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Section 09

WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK

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WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD: WOOD CHARCOAL

44 00: WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD: WOOD CHARCOAL
44 01: OR NOT AGGLOMERATED IN LOGS, BRIGUETTES, PELLETS OR SIMILAR FORMS.
44 02: WOOD CHARCOAL (INCLUDING SHELL OR NUT CHARCOAL), WETHER OR NOT
44 03: WOOD IN THE ROUGH WHETHER OR NOT STRIPPED OF BARK OR SAPWOOD, OR ROUGHLY
44 04: OR OTHERWISE WORKED, SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OFWALKING-STICKS,
44 05: WOOD WOOL; WOOD FLOUR.
44 06: RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY SLEEPERS (CROSS-TIES) OF WOOD
44 07: WOOD SAWN OR CHIPPED LENGHWISE, SLICED OR PEELED, WETHER OR NOT PLANED,
44 08: SLICED OR PEELED, WETHER OR NOT PLANNED, SANDED OR END-JOINTED OF A
44 09: JOINTED, HEADED, MOULDED, ROUNDED OR THE LIKE) ALONG ANY OF ITS EDGES OR
44 10: AGGLOMERATED WITH RESINS OR OTHER ORGANIC BINDING SUBSTANCES.
44 11: FIBREBOARD OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNEOUS MATERIALS, WHETHER OR NOT BONDED
44 12: PLYWOOD, VENEERED PANELS AND SIMILAR LAMINATED WOOD.
44 13: DENSIFIED WOOD, IN BLOCKS, PLATES, STRIPS OR PROFILE SHAPES.
44 14: WOODEN FRAMES FOR PAINTINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, MIRRORS OR SIMILAR OBJECTS.
44 15: PALLET COLLARS OF WOOD.
44 16: CASKS, BARRELS, VATS, TUBS AND OTHER COOPERS' PRODUCTS AND PARTS THEREOF,
44 17: TOOLS, TOOL BODIES, TOOL HANDLES, BROOM OR BRUSH BODIES AND HANDLES,
44 18: BUILDERS' JOINERY AND CARPENTRY OF WOOD, INCLUDING CELLULAR WOOD PANELS,
44 19: TABLEWARE AND KITCHENWARE, OF WOOD
44 20: OF WOOD; WOODEN ARTICLES OF FURNITURE NOT FALLING IN CHAPTER 94.
44 21: OTHER ARTICLES OF WOOD.

Chapter notes

CHAPTER 44 WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL 1. This Chapter does not cover: (a) Wood, in chips, in shavings, crushed, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes (heading 12.11); (b) Bamboos or other materials of a woody nature of a kind used primarily for plaiting, in the rough, whether or not split, sawn lengthwise or cut to length (heading 14.01); (c) Wood, in chips, in shavings, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in dyeing or in tanning (heading 14.04); (d) Activated charcoal (heading 38.02); (e) Articles of heading 42.02; (f) Goods of Chapter 46; (g) Footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64; (h) Goods of Chapter 66 (for example, umbrellas and walking-sticks and parts thereof); (ij) Goods of heading 6808.00.00; (k) Imitation jewellery of heading 71.17; (l) Goods of Section XVI or Section XVII (for example, machine parts, cases, covers, cabinets for machines and apparatus and wheelwrights' wares); (m) Goods of Section XVIII (for example, clock cases and musical instruments and parts thereof); (n) Parts of firearms (heading 93.05); (o) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings); (p) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); (q) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, smoking pipes and parts thereof, buttons, pencils) excluding bodies and handles, of wood, for articles of heading 96.03; or (r) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art). 2. In this Chapter, the expression "densified wood" means wood which has been subjected to chemical or physical treatment (being, in the case of layers bonded together, treatment in excess of that needed to ensure a good bond), and which has thereby acquired increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or resistance to chemical or electrical agencies. 3. Headings 4414.00.00 to 44.21 apply to articles of the respective descriptions of particle board or similar board, fibreboard, laminated wood or densified wood as they apply to such articles of wood. 4. Products of heading 44.10, 44.11 or 44.12 may be worked to form the shapes provided for in respect of the goods of heading 44.09, curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or formed to shapes other than square or rectangular or submitted to any other operation provided it does not give them the character of articles of other headings. 5. Heading 4417.00 does not apply to tools in which the blade, working edge, working surface or other working part is formed by any of the materials specified in Note 1 to Chapter 82. 6. Subject to Note 1 above and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference to "wood" in a heading of this Chapter applies also to bamboos and other materials of a woody nature. Subheading Note. 1. For the purposes of subheadings 4403.41.00 to 4403.49.00, 4407.21.00 to 4407.29.00, 4408.31.00 to 4408.39.00 and 4412.31.00 to 4412.99.00, the expression "tropical wood" means one of the following types of wood: Abura, Acajou d?Afrique, Afrormosia, Ako, Alan, Andiroba, Aningr?, Avodir?, Azob?, Balau, Balsa, Bosse clair, Bosse fonce, Cativo, Cedro, Dabema, Dark Red Meranti, Dibetou, Doussie, Framire, Freijo, Fromager, Fuma, Geronggang, Ilomba, Imbuia, Ip?, Iroko, Jaboty, Jelutong, Jequitiba, Jongkong, Kapur, Kempas, Keruing, Kosipo, Kotib?, Koto, Light Red Meranti, Limba, Louro, Ma?aranduba, Mahogany