Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
Wood and articles of wood including wood charcoal
BIS QCO · 82/259 LINES · 16 STANDARDS · ISI MARK
HSN Chapter 44 covers wood and articles of wood including wood charcoal — particle board, fibreboard, plywood, veneered panels, densified wood, builders' joinery and packaging cases. Within this chapter the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has notified 82 tariff lines, the largest concentration falling under headings 4410 (particle and fibreboard), 4411 (medium- and high-density fibreboard), 4412 (plywood and veneered panels) and 4418 (builders' joinery including doors, windows and shuttering). The chapter sits under the Wood-Based Boards Quality Control Order issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The controlling standards run across IS 303 (plywood for general purposes), IS 709, IS 710 (marine plywood), IS 1328 and IS 1659 (block boards), IS 3087 (particle board), IS 3097 (veneered particle board), IS 3513 (hardboards), IS 4859, IS 4990 (formwork plywood), IS 5509 (fire-retardant plywood), IS 10701 (structural laminated timber), IS 12406 (medium-density fibreboard) and IS 12823 (prelaminated particle board). All 82 codes fall under the ISI Mark Scheme. Indian mills require a CM/L licence; foreign mills must hold an FMCS licence through an Authorised Indian Representative.
At a glance
259
Tariff lines (8-digit HSN)
82
BIS QCO notified (32% coverage)
16
Indian Standards in chapter
ISI
Primary mark scheme
Headings covered
4401Fuel Wood, In Logs, In Billets, In Twigs, In Faggots Or In Similar Forms; Wood In Chips Or Particles; Sawdust And Wood Waste And Scrap, W…4402Wood Charcoal (Including Shell Or Nut Charcoal), Whether Or Not Agglomerated4403Wood In The Rough, Whether Or Not Stripped Of Bark Or Sapwood, Or Roughly Squared4404Hoopwood; Split Poles; Piles, Pickets And Stakes Of Wood, Pointed But Not Sawn Lengthwise; Wooden Sticks, Roughly Trimmed But Not Turned,…4405—4406Railway Or Tramway Sleepers (Crossties) Of Wood4407Wood Sawn Or Chipped Lengthwise, Sliced Or Peeled, Whether Or Not Planed, Sanded Or Endjointed, Of A Thickness Exceeding 6 Mm4408Sheets For Veneering (Including Those Obtained By Slicing Laminated Wood), For Plywood Or For Similar Laminated Wood And Other Wood, Saw…4409Wood (Including Strips And Friezes For Parquet Flooring, Not Assembled) Continuously Shaped (Tongued, Grooved, Rebated, Chamfered, V-Join…4410Particle Board, Oriented Strand Board (Osb) And Similar Board (For Example, Waferboard) Of Wood Or Other Ligneous Materials, Whether Or N…4411Fibre Board Of Wood Or Other Ligneous Materials, Whether Or Not Bonded With Resins Or Other Organic Substances4412Plywood, Veneered Panels And Similar Laminated Wood4413—4414Wooden Frames For Paintings, Photographs, Mirrors Or Similar Objects4415Packing Cases, Boxes, Crates, Drums And Similar Packings, Of Wood; Cable-Drums Of Wood; Pallets, Box Pallets And Other Load Boards, Of Wo…4416Casks, Barrels, Vats, Tubs And Other Coopers’ Products And Parts Thereof, Of Wood, Including Staves4417—4418Builders’ Joinery And Carpentry Of Wood, Including Cellular Wood Panels, Assembled Flooring Panels, Shingles And Shakes4419Tableware And Kitchenware, Of Wood4420Wood Marquetry And Inlaid Wood; Caskets And Cases For Jewellery Or Cutlery, And Similar Articles, Of Wood; Statuettes And Other Orna-Ment…4421Other Articles Of Wood
Indian Standards
IS 10701:2012IS 10701 specifies the requirements for structural plywood intended for load-bearing and concrete-shuttering use. The standard governs adhesive class, ply co…IS 1328:1996IS 1328 specifies the requirements for decorative-veneered plywood used in furniture, interior panelling, packaging shooks and bamboo plywood. The standard g…IS 303:1989IS 303 specifies the requirements for plywood intended for general purposes, covering construction, decorative, panelling, packaging and bamboo-based grades.…IS 4990:2011IS 4990 specifies the requirements for plywood for concrete-formwork applications, prescribing adhesive class, surface treatment, edge sealing and repeated-r…IS 5509:2021IS 5509 specifies the requirements for fire retardant plywood, prescribing adhesive class, ply construction, flame-spread index, smoke density and physical-m…IS 710:2010IS 710 specifies the requirements for marine-grade plywood manufactured with boiling-water-proof (BWP) phenolic adhesive. The standard governs ply constructi…IS 12406:2021IS 12406 specifies the requirements for medium-density fibreboard (MDF) used for general purposes in dry, humid and exterior conditions. The standard governs…IS 12823:2015IS 12823 specifies the requirements for pre-laminated particle boards bonded with urea-formaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde or phenol-formaldehyde adhesives f…IS 1659:2004IS 1659 specifies the requirements for block boards and laminated block boards, including plain, veneered and decorative variants used in furniture, doors an…IS 3087:2005IS 3087:2005 specifies the material composition, density, bonding and surface-finish requirements for medium-density particle boards from wood and other lign…IS 3097:2006IS 3097:2006 prescribes the density, water absorption, swelling and bonding parameters for veneered particle boards for general purposes. The standard covers…IS 2191IS 2191 is the Indian Standard governing flush doors, cellular wood panels, frames and thresholds of flush doors, covering 9 tariff items under HSN Chapter 4…IS 2202IS 2202 is the Indian Standard governing flush doors, cellular wood panels, frames and thresholds of flush doors, covering 9 tariff items under HSN Chapter 4…IS 3513IS 3513 specifies the density, water resistance, surface hardness and thickness tolerances for hardboards and insulation boards manufactured from wood and li…IS 4859IS 4859 specifies the requirements for plywood for concrete shuttering work (shuttering plywood), prescribing adhesive class, ply construction, surface finis…IS 709IS 709 specifies the requirements for marine and aircraft plywood, including bonding-class, ply lay-up, durability under cyclic wetting and resistance to wea…
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