Ipé End-Matched Wood Flooring Strips
These Ipé wood flooring strips (Tabebuia spp.) are continuously shaped along their ends for precise end-matching, with tongued and grooved edges, planed and sanded for smooth installation. Classified under HTS 4409.22.0520 as nonconiferous tropical wood specifically Ipé, shaped along ends for flooring use.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If not continuously shaped along ends or edges
Unshaped or sawn Ipé lumber falls under heading 4407 for tropical nonconiferous wood in the rough.
If assembled into finished parquet panels
Assembled flooring panels shift to heading 4418, excluding continuously shaped strips.
If unfinished and not end-matched
Other tropical woods shaped only along edges (no end-shaping) use 4409.21.05.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Verify CITES documentation as Ipé is a tropical species; provide species certificates from approved exporters
• Ensure end-matching and edge profiling meets 'continuously shaped' criteria to avoid reclassification to rough wood
• Label with exact scientific name (Tabebuia or Handroanthus spp.) and country of harvest for customs compliance
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Handroanthus Ipé Engineered End-Matched Planks
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Lapacho Ipé Sanded End-Matched Parquet Strips
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