Subheading · Chapter 44 · Heading 4421
4421.20: Other articles of wood: coffins
Official description Coffins
4421.20 is a six-digit subheading of heading 4421, other articles of wood, chapter 44.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 4421 20 00 00 Coffins Freep/st
- 4421 20 10 00 Of fibreboard Freep/st
- 4421 20 90 00 Other Freep/st
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 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition on goods for torture and repression
- Applies to goods from
- all countries
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1479
- Documents
- C064 Authorisation for export or import of goods that could be used for torture (Regulation (EU) 2019/125)
- Y904 Goods other than those described in the TR footnotes linked to the measure
- 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
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | Free |
| DCTS Comprehensive | Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and 38 moreAfghanistan, 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") | Free | |
| DCTS Enhanced | Algeria, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Congo - Brazzaville and 13 moreAlgeria, 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 moreAntigua & 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 moreAnguilla, 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
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £1.9m | 57.4% | +15.4% | |
| £718k | 21.6% | +45.7% | |
| £549k | 16.5% | -28.9% | |
| £31k | 0.9% | -43.2% | |
| £21k | 0.6% | +40.7% | |
| £18k | 0.6% | +88.1% | |
| £14k | 0.4% | +18.5% | |
| £14k | 0.4% | +94.4% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$103kUS$103k+US$3m+US$10m+> US$52m
Exports: 89
- China: US$156m
- Mexico: US$84m
- Poland: US$52m
- Canada: US$29m
- Romania: US$27m
- United States: US$16m
- Italy: US$12m
- Hungary: US$11m
- Czechia: US$10m
- Slovenia: US$7m
- Croatia: US$6m
- Albania: US$6m
- Belgium: US$5m
- Vietnam: US$5m
- Sweden: US$5m
- Guatemala: US$4m
- Portugal: US$4m
- Moldova: US$4m
- Austria: US$4m
- Ukraine: US$3m
- Serbia: US$3m
- South Africa: US$3m
- Indonesia: US$3m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Estonia: US$2m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$2m
- France: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$1m
- Türkiye: US$1m
- Tunisia: US$1m
- Bulgaria: US$850k
- United Kingdom: US$844k
- North Macedonia: US$777k
- Spain: US$770k
- Germany: US$671k
- Brazil: US$647k
- Denmark: US$558k
- Argentina: US$308k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$291k
- Slovakia: US$241k
- India: US$110k
- Lithuania: US$108k
- Greece: US$106k
- Peru: US$103k
- Russia: US$99k
- Kenya: US$86k
- Japan: US$70k
- Thailand: US$68k
- Colombia: US$63k
- Latvia: US$52k
- Laos: US$51k
- Bangladesh: US$50k
- New Zealand: US$44k
- Australia: US$41k
- Norway: US$34k
- Morocco: US$22k
- Angola: US$22k
- Ireland: US$13k
- Switzerland: US$12k
- Taiwan: US$12k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$89kUS$89k+US$561k+US$4m+> US$41m
Imports: 163
- United States: US$102m
- Japan: US$89m
- Germany: US$64m
- Italy: US$51m
- Canada: US$41m
- France: US$26m
- South Korea: US$10m
- Taiwan: US$9m
- Spain: US$8m
- Austria: US$7m
- Belgium: US$6m
- Denmark: US$5m
- Australia: US$4m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$4m
- United Kingdom: US$4m
- Romania: US$4m
- Mexico: US$4m
- Switzerland: US$3m
- Croatia: US$2m
- Czechia: US$2m
- Finland: US$2m
- Netherlands: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Botswana: US$2m
- Ireland: US$1m
- Hungary: US$1m
- Sweden: US$1m
- Greece: US$1m
- Slovakia: US$1m
- Equatorial Guinea: US$1m
- Norway: US$886k
- Singapore: US$863k
- Luxembourg: US$831k
- El Salvador: US$724k
- Albania: US$686k
- Serbia: US$663k
- Moldova: US$591k
- Bulgaria: US$567k
- Slovenia: US$566k
- Iceland: US$561k
- Cape Verde: US$532k
- Uruguay: US$532k
- Poland: US$526k
- Curaçao: US$418k
- Malta: US$405k
- Lesotho: US$379k
- North Macedonia: US$376k
- Congo - Kinshasa: US$357k
- Jamaica: US$339k
- Côte d’Ivoire: US$323k
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$297k
- Angola: US$292k
- Macao SAR China: US$263k
- Uganda: US$256k
- Timor-Leste: US$252k
- Mauritius: US$238k
- Eswatini: US$193k
- United Arab Emirates: US$182k
- Portugal: US$174k
- Ghana: US$170k
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$156m | 32.7% | |
| 2 | US$84m | 17.7% | |
| 3 | US$52m | 10.9% | |
| 4 | US$29m | 6% | |
| 5 | US$27m | 5.7% | |
| 6 | US$16m | 3.4% | |
| 7 | US$12m | 2.5% | |
| 8 | US$11m | 2.3% | |
| 9 | US$10m | 2.1% | |
| 10 | US$7m | 1.4% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$102m | 21.3% | |
| 2 | US$89m | 18.6% | |
| 3 | US$64m | 13.4% | |
| 4 | US$51m | 10.7% | |
| 5 | US$41m | 8.5% | |
| 6 | US$26m | 5.4% | |
| 7 | US$10m | 2.2% | |
| 8 | US$9m | 2% | |
| 9 | US$8m | 1.6% | |
| 10 | US$7m | 1.5% |
Code history
Since 2022; before, these goods were classified under 4421.91, 4421.99.
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 4421.20 covers 2 tariff lines and the duty is duty-free.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 4421.20 into 2 tariff lines; the duty is between 0% and 4% (average 2%). 1 of them 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 these goods worth £3.3m (up 9% on the year before), at an average of £3.01 per kg; Poland supplied 57%, followed by China.
World trade in these goods reached US$477m in 2024, up 0.2% on 2023.
China was the largest exporter with 32.7% of the total, ahead of Mexico.
Products classified here
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other articles of wood: coffins?
Other articles of wood: coffins fall under HS subheading 4421.20, part of heading 4421, in section IX of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other articles of wood: coffins in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 4421.20 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 other articles of wood: coffins in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 4421.20 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 0% to 4%, depending on the line. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other articles of wood: coffins?
China, with US$156m in 2024 (32.7% 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 Poland (57%), China (22%) and Indonesia (17%), out of total imports of £3.3m.