Textured Melamine Faced Waferboard Desk Surfaces from Japan
Waferboard panels with textured stone-look melamine-impregnated paper surface covering, used for office desk tops requiring durability. Classified under HTS 4410.11.00.20 as waferboard qualifies as 'similar board' to particle board when surface-covered with melamine paper.
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
• Document waferboard manufacturing process to distinguish from plywood; test surface for melamine-formaldehyde resin content; prepare for potential reclassification audits on 'similar board' determinations