Wooden pallets Hs Code

Wooden pallets harmonized system code

Product Overview Wooden Pallets classified under HS Code 441520 are standardized flat transport structures constructed primarily from timber, designed to support goods in a stable manner during handling, storage, and transportation. These pallets typically conform to industry norms in size, including standard dimensions such as 1200 x 1000 mm or 1200 x 800 mm, and are manufactured from kiln-dried hardwood or softwood to ensure structural integrity and durability. Processing involves precision cutting, nailing or stapling, and surface treatment to meet load-bearing specifications commonly ranging from 500 to 1500 kilograms, depending on design and wood type. Within HS Code 441520, subcategories include block pallets, stringer pallets, and double-face or single-face variants, each differentiated by construction style and intended load applications. These pallets serve critical roles across food service, retail logistics, and industrial processing sectors by facilitating efficient material handling, optimizing storage density, and ensuring compliance with hygiene and safety standards. Their value proposition lies in robust craftsmanship, reusability, and compatibility with mechanized equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks, thus enhancing supply chain efficiency and cost-effectiveness on a global scale. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications The HS Code 441520 falls under Chapter 44 (Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal), Heading 4415 (Packing Cases, Boxes, Crates, Drums, and Other Packing Containers of Wood), and specifically Subheading 441520, which designates wooden pallets and their components. This classification is justified by the product’s primary function as a load-bearing platform fabricated from wood, distinct from other wooden packing containers by its standardized dimensions and structural design for palletization. Trade considerations emphasize packaging in bulk or shrink-wrapped bundles, with pallets often treated according to ISPM 15 phytosanitary standards to prevent pest infestation during international shipment. Preservation methods include kiln-drying and chemical fumigation to comply with import regulations. Shipping requirements mandate secure stacking to maintain stability and minimize wood damage. Quality standards adhere to ISO 8611 and national standards such as EUR-pallet specifications, ensuring dimensional accuracy, load capacity, and wood moisture content below 22%. Compliance with WTO rules and customs documentation protocols facilitates smooth cross-border transactions, with precise tariff classification aiding in the accurate assessment of duties and taxes.

Wooden pallets Chapter Note

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 68.08; (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, luminaires 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, and monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles) 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 44.14 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 44.17 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.