Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
6-digit subheadings (4)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Wood; railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), not impregnated, coniferous
Wood; railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), not impregnated, non-coniferous
Wood; railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), impregnated, coniferous
Wood; railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties), impregnated, non-coniferous
Chapter 44 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Bamboo articles go to Chapter 14 or 46 (plaiting materials), not 44; bamboo flooring (engineered) is 4418.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 44
- 4401 — Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in …
- 4402 — Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglom…
- 4403 — Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roug…
- 4404 — Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets, stakes of wood, pointed, not sa…
- 4405 — Wood wool; wood flour
- 4407 — Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not plan…
- 4408 — Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wo…
- 4409 — Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), …
- 4410 — Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. wa…
- 4411 — Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded …
- 4412 — Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
- 4413 — Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes
- 4414 — Wooden frames; for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects
- 4415 — Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cab…
- 4416 — Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts there…
- 4417 — Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, o…
- 4418 — Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panel…
- 4419 — Tableware and kitchenware, of wood
- 4420 — Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cut…
- 4421 — Wooden articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420