Padauk Rebated Edge Flooring Profiles from China
Padauk hardwood profiles with rebated (rabbeted) edges for interlocking parquet strips, planed, sanded, and V-jointed. HTS 4409.22.90.60 covers this nonconiferous tropical species with continuous shaping. Rebating is explicitly listed shaping method.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Budget for potential Lacey Act declarations tracking harvest chain for tropical hardwoods
• Photograph profiles pre-shipment to document shaping vs any post-import machining claims
• Confirm no binders >3%; otherwise resembles agglomerated products in 4401