Tableware and kitchenware, of wood

HS v2022 Code: 4419

About tableware and kitchenware, of wood

HS code 4419 covers a wide range of wooden tableware and kitchenware products, which are essential components of the global food and hospitality industries. These items play a crucial role in the presentation and serving of food, contributing to the overall dining experience. The production and trade of these wooden products are significant, as they are in high demand across both developed and developing economies.

Production process

The production of wooden tableware and kitchenware typically involves a combination of traditional woodworking techniques and modern manufacturing processes. Skilled craftsmen use tools such as lathes, chisels, and sanders to shape and finish the wooden items, ensuring they meet the required specifications and quality standards. In some cases, automated machinery may be employed to streamline the production process and increase efficiency.

Production inputs

The main inputs required for the production of HS code 4419 items include high-quality hardwood timber, such as oak, maple, or beech. These raw materials are carefully selected and processed to ensure the desired properties, such as durability, grain patterns, and aesthetic appeal. Additionally, the industry relies on various tools, machinery, and finishing materials, such as varnishes, sealants, and polishes, to create the final products.

Production outputs

The primary outputs of HS code 4419 are a diverse range of wooden tableware and kitchenware items, including plates, bowls, cups, utensils, and serving trays. These products are widely used in 4722 Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialized stores, 5610 Restaurants and mobile food service activities, and 5630 Beverage serving activities, as well as in households and institutional settings. The wooden tableware and kitchenware produced under this code may also be used as inputs for 4791 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet, where they are sold directly to consumers.

Family tree for tableware and kitchenware, of wood

    graph LR
    A["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/44'>44: Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal</a>"]
A --> B["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4419'>4419: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood</a>"]

    A --> C["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4401'>4401: Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms; wood in chip or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms</a>"]
A --> D["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4402'>4402: Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated</a>"]
A --> E["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4403'>4403: Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared</a>"]
A --> F["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4404'>4404: Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets, stakes of wood, pointed, not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed, not turned, bent, etc., suitable for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool handles, etc.</a>"]
A --> G["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4405'>4405: Wood wool; wood flour</a>"]
A --> H["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4406'>4406: Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood</a>"]
A --> I["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4407'>4407: Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm</a>"]
A --> J["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4408'>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, planed or not, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm</a>"]
A --> K["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4409'>4409: Wood (including strips, friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled), continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, v-jointed, beaded or the like) along any edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed</a>"]
A --> L["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4410'>4410: Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (e.g. waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances</a>"]
A --> M["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4411'>4411: Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances</a>"]
A --> N["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4412'>4412: Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood</a>"]
A --> O["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4413'>4413: Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips or profile shapes</a>"]
A --> P["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4414'>4414: Wooden frames; for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects</a>"]
A --> Q["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4415'>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</a>"]
A --> R["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4416'>4416: Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves</a>"]
A --> S["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4417'>4417: Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush bodies and handles, of wood; boot or shoe lasts and trees, of wood</a>"]
A --> T["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4418'>4418: Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes</a>"]
A --> U["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4420'>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</a>"]
A --> V["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/4421'>4421: Wooden articles n.e.c. in heading no. 4414 to 4420</a>"]

    B --> W["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/441911'>441911: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood; of bamboo, bread boards, chopping boards and similar boards</a>"]
B --> X["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/441912'>441912: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood; of bamboo, chopsticks</a>"]
B --> Y["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/441919'>441919: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood; of bamboo, n.e.c. in heading 4419</a>"]
B --> Z["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/441920'>441920: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood; of tropical wood</a>"]
B --> BA["<a href='/classifications/hs/v2022/441990'>441990: Tableware and kitchenware, of wood; not of bamboo or tropical wood</a>"]


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