Dark Red Meranti Laminboard from China
Laminboard panels featuring dark red meranti tropical wood outer plies laminated over layered thin wood core strips, not surface-covered. Classified in HTS 4412.51.31.61 as other tropical plywood not obscuring grain, distinct from specific meranti exclusions. Suitable for high-end flooring underlayment.
Duty Rate — China → United States
43%
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
• Distinguish from excluded meranti types via botanical certification; measure outer ply thickness to ensure compliance with 'at least one outer ply'; avoid clear coatings that might be deemed obscuring