4418.81: Engineered structural timber products: glue-laminated timber (glulam)

1. 4418 81 00 00 Glue-laminated timber (glulam) Free
2. 4418 81 00 10 Of bamboo Free
3. 4418 81 00 90 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£32.2m-1.9% · previous 12 months

Average import price£1.65 per kg

Main suppliers, last 12 months

Country	Value	Share	Change
Austria	£9.6m	29.7%	+20.6%
Germany	£7.8m	24.2%	-18.1%
Estonia	£3.9m	12.2%	-17.6%
Finland	£1.4m	4.3%	+33.4%
Netherlands	£966k	3%	-5%
Croatia	£827k	2.6%	-5.5%
Poland	£793k	2.5%	-15.9%
Denmark	£772k	2.4%	-14%

Same subheading in other tariffs

EU Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line USA 3.2% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Canada 3% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Mexico 15% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Brazil 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Argentina 12.6% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Peru Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line New Zealand Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Japan 3.9% General (MFN) 5 tariff lines Taiwan Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line GCC 5% General (MFN) 1 tariff line Switzerland Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line Norway Free General (MFN) 1 tariff line North Macedonia Free – 18% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 9% Nigeria 20% General (MFN) 1 tariff line

World trade in 2024

Top exporters

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Austria	US$683m	38.4%
2	Germany	US$315m	17.7%
3	Finland	US$141m	7.9%
4	Estonia	US$86m	4.8%
5	Indonesia	US$67m	3.7%
6	Romania	US$51m	2.9%
7	Poland	US$47m	2.6%
8	Canada	US$42m	2.3%
9	China	US$39m	2.2%
10	Latvia	US$29m	1.6%

Top importers

Rank	Country	Value	Share
1	Italy	US$326m	18.3%
2	Japan	US$283m	15.9%
3	Switzerland	US$196m	11%
4	Germany	US$186m	10.4%
5	France	US$152m	8.6%
6	United States	US$77m	4.3%
7	Spain	US$74m	4.2%
8	Netherlands	US$60m	3.4%
9	United Kingdom	US$39m	2.2%
10	Belgium	US$37m	2.1%

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.

• 15%median duty
• 9number of duty-free countries (MFN)
• 40%highest: Morocco, Zambia, Algeria

93

Importing country	MFN duty	lines from – to	data year
Albania	0%		2023
Algeria	30%		2023
Armenia	11%		2023
Australia	5%		2023
Bahamas	25%		2022
Bahrain	5%		2023
Belize	15%		2023
Benin	20%		2023
Bermuda	13%		2023
Bhutan	10%		2022
Bosnia & Herzegovina	5%		2022
Botswana	15%		2023
Burkina Faso	20%		2023
Burundi	25%		2023
Cameroon	30%		2023
Canada	3%		2023
Central African Republic	30%		2023
Chad	30%		2023
China	4%		2023
Congo - Brazzaville	30%		2023
Costa Rica	14%		2023
Dominican Republic	20%		2023
El Salvador	15%		2022
Equatorial Guinea	30%		2023
Eswatini	15%		2023
European Union (27 countries)	0%		2023
Fiji	5%		2023
French Polynesia	8%		2023
Gabon	30%		2023
Gambia	20%		2023
Ghana	20%		2023
Guatemala	15%		2023
Guinea	20%		2023
Guinea-Bissau	20%		2023
Honduras	15%		2023
Hong Kong SAR China	0%		2023
Iceland	0%		2023
India	10%		2023
Indonesia	5%		2023
Jamaica	15%		2023
Japan	3.9%		2023
Jordan	3.3%	0% – 5%	2023
Kazakhstan	10%		2023
Kenya	25%		2023
Kuwait	5%		2023
Lesotho	15%		2023
Liberia	20%		2023
Macao SAR China	0%		2023
Madagascar	20%		2023
Malaysia	20%		2023
Maldives	5%		2023
Mali	20%		2023
Mauritius	15%		2023
Mongolia	5%		2023
Morocco	40%		2023
Mozambique	7.5%		2023
Namibia	15%		2023
Nepal	15%		2023
New Zealand	5%		2023
Nicaragua	15%		2023
Niger	20%		2023
Nigeria	20%		2023
North Macedonia	9%	0% – 18%	2023
Norway	0%		2023
Oman	5%		2023
Pakistan	20%		2023
Panama	13%	10% – 15%	2023
Papua New Guinea	15%		2023
Philippines	5%		2023
Qatar	5%		2023
Rwanda	25%		2023
Saudi Arabia	5%		2023
Senegal	20%		2023
Seychelles	0%		2023
Sierra Leone	20%		2023
South Africa	15%		2023
South Korea	8%		2023
Sri Lanka	20%		2023
St Kitts & Nevis	15%		2023
St Vincent & the Grenadines	15%		2023
Switzerland	9.3%*		2023
Tanzania	25%		2023
Thailand	10%		2023
Togo	20%		2023
Türkiye	0%		2023
Uganda	25%		2023
United Arab Emirates	5%		2023
United Kingdom	0%		2023
United States	3.2%		2023
Vanuatu	15%		2023
Vietnam	3%		2023
Zambia	40%		2023
Zimbabwe	0.4%		2023

Tariff data years 2022–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · 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

63539 Other builders' joinery & carpentry of wood

End use (BEC Rev. 5)

Intermediate goods · BEC 311210

CPC 2.1 product

31600 Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood (including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes)

ISIC Rev. 4 activity

1622 Manufacture of builders' carpentry and joinery

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

Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes (not including used products and second-hand products)

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

Binding rulings for similar goods 1

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. Sanctions 19 May 2026 · Applies from: 20 May 2026

   The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   S.I. 2026/543 · Source: legislation.gov.uk

Rule changes →

Code history

Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 4418.60, 4418.91, 4418.99.

Products classified here

• glulam (glue-laminated timber)

Questions and answers

Typical products

• glulam (glue-laminated timber)

Everyday names, not part of the legal text.