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Chapter 94
Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and Similar Stuffed Furnishings; Luminaires and Lighting Fittings, not Elsewhere Specified or Included; Illuminated Signs, Illuminated Name-plates and the Like; Prefabricated Buildings

Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and Similar Stuffed Furnishings; Luminaires and Lighting Fittings, not Elsewhere Specified or Included; Illuminated Signs, Illuminated Name-plates and the Like; Prefabricated Buildings

Notes

1.

This Chapter does not cover the following:

(a)

pneumatic or water mattresses, pillows or cushions, of Chapter 39, 40 or 63;

(b)

mirrors designed for placing on the floor or ground (for example, cheval-glasses (swing-mirrors)) of heading 70.09;

(c)

articles of Chapter 71;

(d)

parts of general use as defined in Note 2 to Section XV, of base metal (Section XV), or similar goods of plastics (Chapter 39), and safes of heading 83.03;

(e)

furniture specially designed as parts of refrigerating or freezing equipment of heading 84.18; furniture specially designed for sewing machines (heading 84.52);

(f)

lamps or light sources and parts thereof of Chapter 85;

(g)

furniture specially designed as parts of apparatus of heading 85.18 (heading 85.18), of heading 85.19 or 85.21 (heading 85.22) or of heading 85.25 to 85.28 (heading 85.29);

(h)

articles of heading 87.14;

(ij)

dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances of heading 90.18 and dentists' spittoons (heading 90.18);

(k)

articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases);

(l)

toy furniture or toy luminaires and lighting fittings (heading 95.03), billiard tables or other furniture specially constructed for games (heading 95.04), furniture for conjuring tricks or decorations (excluding lighting strings) such as Chinese lanterns (heading 95.05); or

(m)

monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles (heading 96.20).

2.

The articles (excluding parts) referred to in headings 94.01 to 94.03 are to be classified in those headings only if they are designed for placing on the floor or ground.

The following are, however, to be classified in the above-mentioned headings even if they are designed to be hung, to be fixed to the wall or to stand one on the other:

(a)

cupboards, bookcases, other shelved furniture (including single shelves presented with supports for fixing them to the wall) and unit furniture;

(b)

seats and beds.

3.

(A)

In headings 94.01 to 94.03 references to parts of goods do not include references to sheets or slabs (whether or not cut to shape but not combined with other parts) of glass (including mirrors), marble or other stone or of any other material referred to in Chapter 68 or 69.

(B)

Goods described in heading 94.04, presented separately, are not to be classified in heading 94.01, 94.02 or 94.03 as parts of goods.

4.

For the purposes of heading 94.06, the expression "prefabricated buildings" means buildings which are finished in the factory or put up as elements, presented together, to be assembled on site, such as housing or worksite accommodation, offices, schools, shops, sheds, garages or similar buildings.

Prefabricated buildings include "modular building units" of steel, normally presented in the size and shape of a standard shipping container, but substantially or completely pre-fitted internally. Such modular building units are normally designed to be assembled together to form permanent buildings.

Additional Note

1.

For the purposes of subheading 9404.90.10, the expression "blankets" means articles of bedding consisting of pile fabric on one or both sides internally fitted with any material.

2.

For the purposes of heading 94.06-

(a)

Prefabricated buildings of different materials are to be classified as if consisting wholly of the material which predominates by weight over any other single material.

(b)

When no one material predominates by weight, the prefabricated buildings are to be classified as if consisting wholly of the material that occurs last in numerical order amongst those which equally merit consideration in Part 1 of Schedule No. 1.

(c)

The provisions of Section Note 7 to Section XV mutatis mutandis applies to the prefabricated buildings of heading 94.06.

3.

For the purposes of subheading 9403.50.1 "solid wood" does not include furniture manufactured from wood classifiable in headings 44.10, 44.11 and 44.12.

