Padauk Rebated Edge Flooring Profiles from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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