Ipe Tropical Hardwood End-Matched Parquet Strips
Ipe wood strips continuously rebated and chamfered along edges and ends for seamless end-matching in parquet flooring, sanded for finish installation. HTS 4409.22.0560 covers this as nonconiferous tropical wood flooring shaped along ends and edges, whether end-jointed or not.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If for rough-sawn without profiling
Thickness over 6mm sawn tropical wood without shaping is 4407.29; shaping required for 4409 entry.
If shaped and presented as cellular wood panels
Cellular or composite wood flooring heads to 4418.40, distinct from solid tropical wood strips.
If shaped primarily along edges but not ends
4409.22.10 for edge-shaped only; end-shaping specificity moves to .0560 subheading.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Use fumigation certificates for tropical hardwoods to meet USDA APHIS requirements and prevent quarantine holds
• Specify 'end-matched' in commercial invoices matching HTS description for shaped ends
• Avoid misclassification by ensuring no assembly; loose strips only under 4409
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