Coffee table|HS Code

Coffee table harmonized system code

Product Overview A Coffee Table, classified under the Harmonized System (HS) Code 9403, is a low table designed to be placed in a living room or similar space for individuals to place their drinks, magazines, remote controls, and other small items on. The key characteristics of this product include its physical dimensions, typically ranging from 30 to 50 inches in length, 18 to 24 inches in width, and 16 to 18 inches in height. The coffee table may have varying levels of processing, including polishing, painting, or staining, depending upon the material used like wood, metal, glass, or a combination of these. These tables find their commercial applications mainly in the retail and foodservice industries, as well as in offices and residential spaces. Market positioning underscores the coffee table's dual role of functionality and aesthetics, which offer a competitive advantage in interior design and space utilization. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The Coffee Table falls under the HS Code 9403.60, with '94' representing the chapter for furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions, and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings. '03' specifies the heading for other furniture and parts thereof, and '60' is the subheading for wooden furniture of a kind used in offices. The classification rationale for this product under 9403 is due to its primary function as a piece of furniture. Common packaging methods include bubble wrap, corrugated boxes, and pallets for large orders, ensuring the product remains undamaged during shipping. The product complies with international quality standards, such as the ISO 9001, ensuring consistent quality and customer satisfaction. This coffee table is designed to meet the needs of import/export businesses, customs brokers, trade compliance officers, and international buyers in line with WTO and customs documentation standards.

Coffee table Chapter Note

1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63; (b) Mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 70.09; (c) Articles of Chapter 71; (d) Parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39), or safes of heading 83.03; (e) Furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 84.18; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 84.52); (f) Lamps or light sources and parts thereof of Chapter 85; (g) Furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 85.18 (heading 85.18), of headings 85.19 or 85.21 (heading 85.22) or of headings 85.25 to 85.28 (heading 85.29); (h) Articles of heading 87.14; (ij) Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 90.18 or dentists' spittoons (heading 90.18); (k) Articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases); (l) Toy furniture or toy luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 95.03), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 95.04), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (other than lighting strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 95.05); or (m) Monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 96.20). 2.- The articles (other than parts) referred to in headings 94.01 to 94.03 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground. The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other : (a) Cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture; (b) Seats and beds. 3.- (A) In headings 94.01 to 94.03 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in Chapter 68 or 69. (B) Goods described in heading 94.04, presented separately, are not to be classified in heading 94.01, 94.02 or 94.03 as parts of goods.4.- For the purposes of heading 94.06, the expression “prefabricated buildings” means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings. Prefabricated buildings include "modular building units" of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.