Subheading · Chapter 44 · Heading 4401

4401.12

4401.12: Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots: non-coniferous

Official description Non-coniferous

Subheading 4401.12 belongs to heading 4401 (fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms) in chapter 44.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure Import requirements: 5
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

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  1. 4401 12 00 00 Non-coniferous Free

Additional duties and import rules

Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.

Additional duties and charges 1

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 376
    Documents
    • 9008

Import requirements 5

  • Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
    Applies to goods from
    North Korea
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/411
  • Import controlQuarantine Release Certificate
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    (EU) 2019/2072
    Documents
    • 9115
    • 992Y
    • C085 Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant Products (CHED-PP) (as set out in Part 2, Section C of Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1715 (OJ L 261))
  • Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Iraq, Russia, Ukraine
    Legal act
    2023 No. 616, S.I. 2020/707, 2022 No.998, S.I. 2022/395
    Documents
    • 9011
    • 9015
    • 9016
    • 9009
    • 9010
    • 9017
  • Import controlImport control - CITES
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    2021 No. 54
    Documents
    • C400 Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
    • Y900 Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)
  • Import controlImport control - Waste
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    S.I. 2019/590
    Documents
    • C672 Information document accompanying shipments of waste as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 18 and Annex VII
    • C669 Notification document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 - Article 5 and Annex IA
    • Y923 Product not subjected to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157
    • C670 Movement document as mentioned in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 – Article 5 and Annex IB

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
standard rate (no agreement)—Free
DCTS Comprehensive
Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 more

Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo - Kinshasa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia

Free
European Union (including code "EU")
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia and 23 more

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Free
DCTS Enhanced
Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 more

Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville, Cook Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Niue, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu

Free
CARIFORUM
Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize and 10 more

Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago

Free
OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories)
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands and 7 more

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, St Helena, Turks & Caicos Islands

Free
Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Free
SADC EPA Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia Free
Eastern and Southern Africa States Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe Free
CPTPP Brunei, Malaysia Free
UK–Andorra agreement Andorra Free
UK–Albania agreement Albania Free
UK–Australia agreement Australia Free
UK–Canada agreement Canada Free
UK–Switzerland agreement Switzerland Free
UK–Côte d’Ivoire agreement Côte d’Ivoire Free
UK–Chile agreement Chile Free
UK–Cameroon agreement Cameroon Free
UK–Colombia agreement Colombia Free
UK–Ceuta & Melilla agreement Ceuta & Melilla Free
UK–Ecuador agreement Ecuador Free
UK–Egypt agreement Egypt Free
UK–Fiji agreement Fiji Free
UK–Faroe Islands agreement Faroe Islands Free
UK–Georgia agreement Georgia Free
UK–Ghana agreement Ghana Free
DCTS Standard Indonesia Free
UK–Israel agreement Israel Free
UK–India agreement India Free
UK–Iceland agreement Iceland Free
UK–Jordan agreement Jordan Free
UK–Japan agreement Japan Free
UK–Kenya agreement Kenya Free
UK–South Korea agreement South Korea Free
UK–Lebanon agreement Lebanon Free
UK–Liechtenstein agreement Liechtenstein Free
UK–Morocco agreement Morocco Free
UK–Moldova agreement Moldova Free
UK–North Macedonia agreement North Macedonia Free
UK–Mexico agreement Mexico Free
UK–Norway agreement Norway Free
UK–New Zealand agreement New Zealand Free
UK–Peru agreement Peru Free
UK–Papua New Guinea agreement Papua New Guinea Free
UK–Palestinian Territories agreement Palestinian Territories Free
UK–Serbia agreement Serbia Free
UK–Solomon Islands agreement Solomon Islands Free
UK–Singapore agreement Singapore Free
UK–San Marino agreement San Marino Free
UK–Tunisia agreement Tunisia Free
UK–Türkiye agreement Türkiye Free
UK–Ukraine agreement Ukraine Free
UK–Vietnam agreement Vietnam Free
UK–Samoa agreement Samoa Free
UK–Kosovo agreement Kosovo Free
UK–South Africa agreement South Africa Free

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£74.6m-1.2% · previous 12 months
Average import price£0.35 per kg
Jan 2024: £10.4mFeb 2024: £7.1mMar 2024: £3.3mApr 2024: £3.4mMay 2024: £2.2mJun 2024: £1.8mJul 2024: £3.9mAug 2024: £4.4mSept 2024: £6.5mOct 2024: £10.7mNov 2024: £9.7mDec 2024: £10.6mJan 2025: £9.1mFeb 2025: £7.3mMar 2025: £5.1mApr 2025: £2.5mMay 2025: £2.3mJun 2025: £3mJul 2025: £3.7mAug 2025: £5mSept 2025: £6.6mOct 2025: £8.8mNov 2025: £9.4mDec 2025: £11.3mJan 2026: £9.4mFeb 2026: £7.2mMar 2026: £5.2mApr 2026: £4.2mMay 2026: £2.4mJun 2026: £2.8mJul 2026: £2mAug 2026: £5.3m 202420252026
Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

