Padauk Rebated Edge Flooring Profiles from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
10%
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
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