Wooden photo frame Hs Code

Wooden photo frame harmonized system code

Product Overview The wooden photo frame classified under HS Code 441490 is defined as a crafted, rigid structure primarily composed of processed wood, designed to encase and display photographic prints or artworks. This product typically features dimensions ranging from 10 cm x 15 cm to 60 cm x 90 cm, with thicknesses between 1.5 cm and 3 cm, and is manufactured through precision cutting, sanding, and finishing processes including lacquering, staining, or varnishing to enhance durability and aesthetic appeal. HS Code 441490 encompasses various subcategories such as plain wooden frames, intricately carved or molded frames, and those incorporating glass or metal fasteners as ancillary components. Commercially, these frames serve critical roles in retail environments, art galleries, and food service establishments for menu displays or promotional materials, providing a high-quality, sustainable alternative to synthetic framing options. The product’s market positioning leverages its natural material composition, customizable design potential, and compliance with international environmental standards, establishing it as a competitively advantageous option in global trade contexts. HS Code Classification & Trade Specifications HS Code 441490 is situated within Chapter 44 (Wood and Articles of Wood), specifically under Heading 4414 (Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects), with the subheading 441490 designating other wooden frames not elsewhere specified. The classification is justified by the frame’s primary material—wood—and its intended function as a display or framing accessory, aligning with the Harmonized System’s criteria for product categorization under wood articles. Trade considerations include packaging in moisture-resistant materials such as corrugated fiberboard combined with polyethylene liners to prevent deformation during transit; preservation methods typically involve kiln-drying the wood to moisture content below 12% to mitigate fungal growth and dimensional instability. Shipping often requires palletization adhering to ISPM 15 phytosanitary standards to ensure compliance with international biosecurity regulations. Quality standards conform to ISO 9001 for manufacturing consistency and may meet FSC certification for sustainable sourcing. This detailed classification and trade specification framework supports accurate customs declaration, tariff assessment, and adherence to WTO trade facilitation agreements.

Wooden photo frame 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.