End-Matched Red Oak Wood Flooring from China

Strips of red oak wood (Quercus spp.) shaped with tongue-and-groove edges and end-matched joints for parquet-style flooring installation. This nonconiferous hardwood flooring is planed, sanded, and precisely machined along ends and edges to interlock without assembly. Classified under 4409.29.06.55 due to continuous end-shaping and end-matching for flooring use.

Duty Rate — China → United States

38.2%

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

Verify species documentation (e.g

CITES certificate for certain oaks) and measure exact dimensions to confirm end-matching qualifies under this subheading

Provide mill certificates showing moisture content below 12% and fumigation treatment per ISPM 15 for wooden packaging

Avoid misclassification as assembled flooring (4418.30); ensure strips are unassembled and end-matched only