Subheading · Chapter 44 · Heading 4407

4407.12

4407.12: Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.)

Sawn fir and spruce

4407.12 is the HS subheading for sawn fir and spruce, under heading 4407 in chapter 44.

What you pay

Importing into UK

Customs duty Free standard rate · across 4 national lines depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 5
VAT 20.00 % import VAT
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Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff

UK lines →
  1. 4407 12 00 00 Of fir (abies spp.) and spruce (picea spp.) m³
  2. 4407 12 10 00 End-jointed, whether or not planed or sanded Freem³
  3. 4407 12 20 00 Planed Freem³
  4. 4407 12 90 00 Other Freem³
  5. 4407 12 90 10 Sanded Freem³
  6. 4407 12 90 90 Other Freem³

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 2

  • Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
    Applies to goods from
    Belarus, Russia
    Legal act
    2022 No. 376
    Documents
    • 9008
  • Duty suspensionSuspension - goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms Free
    Applies to goods from
    all countries
    Legal act
    2020 No. 1431
    Documents
    • C990 End use authorisation ships and platforms (Column 8c, Annex A of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446)

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
    • 991Y
    • 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 of timber and timber products subject to the FLEGT licensing scheme
    Applies to goods from
    Indonesia
    Legal act
    CS Indonesia No.1/2019
    Documents
    • C690 FLEGT import licence for timber
    • Y057 Goods not requiring the presentation of a FLEGT import licence for timber

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£907m-4.9% · previous 12 months
Average import price£0.56 per kg
Jan 2024: £57.2mFeb 2024: £76.7mMar 2024: £71.8mApr 2024: £86.3mMay 2024: £99.1mJun 2024: £90.9mJul 2024: £80.8mAug 2024: £70.2mSept 2024: £79.1mOct 2024: £79mNov 2024: £74.7mDec 2024: £58.4mJan 2025: £59.5mFeb 2025: £73.4mMar 2025: £85.8mApr 2025: £91.8mMay 2025: £89.5mJun 2025: £92.3mJul 2025: £102.7mAug 2025: £67.5mSept 2025: £81.8mOct 2025: £83.6mNov 2025: £73.6mDec 2025: £57.8mJan 2026: £55.7mFeb 2026: £73.6mMar 2026: £83.5mApr 2026: £86.7mMay 2026: £80.5mJun 2026: £84.4mJul 2026: £91.2mAug 2026: £54.8m 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
Sweden £412.3m 45.5% -4%
Latvia £111.8m 12.3% +0.3%
Ireland £108.4m 11.9% +0.8%
Finland £97.7m 10.8% -3.9%
Germany £85.1m 9.4% -19.4%
Norway £28.6m 3.1% -20.7%
Austria £24m 2.6% +20.8%
Estonia £7.2m 0.8% -25.3%

Same subheading in other tariffs

World trade in 2024

4407.12 · US$10bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$1mUS$1m+US$49m+US$278m+> US$1bn

Exports: 91
  1. Sweden: US$2bn
  2. Germany: US$2bn
  3. Austria: US$1bn
  4. Russia: US$1bn
  5. Finland: US$1bn
  6. Czechia: US$347m
  7. Latvia: US$316m
  8. Romania: US$282m
  9. Norway: US$278m
  10. Slovenia: US$214m
  11. Slovakia: US$166m
  12. Belgium: US$146m
  13. Ireland: US$128m
  14. Belarus: US$115m
  15. Estonia: US$113m
  16. France: US$104m
  17. Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$98m
  18. Croatia: US$85m
  19. Italy: US$73m
  20. Ukraine: US$71m
  21. Poland: US$50m
  22. Switzerland: US$50m
  23. Canada: US$49m
  24. United States: US$43m
  25. Netherlands: US$36m
  26. Lithuania: US$33m
  27. United Kingdom: US$20m
  28. China: US$19m
  29. Denmark: US$14m
  30. Montenegro: US$13m
  31. Luxembourg: US$13m
  32. Türkiye: US$9m
  33. Spain: US$6m
  34. Singapore: US$5m
  35. Hungary: US$4m
  36. Australia: US$4m
  37. Eswatini: US$3m
  38. Bulgaria: US$3m
  39. Saudi Arabia: US$3m
  40. New Zealand: US$2m
  41. Vietnam: US$2m
  42. Portugal: US$2m
  43. Serbia: US$2m
  44. Japan: US$1m
  45. Papua New Guinea: US$1m
  46. Malaysia: US$1m
  47. United Arab Emirates: US$945k
  48. Brazil: US$941k
  49. Taiwan: US$857k
  50. Indonesia: US$744k
  51. South Korea: US$698k
  52. Albania: US$563k
  53. Chile: US$532k
  54. Gabon: US$522k
  55. Sierra Leone: US$482k
  56. Argentina: US$448k
  57. South Africa: US$346k
  58. Philippines: US$272k
  59. Ghana: US$254k
  60. Curaçao: US$222k

