4401.49: Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, not agglomerated: other

1. 4401 49 00 00 Other Free
2. 4401 49 10 00 Bark and production waste, scrap, rejects and residues Free
3. 4401 49 90 00 Other 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£4.6m-0.8% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.10 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Latvia	£2m	44%	-21.9%
Ireland	£1.8m	40.4%	+119.4%
Netherlands	£217k	4.8%	-73.1%
Portugal	£127k	2.8%	+1,560.1%
Germany	£118k	2.6%	+75.8%
France	£98k	2.1%	-55.2%
Poland	£77k	1.7%	—
United States	£24k	0.5%	-46.4%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines Türkiye Free Third-country duty 2 tariff lines USA Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina Free General (MFN) 3 tariff lines Peru 6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Taiwan Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines North Macedonia Free General (MFN) 2 tariff lines Nigeria 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$64m	16.5%
2	Canada	US$37m	9.4%
3	Belgium	US$26m	6.8%
4	Netherlands	US$26m	6.8%
5	France	US$24m	6.1%
6	Norway	US$20m	5%
7	Latvia	US$18m	4.7%
8	United Kingdom	US$16m	4.3%
9	Poland	US$16m	4%
10	Hungary	US$13m	3.3%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Germany	US$49m	12.5%
2	Sweden	US$48m	12.5%
3	Austria	US$46m	11.9%
4	United States	US$32m	8.2%
5	France	US$25m	6.5%
6	Belgium	US$25m	6.4%
7	Netherlands	US$19m	4.8%
8	Romania	US$16m	4.2%
9	Finland	US$14m	3.6%
10	Italy	US$12m	3.2%

Import duty on this product around the world 93

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
• 39number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 40%highest: Zambia, Cameroon, Central African Republic

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	15%		2023
Armenia	10%		2023
Australia	0%		2023
Bahamas	20%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	15%		2023
Benin	5%		2023
Bermuda	5%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	0%		2022
Botswana	0%		2023
Burkina Faso	5%		2023
Burundi	0%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	0%		2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	0%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	0%		2023
Dominican Republic	0%		2023
El Salvador	0%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	0%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	5%		2023
Ghana	5%		2023
Guatemala	0%		2023
Guinea	5%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	5%		2023
Honduras	0%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	5%		2023
Indonesia	0%		2023
Jamaica	15%		2023
Japan	0%		2023
Jordan	0%		2023
Kazakhstan	10%		2023
Kenya	0%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	0%		2023
Liberia	5%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	20%		2023
Maldives	5%		2023
Mali	5%		2023
Mauritius	0%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	2.5%		2023
Mozambique	2.5%		2023
Namibia	0%		2023
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
Panama	0%		2023
Papua New Guinea	10%		2023
Philippines	3%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	0%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	5%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	5%		2023
South Africa	0%		2023
South Korea	2%		2023
Sri Lanka	15%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	15%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	15%		2023
Switzerland	0%		2023
Tanzania	0%		2023
Thailand	1%		2023
Togo	5%		2023
Türkiye	0%		2023
Uganda	0%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	0%		2023
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Vietnam	3%		2023
Zambia	40%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.1%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; 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

39282 Agglomerated wood waste and scrap in forms other than pellets

39283 Non-agglomerated wood waste and scrap

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 2

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 4401.40.

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