Chapter · Chapter 44 · Section IX, Wood and articles of wood
HS 44Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
- Customs duty
- 5% to 35%
- 259 tariff items
- Import policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 1 item, Restricted: 1 item
- Export policy
- Mostly Free
- Prohibited: 13 items, Restricted: 5 items
- Unit
- Varies
Search codesRates as on 19 Oct 2026
Codes under this chapter
21 codes. Duty and GST are set on the 8-digit tariff items; open the one that describes your goods.
| Code | Description | Customs duty | GST now | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4401 | Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms | 5% | 0%, 5% or 18% | mt |
| 4402 | Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated | 5% | 0% | mt |
| 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared | 35% | 18% | metres |
| 4404 | Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4405 | Wood wool; wood flour | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (crossties) of wood | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm | 10% | 18% | m³ |
| 4408 | 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, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm | 10% | 0%, 5% or 18% | kg |
| 4409 | Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, v-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed | 10% | 0%, 5% or 18% | kg |
| 4410 | Particle board, oriented strand board (osb) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 4411 | Fibre board of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood | 10% | 18% | m³ |
| 4413 | Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips, or profile shapes | 10% | 18% | kg |
| 4414 | Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects | 10% | 0%, 5% or 18% | kg |
| 4415 | 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 | 10% | 5% | units |
| 4416 | Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers’ products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4417 | Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4418 | Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes | 10% | 0%, 5% or 18% | kg |
| 4419 | Tableware and kitchenware, of wood | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4420 | Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling in chapter 94 | 10% | 5% | kg |
| 4421 | Other articles of wood | 10% | 0%, 5% or 18% | kg |
Importing into India
Duty is set on each 8-digit tariff item: open one of the codes above. Basic customs duty across its 259 tariff items: 5% to 35%. The rules below cover this whole code.
Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duty
None in force on this code as on 19 Oct 2026. 3 earlier measures have ended.
Import policy (DGFT ITC(HS)) of its tariff items
- Free: 252 tariff items
- Prohibited: 1 tariff item
- Restricted: 1 tariff item
Exporting from India
Export duty
Nil. The Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act does not list these goods, so no export duty is charged.
Export policy (DGFT ITC(HS) Schedule 2) of its tariff items
- Free: 236 tariff items
- Prohibited: 13 tariff items
- Restricted: 5 tariff items
Nearby codes
Sources
- GSTN HSN code masterChecked 13 Oct 2026
- DGFT ITC(HS) import and export policyChecked 9 Oct 2026
- GST rate per HSN (archived GSTZen extract)Checked 29 Sep 2026
- Customs Tariff of India (First Schedule): sections, chapters, notes and statutory BCDChecked 19 Oct 2026
- BIS compulsory certification: products and Quality Control OrdersChecked 18 Oct 2026
- Anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard duties in force (India)Checked 19 Oct 2026
- India's export duty (Second Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act and notifications 27/2011, 55/2022, 22/2024)Checked 18 Oct 2026
For information, not a customs ruling. Only notifications published in the Gazette have legal force; confirm the duty with your customs broker or ICEGATE before you price a deal.