Rush Plaited Screens

Pre-plaited rush material formed into sheet-like screens, suitable for room dividers. Under HTS 4601.94.40.00 for other vegetable plaits (rushes), assembled into strips or sheets as exampled in heading. Bound in parallel per chapter definition for plaiting products.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+35.0%35%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+10.0%10%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+10.0%10%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+10.0%10%
🇯🇵JapanFree+10.0%10%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

4602.12Lower: 16.6% vs 35%

If made into handbag shapes

Assembled into bags or containers moves to 4602 for wickerwork articles.

9405Lower: 16% vs 35%

If framed as lighting shades

Chapter exclusions send lamp shades to Chapter 94.

3926.90.99Lower: 22.8% vs 35%

If strips are plastic monofilament

Plastic strips shift to Chapter 39, excluded from plaiting materials definition.

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Import Tips & Compliance

Document rush as 'plaiting material' with botanical ID to comply with APHIS rules

Bundle in rolls under 10kg to ease customs valuation and inspection

Related Products under HTS 4601.94.40.00

Rattan Plaited Mats

These are woven mats made from plaited rattan strips, a vegetable plaiting material, assembled into sheet form for use as floor coverings or decorative screens. They fall under HTS 4601.94.40.00 as plaits and similar products of other vegetable materials, not specifically bamboo or raffia, in unfinished sheet form. The parallel interlacing of rattan qualifies as plaiting without being bound in strands.

Willow Plait Sheets

Sheets formed by plaiting thin willow strips side by side, bound in parallel strands, used for crafting or as raw material for screens. Classified under HTS 4601.94.40.00 for plaiting materials of other vegetable sources like willow (osier), in sheet form per chapter notes. Not finished articles, just basic plaited assemblies.

Reed Woven Matting

Matting produced by weaving or plaiting reed strips into large sheets for use in partitions or floor mats. Fits HTS 4601.94.40.00 as 'other' plaits of vegetable materials like reeds, in sheet form, whether or not finished as screens. Excludes footwear or headgear per chapter exclusions.

Straw Plait Bands

Narrow bands or strips of plaited straw, bound parallel for hat-making or decorative use. HTS 4601.94.40.00 covers such other vegetable plaits in strip form, not assembled into headgear (excluded to Chapter 65). Meets definition of plaiting materials like straw in chapter notes.

Bark Strip Plaits

Plaited sheets from narrow strips of tree bark, a qualifying vegetable material per chapter notes, used for crafts or matting. HTS 4601.94.40.00 for other vegetable plaits in sheet form, not woven into finished articles like furniture.

Vegetable Fiber Plait Strips

Strips of unspun natural vegetable fibers plaited and assembled, per chapter plaiting material definition. HTS 4601.94.40.00 as other vegetable products in strip form, not yarns or rovings (excluded).