4401.32: Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs: wood briquettes

Official description Wood briquettes

Subheading 4401.32 belongs to heading 4401 (fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms) in chapter 44.

Importing into Country of origin

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: 3

VAT 20.00 % import VAT

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4401 32 00 00 Wood briquettes 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 3

Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition

Applies to goods from
North Korea

Legal act
S.I. 2019/411
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 - 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 scheme	Countries	Rate
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£2m+31.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.37 per kg

Data up to August 2026 (provisional) · Monthly data: Eurostat Comext (CC BY 4.0), HMRC (OGL v3.0)

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Germany	£358k	18%	-4.6%
Lithuania	£296k	14.9%	+61.2%
Ghana	£238k	12%	+39.2%
Austria	£188k	9.4%	—
Ireland	£160k	8.1%	+56.3%
Latvia	£160k	8%	+104.1%
Italy	£104k	5.2%	+43.7%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	£102k	5.1%	-36.3%

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

World trade in 2024

4401.32 · US$102.2m

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$274.7kUS$274.7k+US$1.1m+US$6.2m+> US$10.3m

Exports: 75

Ukraine: US$22.2m
Croatia: US$11.5m
Poland: US$10.3m
Slovenia: US$7.5m
Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$6.5m
Latvia: US$6.5m
Germany: US$6.2m
Netherlands: US$3.1m
Serbia: US$1.8m
Czechia: US$1.8m
Slovakia: US$1.8m
Austria: US$1.7m
Lithuania: US$1.7m
France: US$1.4m
Norway: US$1.3m
Vietnam: US$1.3m
Malaysia: US$1.2m
South Africa: US$1.1m
Sweden: US$1m
Russia: US$925.8k
Romania: US$916.2k
Belgium: US$907.8k
United States: US$863.2k
Ghana: US$811.9k
Canada: US$802.2k
Indonesia: US$736k
Finland: US$733.5k
Estonia: US$662k
Uzbekistan: US$591.8k
Italy: US$550k
Portugal: US$434.2k
Hungary: US$402.5k
Spain: US$391.7k
Philippines: US$331.7k
Bulgaria: US$274.7k
China: US$239.5k
Thailand: US$190k
Kazakhstan: US$176.2k
Ireland: US$168.8k
United Kingdom: US$119.4k
Egypt: US$109.7k
Lesotho: US$108.7k
Nigeria: US$100.8k
Georgia: US$97.3k
Brazil: US$90.3k
Türkiye: US$54k
Morocco: US$31.2k
Colombia: US$23.2k
Bhutan: US$22.1k
India: US$18.3k
Saudi Arabia: US$16.9k
Switzerland: US$13.6k
Belarus: US$12.5k
Greece: US$12.3k
Denmark: US$12.1k
Australia: US$9.3k
Malta: US$9k
Angola: US$8.8k
Luxembourg: US$6k
Mexico: US$5.5k

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Ukraine	US$22.2m	21.7%
2	Croatia	US$11.5m	11.2%
3	Poland	US$10.3m	10.1%
4	Slovenia	US$7.5m	7.3%
5	Bosnia & Herzegovina	US$6.5m	6.3%
6	Latvia	US$6.5m	6.3%
7	Germany	US$6.2m	6.1%
8	Netherlands	US$3.1m	3.1%
9	Serbia	US$1.8m	1.8%
10	Czechia	US$1.8m	1.8%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$27.8m	27.2%
2	Austria	US$11.5m	11.2%
3	Denmark	US$10.8m	10.6%
4	Romania	US$5.2m	5.1%
5	Lithuania	US$4.8m	4.7%
6	Slovenia	US$4.6m	4.5%
7	Italy	US$3.1m	3.1%
8	Czechia	US$3m	3%
9	Belgium	US$3m	2.9%
10	United Kingdom	US$2.6m	2.5%

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 4401.39.

The UK Global Tariff has one tariff line for subheading 4401.32; the duty is duty-free.

Subheading 4401.32 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 £2m between September 2025 and August 2026 (up 32% on the year before); Germany supplied 18%, followed by Lithuania.

In 2024, countries exported these goods worth US$102.2m (−17.4% year on year).

The largest exporter was Ukraine (US$22.2m), followed by Croatia.

Legal notes

Subheading notes

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.

Products classified here

wood, briquettes

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs: wood briquettes?

Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in logs: wood briquettes fall under HS subheading 4401.32, part of heading 4401, in section IX of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4401.32 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 sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4401.32 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 sawdust and wood waste and scrap, agglomerated in…?

Ukraine, with US$22.2m in 2024 (21.7% 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 Germany (18%), Lithuania (15%) and Ghana (12%), out of total imports of £2m.