Outdoor, rattan and metal furniture: HS codes and duty notes for buyers

Outdoor furniture has no separate HS heading: garden chairs, loungers and sofas are seats under 9401 and tables are 9403, classified by frame material. Natural rattan seats are 9401.53 and rattan tables 9403.83, but many “rattan” outdoor sets are synthetic PE wicker on aluminium frames and usually follow the metal lines, such as 9401.79 or 9403.20. Confirm the national line and duty with your broker.

What is the HS code for rattan furniture?

Genuine rattan seats are 9401.53 and other rattan furniture 9403.83; the harder question is whether your “rattan” is rattan at all. HS 2022 split cane furniture into bamboo, rattan and other similar materials, for seats and for other furniture.

Where a woven chair combines a rattan seat with a steel frame, the material giving the essential character decides; get a construction photo to your broker. The full chapter is mapped in our furniture HS codes guide.

What is the HS code for outdoor furniture?

The same codes as indoor furniture: outdoor use does not create a separate line, except that garden seats cannot use the sofa-bed subheadings. A teak lounger is a wooden seat, an aluminium sun lounger a metal-frame seat, a garden daybed classified by its frame.

• Cushions. Outdoor cushions shipped with the chair travel with it; cushions shipped on their own usually go to 9404.
• Parasols, gazebos and fire pits are not furniture. A gas fire-pit table like the 60-inch propane model one factory advertises to garden-furniture importers is usually classified as a gas heating appliance.
• Sofa sets. Each piece is usually declared on its own line, so a four-piece set may carry two or three codes.

The same logic runs through upholstered pieces in our دليل رمز HS للأرائك.

What HS code covers metal furniture?

Metal seats are 9401.71 (upholstered) or 9401.79 (not upholstered); other metal furniture is 9403.10 for offices and 9403.20 for everything else. Metal filing cabinets and desks for offices are 9403.10 — see رموز التعريفة الجمركية لأثاث المكاتب.

Watch the edges. Loose metal legs, brackets and hinges are often “parts of general use” classified outside Chapter 94, usually heading 8302 for base-metal fittings; our guide to furniture parts, hardware and lighting HS codes covers them. Solar garden lights shipped with a set are luminaires, not furniture.

What should buyers check about teak and other outdoor timber?

Species, country of harvest and the paperwork that proves them. A Chinese teak outdoor brand in this research sells on teak’s natural oils and stability; for an importer, teak raises questions beyond the code.

• US Lacey Act. Declare genus, species and country of harvest for wooden furniture lines.
• Myanmar teak. US sanctions on Myanmar’s state timber enterprise (since 2021) and EU timber due-diligence rules make Myanmar-origin teak very hard to import; ask for chain-of-custody documents showing where the teak was harvested.
• Biosecurity. Solid timber, rattan and bamboo pieces can face inspection in Australia and New Zealand, and crates and pallets must meet ISPM 15 — see معيار ISPM 15 والتبخير للأثاث من الخشب الصلب.

What duties apply to outdoor furniture from China?

It depends on the full national line and the extra measures on Chinese goods in your market (at the time of writing — confirm with your broker). In the US, many metal and rattan-look seating and table lines have been caught by Section 301 duties since 2018, and outdoor seasons make timing matter: a rate change between order and arrival lands on goods already paid for.

A 2025 market-trend post in this research points to outdoor and living-room furniture as the strongest export categories to Europe and North America — high-volume lines where a duty change moves a lot of money. Check duty before quoting retail prices, and plan freight with شحن وتجميع الأثاث من الصين.

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