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Cherry Wood Chair Rail Molding from Japan

Premium cherry hardwood chair rail molding featuring beaded edges, rounded profiles, and end-jointed construction, sanded smooth. HTS 4409.29.51.00 covers this nonconiferous wood molding shaped continuously along edges for wainscoting applications. Not assembled into panels.

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

• Include species origin certificate (CITES for some cherry sources) and fumigation records

• Photograph profiles to distinguish from baseboard/casing; CBP often requests visual confirmation

• Declare exact shaping operations (tongued, grooved, etc.) matching HTS language precisely