|
Tea chest panels or shooks packed in sets
|
Free
|
|
|
4412 19 30
|
Marine and Aircraft plywood
|
Free
|
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Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not exceeding 5
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