4407.97.00.00.00: Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not sanded, but not planed or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm, of POPLAR and ASPEN (Populus spp.).

1. For the purposes of subheading 440131, the expression ‘wood pellets’ means by-products, such as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood-processing industry, furniture-making industry or other wood-transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. Such pellets are cylindrical, with a diameter not exceeding 25 mm and a length not exceeding 100 mm.

2. For the purposes of subheading 440132, the expression ‘wood briquettes’ means by-products such as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry, furniture making or other wood transformation activities, which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. Such briquettes are in the form of cubiform, polyhedral or cylindrical units with the minimum cross-sectional dimension greater than 25 mm.

3. For the purposes of subheading 440713, ‘S-P-F’ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands of spruce, pine and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.

4. For the purposes of subheading 440714, ‘Hem-fir’ refers to wood sourced from mixed stands of Western hemlock and fir where the proportion of each species varies and is unknown.