Padauk Tongue-and-Groove Flooring Strips from Japan
These are continuously shaped Padauk wood strips featuring tongue-and-groove profiles along the edges, planed and sanded for parquet flooring applications but not assembled. Classified under HTS 4409.22.90.60 due to being nonconiferous tropical wood (Pterocarpus spp.) with profiled edges for flooring. The specific shaping and species designation fits the 'other' category within tropical hardwoods.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Obtain CITES documentation as Padauk (Pterocarpus spp.) may require permits due to endangered species listings; verify with USFWS
• Provide mill certificates confirming species as Pterocarpus and no chemical treatments exceeding allowed limits
• Measure profiles to confirm continuous shaping (tongue/groove); unprofiled boards shift to 4407.29