Subheading · Chapter 44 · Heading 4407

4407.13: Of S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.) and fir (Abies spp.))

Sawn S-P-F lumber

4407.13 is the HS subheading for sawn S-P-F lumber, under heading 4407 in chapter 44.

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Customs duty Free standard rate · across 4 national lines depends on the country of origin

Additional duties and charges 2 additional measures Import requirements: 4

VAT 20.00 % import VAT

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4407 13 00 00 Of s-p-f (spruce (picea spp.), pine (pinus spp.) and fir (abies spp.)) Freem³
4407 13 00 10 End-jointed, whether or not planed or sanded Freem³
4407 13 00 20 Planed Freem³
Other Freem³
4407 13 00 91 Sanded Freem³
4407 13 00 99 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 4

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 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 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£77.9m-35% · previous 12 months

Average import price£0.44 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
Sweden	£53.7m	68.9%	-8.6%
Latvia	£9.5m	12.2%	-65.6%
Ireland	£6.8m	8.7%	+190.9%
Germany	£3.1m	3.9%	+440.5%
Czechia	£1.8m	2.3%	+3.5%
Lithuania	£1.4m	1.8%	-71%
Finland	£1.2m	1.6%	-94.6%
Poland	£184k	0.2%	-67.8%

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

4407.13 · US$5.1bn

Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$827.3kUS$827.3k+US$5.4m+US$32.3m+> US$262m

Exports: 58

Canada: US$4.5bn
Sweden: US$262m
Germany: US$67.8m
Finland: US$63.7m
Austria: US$55.8m
Czechia: US$32.3m
Poland: US$21.7m
Latvia: US$21.1m
United States: US$19.7m
Estonia: US$12.5m
Netherlands: US$11.1m
Luxembourg: US$10.4m
France: US$7.4m
Lithuania: US$7.2m
Slovenia: US$5.4m
Ireland: US$4.4m
Belgium: US$4.1m
China: US$3.5m
Portugal: US$3.1m
Brazil: US$3.1m
Romania: US$2.5m
Switzerland: US$2.4m
Slovakia: US$2m
Italy: US$2m
Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$1.9m
Madagascar: US$1.6m
Spain: US$1.6m
Ghana: US$1.2m
Denmark: US$827.3k
Malaysia: US$782k
United Kingdom: US$555k
Hungary: US$440.7k
Russia: US$333.6k
Belarus: US$305.4k
Australia: US$159.9k
Ukraine: US$157.7k
Greece: US$151k
Philippines: US$130.6k
Norway: US$109k
New Zealand: US$103.8k
Israel: US$74k
Uruguay: US$67.8k
Saudi Arabia: US$56.3k
Croatia: US$46k
South Africa: US$31.1k
Chile: US$29.9k
Jordan: US$27k
Türkiye: US$26.2k
Bulgaria: US$24.4k
Serbia: US$21.2k
Sri Lanka: US$8.2k
Mexico: US$7.9k
Japan: US$6.5k
United Arab Emirates: US$4.1k
Montenegro: US$2.5k
Curaçao: US$1.5k
Guatemala: US$300
Egypt: US$0

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Canada	US$4.5bn	87.6%
2	Sweden	US$262m	5.1%
3	Germany	US$67.8m	1.3%
4	Finland	US$63.7m	1.2%
5	Austria	US$55.8m	1.1%
6	Czechia	US$32.3m	0.6%
7	Poland	US$21.7m	0.4%
8	Latvia	US$21.1m	0.4%
9	United States	US$19.7m	0.4%
10	Estonia	US$12.5m	0.2%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	United States	US$4.2bn	81.7%
2	Japan	US$207.3m	4.1%
3	Netherlands	US$136.8m	2.7%
4	United Kingdom	US$101.7m	2%
5	China	US$70.5m	1.4%
6	Philippines	US$54.5m	1.1%
7	Denmark	US$46.5m	0.9%
8	Germany	US$38.3m	0.7%
9	Belgium	US$37.4m	0.7%
10	Italy	US$30.2m	0.6%

Binding rulings for similar goods 1

Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.

N357365 U.S. CBP 13 January 2026 · 4407.13.00.00

The tariff classification of SPF dimensional lumber from Canada

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 4407.11, 4407.12, 4407.19.

In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 4407.13 covers 4 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.

The EU Combined Nomenclature has one tariff line for subheading 4407.13; the duty is duty-free.

Goods from 174 countries can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard Free; 174 of them pay no duty at all, for example under DCTS Comprehensive or European Union.

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

In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported sawn S-P-F lumber worth £77.9m (down 35% on the year before), at an average of £0.44 per kg; Sweden supplied 69%, followed by Latvia.

World trade in sawn S-P-F lumber reached US$5.1bn in 2024, down 1.6% on 2023.

Canada was the largest exporter with 87.6% of the total, ahead of Sweden.

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.

Questions and answers

What is the HS code for of S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.) and fir (Abies spp.))?

Of S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.) and fir (Abies spp.)) fall under HS subheading 4407.13, part of heading 4407, in section IX of the Harmonized System.

What is the import duty on of S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.)… in the UK?

Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4407.13 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 S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.)… in the EU?

Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4407.13 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 S-P-F (spruce (Picea spp.), pine (Pinus spp.)…?

Canada, with US$4.5bn in 2024 (87.6% of world exports).

Which countries can export sawn S-P-F lumber 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 S-P-F lumber?

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 S-P-F lumber from?

In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Sweden (69%), Latvia (12%) and Ireland (9%), out of total imports of £77.9m.