Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Chapter 44 of the Harmonised System covers Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal — 21 four-digit headings spanning hoopwood to wood marquetry & inlaid wood that customs authorities worldwide use to classify these goods and set duty.
- India exports 2024
- $577.1M
Source: UN Comtrade — India's reported merchandise exports to the world, 2024.
Sourcing this category from India
Chapter 44 covers wood, articles of wood and wood charcoal. India exports wooden handicrafts, carved furniture, plywood and engineered panels from clusters such as Saharanpur and Jodhpur. Subheadings move from fuelwood, chips and rough timber through sawn and shaped wood to finished joinery, packing cases and decorative articles.
How to read this code
44 is the two-digit HS chapter for wood and articles of wood. To clear customs your destination country extends it to a full 8–10 digit code and assigns the duty rate. India's preferential trade agreements (UAE CEPA, Australia ECTA, and others) can reduce or zero out that duty on many wood, cork & basketware lines — check our import guides for your market.
Headings under HS 44
The Harmonised System breaks Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal into these 21 headings. Drill down to the exact classification for your goods.
Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated
Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets, stakes of wood, pointed, not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed, not turned, bent, etc., suitable for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles, etc.
Wood wool; wood flour
Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm
Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, planed or not, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed
Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes
Wooden frames; for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects
Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves
Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood
Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes
Tableware and kitchenware, of wood
Wood marquetry & inlaid wood; ornaments of wood
Wooden articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420
Products under HS 44 we source from India
These live sourcing categories map to HS 44, each with its own indicative FOB, minimum order and lead-time economics — request quotes directly.
Where these are made in India
The categories above are produced across these clusters, each with its own factory base and export track record.
Turn this code into a sourcing plan
HS 44 maps to live sourcing categories — jump straight to the sector and products we ship under it.
Top destinations for Chapter 44 exports
India's largest buyers of goods in this HS chapter in 2024, ranked by export value.
Chapter-level destination mix — your specific HS line may skew differently. Source: UN Comtrade, 2024.
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