CountryValueShareChange
Latvia £47.9m 64.2% -3%
Lithuania £17.4m 23.4% +2.5%
Poland £4.1m 5.5% +3.6%
South Africa £3.3m 4.4% +67.4%
Estonia £1m 1.4% -11.8%
Italy £175k 0.2% -23.9%
Germany £173k 0.2% +727.7%
Ukraine £155k 0.2% -70.5%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

4401.12 · US$459m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$215kUS$215k+US$3m+US$10m+> US$47m

Exports: 98
  1. Latvia: US$99m
  2. Lithuania: US$51m
  3. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$47m
  4. Croatia: US$46m
  5. Eswatini: US$36m
  6. Ukraine: US$25m
  7. Estonia: US$21m
  8. Poland: US$19m
  9. Slovenia: US$12m
  10. France: US$10m
  11. Hungary: US$8m
  12. Netherlands: US$8m
  13. Slovakia: US$6m
  14. Germany: US$5m
  15. Portugal: US$5m
  16. South Africa: US$5m
  17. Sweden: US$4m
  18. Vietnam: US$4m
  19. Belgium: US$4m
  20. Denmark: US$3m
  21. Romania: US$3m
  22. Mexico: US$3m
  23. Australia: US$3m
  24. Bulgaria: US$3m
  25. Canada: US$2m
  26. Italy: US$2m
  27. Ireland: US$2m
  28. Spain: US$2m
  29. Cambodia: US$2m
  30. Egypt: US$2m
  31. Czechia: US$1m
  32. China: US$1m
  33. United Kingdom: US$1m
  34. Serbia: US$1m
  35. Albania: US$801k
  36. United States: US$769k
  37. Austria: US$715k
  38. Luxembourg: US$673k
  39. Indonesia: US$638k
  40. Congo - Kinshasa: US$434k
  41. Thailand: US$270k
  42. Nigeria: US$254k
  43. Ghana: US$243k
  44. Greece: US$242k
  45. Montenegro: US$236k
  46. Russia: US$215k
  47. Morocco: US$187k
  48. Vanuatu: US$185k
  49. Mauritius: US$168k
  50. Switzerland: US$150k
  51. Japan: US$134k
  52. Sri Lanka: US$114k
  53. Finland: US$96k
  54. North Macedonia: US$80k
  55. Peru: US$70k
  56. Pakistan: US$70k
  57. India: US$66k
  58. Taiwan: US$43k
  59. Papua New Guinea: US$38k
  60. Costa Rica: US$33k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Latvia US$99m 21.6%
2 Lithuania US$51m 11.1%
3 Bosnia & Herzegovina US$47m 10.3%
4 Croatia US$46m 10%
5 Eswatini US$36m 7.9%
6 Ukraine US$25m 5.4%
7 Estonia US$21m 4.7%
8 Poland US$19m 4.2%
9 Slovenia US$12m 2.6%
10 France US$10m 2.2%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 United Kingdom US$90m 19.6%
2 Italy US$75m 16.4%
3 South Africa US$39m 8.5%
4 Germany US$27m 5.9%
5 Denmark US$23m 5%
6 Ireland US$20m 4.3%
7 Norway US$19m 4.1%
8 Belgium US$19m 4%
9 United States US$18m 4%
10 Netherlands US$18m 3.9%

Import duty on this product around the world 150

The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.

  • 3.5%median duty
  • 60number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 40%highest: Sudan, Zambia, Cameroon

