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HTS classification for bamboo housewares: how Chapter 44 decides your duty

Bamboo is a grass that imports like wood: Chapter 44 for solid tableware, Chapter 46 for woven items, heading 9603 for brushes. How the GRI decides close calls and why the invoice description is a compliance document.

October 25, 2026

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NCM 4419 or 4602? Classifying bamboo ware so the entry survives

Bamboo tableware, a woven basket and a bamboo fibre towel do not sit in the same heading. Getting the NCM wrong changes the duty base, the licence requirements and, in Brazil, can cost up to 50% of the tax due in penalties.

October 19, 2026