The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has expanded the Lacey Act coverage. Current harmonized codes covered are listed below and anything with a (4) beside it has just been added in Phase V.
If you have any questions about these changes, please contact our compliance department at (781) 286-2700 or compliance@oceanair.net.
Schedule of Enforcement of the Plant and Plant Product Declaration Requirement* HTS Chapters Requiring Plant and Plant Product Declaration (examples of products requiring declaration):
Ch. 44 Headings
- 4401— (Fuel wood) ¹
- 4402— (Wood charcoal) ²
- 4403— (Wood in the rough) ¹
- 4404— (Hoopwood; poles, piles, stakes) ¹
- 4406— (Railway or tramway sleepers) ¹
- 4407— (Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise) ¹
- 4408— (Sheets for veneering) ¹
- 4409— (Wood continuously shaped) ¹
- 4412— (Plywood, veneered panels) ² – Except 44129906 and 44129957
- 4414— (Wooden frames) ²
- 4417— (Tools, tool handles, broom handles) ¹
- 4416003010—(new casks, barrels, and parts of wood) 4
- 4416003020—(used assembled casks of wood) 4
- 4416003030—(used unassembled casks of wood) 4
- 4416006010—(new barrel staves of wood) 4
- 4416006020—(new barrel hoops of softwood) 4
- 4416006030—(new tight barrelheads of wood) 4
- 4416006040—(used barrels staves of softwood)4
- 4416006050—(used hoops, tight barrelheads of softwood)4
- 4416009020—(new other casks, barrels, wood) 4
- 4416009040—(used other cooper goods, wood) 4
- 4418— (Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood) ¹
- 4419— (Tableware & kitchenware of wood) ²
- 4420— (Wood marquetry, caskets, statuettes) ²
- 4421— (Other articles of wood) ³
Ch. 66 Headings
- 6602—(Walking sticks, whips, crops) ³
Ch. 82 Headings
- 8201—(Hand tools) ³
- 8211926000—(hunting knives with wood handles) 4
- 8215992400—(table barbeque forks with wood handles) 4
Ch. 92 Headings
- 9201—(Pianos) ³
- 9202—(Other stringed instruments) ³
Ch. 93 Headings
- 9302—(Revolvers and pistols) ³
- 93051020—(Parts and accessories for revolvers and pistols)³
Ch. 94 Headings
- 940169—(Seats with wood frames) ³
- 9401612010—(upholstered teak chair, household) 4
- 9401612030—(upholstered teak chairs, other) 4
- 9401901500—(parts of bent-wood seats) 4
- 9403304000—(bent-wood office furniture) 4
- 9403404000—(bent-wood kitchen furniture) 4
- 9403504000—(bent-wood bedroom furniture) 4
- 9403604000—(other bent-wood furniture) 4
Ch. 95 Headings
- 950420—(Articles and accessories for billiards) ³
Ch. 96 Headings
- 9614002100—(rough wood blocks for smoking pipe manufacture) 4
Ch. 97 Headings
- 9703—(Sculptures) ³
*All declarations submitted must be accurate; false statements may be referred for enforcement. Failure to submit a declaration will not be prosecuted, and customs clearance will not be denied for lack of a declaration until after the phase-in date above.
¹ Phase 2 Implementation – Declaration required effective April 1, 2009
² Phase 3 Implementation – Declaration required effective October 1, 2009
³ Phase 4 Implementation – Declaration required effective April 1, 2010
4 Phase 5 implementation – Declaration required effective August 6, 2015
