4401.31: Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs: wood pellets

1. 4401 31 00 00 Wood pellets Free

Additional duties and import rules

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

Preferential rates by country

UK: imports by month

last 12 months£1.7bn+1.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.17 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
United States	£1.4bn	82.6%	+7.8%
Latvia	£155.7m	9.1%	+1.5%
Canada	£76m	4.4%	-47.9%
Estonia	£37.6m	2.2%	+42.1%
Germany	£8.2m	0.5%	-11.8%
Lithuania	£7.4m	0.4%	-12.5%
Portugal	£5.1m	0.3%	-64.8%
Netherlands	£4.1m	0.2%	-43.2%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Mexico Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Brazil Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Argentina Free Third-country duty 9 tariff lines Peru 6% Third-country duty 1 tariff line New Zealand Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Taiwan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Switzerland Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Norway Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines North Macedonia Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Nigeria 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$2bn	36.5%
2	Vietnam	US$973m	16%
3	Canada	US$568m	9.3%
4	Latvia	US$326m	5.4%
5	Estonia	US$226m	3.7%
6	Austria	US$194m	3.2%
7	Germany	US$168m	2.8%
8	Malaysia	US$162m	2.7%
9	Belgium	US$143m	2.4%
10	Indonesia	US$119m	2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United Kingdom	US$2bn	33.6%
2	Japan	US$1bn	19.2%
3	Denmark	US$548m	9%
4	South Korea	US$494m	8.1%
5	Italy	US$431m	7.1%
6	France	US$399m	6.6%
7	Netherlands	US$301m	4.9%
8	Germany	US$106m	1.7%
9	Austria	US$69m	1.1%
10	Belgium	US$69m	1.1%

Import duty on this product around the world 161

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.

• 5%median duty
• 53number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 40%highest: Sudan, Zambia, Cameroon

161

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Afghanistan	8%		2018 · HS 2012
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Angola	20%		2023 · HS 2017
Anguilla	15%		2021 · HS 2017
Argentina	2%		2023 · HS 2017
Armenia	10%		2023
Aruba	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Australia	0%		2023
Azerbaijan	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas	20%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Bangladesh	5%		2023 · HS 2017
Barbados	15%		2022 · HS 2017
Belarus	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Belize	15%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	5%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bolivia	10%		2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina	0%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Brazil	2%		2023 · HS 2017
Brunei	5%		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
Cuba	4%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominica	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
Ecuador	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Egypt	2%		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
Grenada	15%		2023 · HS 2012
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Guyana	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Haiti	3.5%		2020 · HS 2017
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	5%		2023
Indonesia	0%		2023
Iran	4%		2020 · HS 2017
Israel	0%		2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica	15%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	10%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kuwait	5%		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%		2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malawi	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia	20%		2023
Maldives	5%		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)	5%		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	5%		2023
Pakistan	0%		2023
Palau	3%		2023 · HS 2012
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	5%		2023
Russia	10%		2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda	0%		2023
Samoa	8%		2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe	0%		2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia	5%		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	15%		2023
St Lucia	15%		2023 · HS 2012
St Pierre & Miquelon	2%		2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines	15%		2023
Sudan	40%		2021 · HS 2017
Switzerland	0%		2023
Syria	5%		2020 · HS 2012
Tajikistan	7%		2021 · HS 2012
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	1%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Tonga	15%		2023 · HS 2017
Trinidad & Tobago	15%		2023 · HS 2012
Türkiye	0%		2023
Tuvalu	15%		2017 · HS 2017
Uganda	0%		2023
Ukraine	0%		2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates	5%		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
Wallis & Futuna	6%		2021 · HS 2012
Yemen	5%		2017 · HS 2017
Zambia	40%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. · 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

2462 Sawdust & wood waste & scrap, whether/not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets/similar forms

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 1111

CPC 2.1 product

39281 Wood pellets

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

n/a

Earlier HS editions

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)

Binding rulings for similar goods 1

Legal notes

Products classified here

• wood, pellets

Questions and answers

Typical products

• wood, pellets

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.