Rates as at 15 September 2026
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
94.01Seats (excluding those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof:
9401.103Seats of a kind used for aircraftufreefreefreefreefreefree
9401.204Seats of a kind used for motor vehiclesu20%15%20%free20%20%
9401.3Swivel seats with variable height adjustment:
9401.31Of wood:
9401.31.102On a base, with wheels having a diameter not exceeding 65 mmu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.31.900Otheru20%20%20%20%18%20%
9401.39Other:
9401.39.103On a base, with wheels having a diameter not exceeding 65 mmu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.39.901Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.4Seats (excluding garden seats or camping equipment), convertible into beds:
9401.411Of woodu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.490Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.5Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials:
9401.520Of bamboou20%free20%free20%20%
9401.537Of rattanu20%free20%free20%20%
9401.595Otheru20%free20%free20%20%
9401.6Other seats, with wooden frames:
9401.61Upholstered:
9401.61.300Suitable for indoor living space (excluding barstools, dining chairs and the like)u20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.203Reclining seats, mechanically operatedu20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.106Reclining seats, electrically operatedu20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.408Barstools, dining chairs and the likeu20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.602Other, suitable for office useu20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.904Otheru20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.61.505Other, with sleigh base-frameu20%freefreefree18%20%
9401.69.107Bent-wood chairsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.69Other:
9401.69.204Other, with sleigh base-frameu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.69.301Other, suitable for office useu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.69.409Stationary activity centres for childrenu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.7Other seats, with metal frames:
9401.69.506Other chairs for children, including highchairsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.69.905Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.71Upholstered:
9401.71.100With sleigh base-frameu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.71.402Other chairs for children, including highchairsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.71.305Stationary activity centres for childrenu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.71.208With 4-legged frameu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.71.909Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.101With sleigh base-frameu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.209With 4-legged frameu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.306Stationary activity centres for childrenu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.403Other chairs for children, including highchairsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79Other:
9401.80.303Highchairs and booster seats for children, of plasticsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80.206Stationary activity centres for children, of plasticsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80.508Other, suitable for outdoor use, with textile seats or textile backrestu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80.354Other chairs for children, of polymers of propylene (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.80)kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80.109Safety seats for childrenu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.904Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.659Chairs with seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF) (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79)kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.608Chairs with seats of wood, (excluding those having seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF) and excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79)kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.551Chairs with seats of polymers of propylene, (excluding chairs covered by the preceding subheadings under 9401.79)kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.79.500Other, suitable for outdoor useu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80Other seats:
9401.80.400Other, of plasticsu20%free20%free18%20%
9401.80.907Otheru20%free20%free18%20%
9401.9Parts:
9401.91.108Identifiable for use with aircraft seats of subheading 9401.10kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9401.91Of wood:
9401.91.2Mechanical actions for chairs:
9401.91.150Identifiable for use with motor vehicle seats of subheading 9401.20kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.91.290Otherkg20%free20%freefree20%
9401.91.304Laminated plywood seats and backrestskg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.91.215For the seats of subheading 9401.61.10 and 9401.61.20kg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.91.908Otherkg20%free20%free18%20%
9401.99Other:
9401.99.2Mechanical actions for chairs:
9401.99.151Identifiable for use with motor vehicle seats of subheading 9401.20kg20%free20%free18%8%
9401.99.216For the seats of subheading 9401.61.10 and 9401.61.20kg20%free20%free18%8%
9401.99.291Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
9401.99.305Laminated plywood seats and backrestskg20%free20%free18%8%
9401.99.100Identifiable for use with aircraft seats of subheading 9401.10kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
94.02Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, examination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists' chairs); barbers' chairs and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements; parts of the foregoing articles:
9401.99.909Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
9402.103Dentists', barbers' or similar chairs and parts thereofkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9402.908Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
94.03Other furniture and parts thereof:
9403.107Metal furniture of a kind used in officeskg20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.20.052School-desks and similar desks, with metal frame and solid wooden desk-topskg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.20.109School-desks and similar desks, with metal frames and medium density fibreboard (MDF) desktopskg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.20.206Other school-desks and seat combinations, sharing a single metal frame, with desktops and seats of medium density fibreboard (MDF)kg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.20.150Other school-desks and seat combinations, sharing a single metal frame, with desktops and seats of solid woodkg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.20Other metal furniture:
9403.20.907Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.30Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices:
