Strand-Woven Bamboo Assembled Flooring Panels from China
High-density flooring panels made from strand-woven bamboo compressed into planks and assembled with locking mechanisms. HTS 4418.73.90.00 covers these as assembled panels with bamboo top (wear) layer, offering superior hardness rating over traditional bamboo. Used in commercial and high-traffic residential spaces.
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
• Provide compression process documentation proving strand-woven construction meets bamboo wood definition per Chapter 44 notes
• Confirm assembly method (click-lock vs glued) for panel status
• Pitfall: classifying as 'solid bamboo flooring' ignores assembled panel specificity