Partly Assembled Bamboo Screen Panels from Japan
These bamboo screen panels consist of woven bamboo sheets partly assembled with bindings for room dividers. Classified under HTS 4601.21.40.00 due to their woven or partly assembled form from bamboo plaiting materials in sheet-like structure. They are unfinished articles ready for final framing.
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 the 'partly assembled' state with photos to avoid misclassification as finished furniture in Chapter 94
• Check for parallel strand binding per Chapter notes
• Obtain phytosanitary certificates for bamboo to clear customs