Top exporters

RankCountryValueShare
1 Sweden US$2bn 19%
2 Germany US$2bn 16.1%
3 Austria US$1bn 13.7%
4 Russia US$1bn 12.5%
5 Finland US$1bn 10%
6 Czechia US$347m 3.4%
7 Latvia US$316m 3.1%
8 Romania US$282m 2.8%
9 Norway US$278m 2.7%
10 Slovenia US$214m 2.1%

Top importers

RankCountryValueShare
1 China US$1bn 13.4%
2 United Kingdom US$1bn 11%
3 Italy US$844m 8.3%
4 United States US$803m 7.9%
5 Germany US$709m 6.9%
6 Japan US$482m 4.7%
7 France US$476m 4.7%
8 Netherlands US$441m 4.3%
9 Austria US$369m 3.6%
10 Saudi Arabia US$204m 2%

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.

  • 5%median duty
  • 51number of duty-free countries (MFN)
  • 40%highest: Sudan, Zambia, Angola

150

Importing countryMFN dutylines from – todata year
Albania 0% 2023
Algeria 15% 2023
Angola 30% 2023 · HS 2017
Argentina 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Armenia 10% 2023
Australia 3.3% 0% – 5% 2023
Azerbaijan 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Bahamas 0% 2022
Bahrain 5% 2023
Bangladesh 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Barbados 15% 2022 · HS 2017
Belarus 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Belize 5% 2023
Benin 10% 2023
Bermuda 5% 2023
Bhutan 10% 2022
Bolivia 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0% 2022
Botswana 0% 2023
Brazil 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Brunei 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Burkina Faso 10% 2023
Burundi 10% 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 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Comoros 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Congo - Brazzaville 30% 2023
Cook Islands 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Costa Rica 5% 2023
Côte d’Ivoire 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominica 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Dominican Republic 0% 2023
Ecuador 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Egypt 0% 2019 · HS 2017
El Salvador 5% 2022
Equatorial Guinea 30% 2023
Eswatini 0% 2023
Ethiopia 0% 2021 · HS 2017
European Union (27 countries) 0% 2023
Fiji 5% 2023
French Polynesia 0% 2023
Gabon 30% 2023
Gambia 10% 2023
Georgia 12% 2022 · HS 2017
Ghana 10% 2023
Gibraltar 12% 2023 · HS 2017
Guatemala 5% 2023
Guinea 10% 2023
Guinea-Bissau 10% 2023
Guyana 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Haiti 3.5% 2020 · HS 2017
Honduras 5% 2023
Hong Kong SAR China 0% 2023
Iceland 0% 2023
India 10% 2023
Indonesia 0% 2023
Iran 5% 2020 · HS 2017
Israel 0% 2022 · HS 2017
Jamaica 15% 2023
Japan 1.4% 0% – 4.8% 2023
Jordan 0% 2023
Kazakhstan 0% 2023
Kenya 10% 2023
Kuwait 5% 2023
Kyrgyzstan 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Laos 20% 2023 · HS 2017
Lebanon 0% 2020 · HS 2017
Lesotho 0% 2023
Liberia 10% 2023
Libya 5% 2021 · HS 2017
Liechtenstein 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Macao SAR China 0% 2023
Madagascar 5% 2023
Malawi 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Malaysia 0% 2023
Maldives 0% 2023
Mali 10% 2023
Mauritania 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Mauritius 0% 2023
Mexico 1.7% 0% – 5% 2023 · HS 2017
Micronesia 4% 2021 · HS 2017
Moldova 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Mongolia 5% 2023
Montserrat 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Morocco 8.5% 2.5% – 10% 2023
Mozambique 7.5% 2023
Myanmar (Burma) 15% 2023 · HS 2017
Namibia 0% 2023
Nauru 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Nepal 5% 2023
New Zealand 1.7% 0% – 5% 2023
Nicaragua 5% 2023
Niger 10% 2023
Nigeria 10% 2023
North Macedonia 0% 2023
Norway 0% 2023
Oman 5% 2023
Pakistan 0% 2023
Palestinian Territories 0% 2017 · HS 2017
Panama 3.8% 0% – 7.5% 2023
Papua New Guinea 10% 2023