150

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Albania 0% 2023
Algeria 15% 2023
Angola 20% 2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla 15% 2021 · HS 2017
Argentina 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 10% 2023
Australia 0% 2023
Azerbaijan 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas 20% 2022
Bahrain 0% 2023
Bangladesh 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 5% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 5% 2023
Benin 5% 2023
Bermuda 5% 2023
Bhutan 10% 2022
Bolivia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0% 2022
Botswana 0% 2023
Brazil 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Brunei 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso 5% 2023
Burundi 0% 2023
Cambodia 7% 2023 · HS 2017
Cameroon 30% 2023
Canada 0% 2023
Cape Verde 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Central African Republic 30% 2023
Chad 30% 2023
Chile 6% 2023 · HS 2017
China 0% 2023
Colombia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Comoros 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville 30% 2023
Cook Islands 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica 0% 2023
Côte d’Ivoire 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominica 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic 0% 2023
Ecuador 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Egypt 5% 2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador 0% 2022
Equatorial Guinea 30% 2023
Eswatini 0% 2023
Ethiopia 0% 2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries) 0% 2023
Fiji 5% 2023
French Polynesia 8% 2023
Gabon 30% 2023
Gambia 5% 2023
Georgia 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Ghana 5% 2023
Gibraltar 12% 2023 · HS 2017
Guatemala 0% 2023
Guinea 5% 2023
Guinea-Bissau 5% 2023
Guyana 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Haiti 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Honduras 0% 2023
Hong Kong SAR China 0% 2023
Iceland 0% 2023
India 5% 2023
Indonesia 0% 2023
Israel 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 10% 2023
Japan 0% 2023
Jordan 0% 2023
Kazakhstan 10% 2023
Kenya 0% 2023
Kuwait 0% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 0% 2023
Liberia 5% 2023
Libya 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 0.4%* 2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China 0% 2023
Madagascar 20% 2023
Malawi 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia 20% 2023
Maldives 0% 2023
Mali 5% 2023
Mauritania 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius 0% 2023
Mexico 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia 4% 2021 · HS 2017
Moldova 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia 5% 2023
Montserrat 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Morocco 2.5% 2023
Mozambique 2.5% 2023
Myanmar (Burma) 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Namibia 0% 2023
Nauru 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Nepal 5% 2023
New Zealand 0% 2023
Nicaragua 0% 2023
Niger 5% 2023
Nigeria 5% 2023
North Macedonia 0% 2023
Norway 0% 2023
Oman 0% 2023
Pakistan 0% 2023
Palestinian Territories 0% 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 0% 2023
Papua New Guinea 10% 2023
Paraguay 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 3% 2023
Qatar 0% 2023
Russia 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 0% 2023
Samoa 8% 2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe 0% 2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 0% 2023
Senegal 5% 2023
Seychelles 0% 2023
Sierra Leone 5% 2023
Singapore 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Somalia 5% 2023 · HS 2017
South Africa 0% 2023
South Korea 2% 2023
Sri Lanka 15% 2023
St Kitts & Nevis 10% 2023
St Pierre & Miquelon 2% 2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines 5% 2023
Sudan 40% 2021 · HS 2017
Switzerland 0.3%* 2023
Tanzania 0% 2023
Thailand 1% 2023
Togo 5% 2023
Tonga 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Türkiye 0% 2023
Tuvalu 15% 2017 · HS 2017
Uganda 0% 2023
Ukraine 0% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 0% 2023
United Kingdom 0% 2023
United States 0% 2023
Uruguay 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 15% 2023
Venezuela 2% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 3% 2023
Yemen 5% 2017 · HS 2017
Zambia 40% 2023
Zimbabwe 0.1% 2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)

Classifications and correspondences

Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.

SITC Rev. 4
24501 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots/in similar forms (excluding wood waste).
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Intermediate goods · BEC 2111
CPC 2.1 product
03131 Fuel wood of coniferous wood
03132 Fuel wood of non-coniferous wood
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
0220 Logging

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20174401.12unchanged
20124401.10changed
20074401.10changed
20024401.10changed
19964401.10changed
19924401.10changed

Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

EU deforestation regulation (EUDR)

Products of these commodities may only be placed on the EU market or exported if they are deforestation-free, legally produced and covered by a due diligence statement.

  • Wood applies from 30 December 2026

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms (not including waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC; not including single use packing material and packing containers used exclusively to support, protect or carry another product made available on the market or exported and presented with that product)

Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, Annex I (consolidated text)

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 4401.10.

The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 4401.12; the duty is duty-free.

Subheading 4401.12 is a single line in the EU Combined Nomenclature, where the duty is duty-free.

174 countries pay no duty in the UK thanks to trade agreements and preference schemes such as DCTS Comprehensive and European Union, against a standard rate of Free.

In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.

Imports of these goods into the UK came to £74.6m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 1% on the year before); Latvia supplied 64%, followed by Lithuania.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$459m (−8.2% year on year).

The largest exporter was Latvia (US$99m), followed by Lithuania.

Products classified here

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots: non-coniferous?

Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots: non-coniferous fall under HS subheading 4401.12, part of heading 4401, in section IX of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4401.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

What is the import duty on fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4401.12 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.

Which country exports the most fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in…?

Latvia, with US$99m in 2024 (21.6% of world exports).

Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?

174 countries pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under DCTS Comprehensive, European Union, DCTS Enhanced. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of Free applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.

Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?

The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.

Where does the UK import these goods from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Latvia (64%), Lithuania (23%) and Poland (6%), out of total imports of £74.6m.

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