Paraguay 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Peru 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Philippines 3% 2023
Qatar 5% 2023
Russia 10% 2021 · HS 2017
Rwanda 10% 2023
Samoa 8% 2020 · HS 2017
São Tomé & Príncipe 0% 2019 · HS 2017
Saudi Arabia 5% 2023
Senegal 10% 2023
Seychelles 0% 2023
Sierra Leone 10% 2023
Singapore 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Solomon Islands 10% 2023 · HS 2017
Somalia 15% 2023 · HS 2017
South Africa 0% 2023
South Korea 5% 2023
Sri Lanka 0% 2023
St Kitts & Nevis 5% 2023
St Pierre & Miquelon 0% 2021 · HS 2017
St Vincent & the Grenadines 15% 2023
Sudan 40% 2021 · HS 2017
Switzerland 0% 2023
Tanzania 10% 2023
Thailand 0% 2023
Togo 10% 2023
Tonga 0% 2023 · HS 2017
Türkiye 0% 2023
Tuvalu 0% 2017 · HS 2017
Uganda 10% 2023
Ukraine 0% 2023 · HS 2017
United Arab Emirates 5% 2023
United Kingdom 0% 2023
United States 0% 2023
Uruguay 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Uzbekistan 0% 2021 · HS 2017
Vanuatu 15% 2023
Venezuela 6% 2023 · HS 2017
Vietnam 0% 2023
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
2482 Wood of coniferous species, sawn/chipped lengthwise, sliced/peeled, whether/not planed, sanded/end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
End use (BEC Rev. 5)
Intermediate goods · BEC 311210
CPC 2.1 product
31101 Wood, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm, of coniferous wood
ISIC Rev. 4 activity
1610 Sawmilling and planing of wood

Earlier HS editions

HSCode
20174407.12changed
20124407.10changed
20074407.10changed
20024407.10changed
19964407.10changed
19924407.10changed

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

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm (not including used products and second-hand products)

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

Recent rule changes mentioning this code

Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.

  1. GB Tariff change

    UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 433 commodity codes

    Trade Tariff changes 2026-07-22 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk

Rule changes →

Code history

Since 2017; before, these goods were classified under 4407.10.

The UK Global Tariff divides subheading 4407.12 into 4 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.

In the EU Combined Nomenclature, subheading 4407.12 covers 3 tariff lines and 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 sawn fir and spruce into the UK came to £907m between September 2025 and August 2026 (down 5% on the year before); Sweden supplied 46%, followed by Latvia.

In 2024, countries exported sawn fir and spruce worth US$10bn (−2.8% year on year).

The largest exporter was Sweden (US$2bn), followed by Germany.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.)?

Of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) fall under HS subheading 4407.12, part of heading 4407, in section IX of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4407.12 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 of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.) in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4407.12 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 of fir (Abies spp.) and spruce (Picea spp.)?

Sweden, with US$2bn in 2024 (19% of world exports).

Which countries can export sawn fir and spruce 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 sawn fir and spruce?

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 sawn fir and spruce from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Sweden (46%), Latvia (12%) and Ireland (12%), out of total imports of £907m.

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