9403.30.421Other cupboards, having a height not exceeding 60 cm, with two or more drawers, with wheelsu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.448Other cupboards, with a height not exceeding 60 cm, without wheelsu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.456Bookcases, not enclosed, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.405Cupboards, having no drawers and having 2 or more doorsu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.308Other tables, with wheels and having a top with a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cmu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.359Cupboards, having 2 or more drawersu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.154Other tables, with a top having a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cm (excluding foldable tables or those having wheels)u20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.103Desks, having one or more drawers, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.057Desks, having one or more drawers, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.200Other foldable tables, with a top having a width of 45 cm or more but not exceeding 180 cm (excluding those having wheels)u20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.502Bookcases, not enclosed, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.30.901Otheru20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.302Units presented with a sink, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.256Units presented with a sink, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.205Other, designed to be wall mounted, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.159Other, designed to be wall mounted, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.108Floorstanding units, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen:
9403.40.051Floorstanding units, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.40.906Otheru20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.161Bunkbeds, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.145Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.129With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.110With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.196Otheru20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.188Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.1Made from solid wood as provided for in Additional Note 3 to Chapter 94:
9403.50Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom:
9403.50.137Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.178Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.153Bunkbeds, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.994Otheru20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.9Other:
9403.50.919With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.966Bunkbeds, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.951Bunkbeds, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.978Headboards, nights stands, dressing tables and the like, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.927With integral base and/or headset (box bed), with mattress, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.935Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.943Sets consisting of a headboard, one or two nightstands and a dressing table, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.50.986Headboards, night stands, dressing tables and the like, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.3Dining tables with a seating capacity of 6 or more:
9403.60.2Dining tables and chair sets, with less than 6 chairs:
9403.60.4Other, coffee tables and similar tables:
9403.60.190Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.1Dining table and chair sets, with 6 or more chairs:
9403.60.5Dining servers, with or without drawers and doors:
9403.60Other wooden furniture:
9403.60.212Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.298Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.115Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.318Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.395Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.417Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.492Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.514Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.7Bathroom cabinets, wall mounted:
9403.60.596Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.638Exceeding 60 cm in height, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.611Exceeding 60 cm in height, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.654Not exceeding 60 cm in height, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.719Assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.8Bathroom cabinets for basins:
9403.60.816Presented without the basin, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.794Unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.670Not exceeding 60 cm in height, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.6Wall units, entertainment centres, TV stands, TV cabinets and the like:
9403.60.859Presented with the basin, assembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.875Presented with the basin, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.832Presented without the basin, unassembledu20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.60.905Otheru20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.70.055Tables for children, of polypropylenekg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.70Furniture of plastics:
9403.70.906Otherkg20%free20%free18%8%
9403.8Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials:
9403.821Of bambookg20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.838Of rattankg20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.896Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.9Parts:
9403.917Of woodkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9403.990Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
94.04Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not covered:
9404.100Mattress supportskg20%freefreefree20%20%
9404.2Mattresses:
9404.211Of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not coveredu20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.29.107Fitted with springsu20%freefreefree20%8%
9404.29Of other materials:
9404.29.908Otheru20%freefreefree20%8%
9404.300Sleeping bagsu20%free20%free20%8%
9404.40Quilts, bedspreads, eiderdowns and duvets (comforters):
9404.40.2Eiderdowns and duvets (comforters):
9404.40.1Quilts and bedspreads:
9404.40.292Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.40.217With feather or down stuffingkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.40.195Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.40.119Embroidered or incorporating appliqué workkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.90.104Blankets as defined in Additional Note 1 to Chapter 94kg20%freefreefree18%8%
9404.90Other:
9404.90.902Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
94.05Luminaires and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included:
9405.1Chandeliers and other electric ceiling or wall lighting fittings, excluding those of a kind used for lighting public open spaces or thoroughfares:
9405.11Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources:
9405.11.108Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeonskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.11.906Otherkg20%20%free20%20%8%
9405.19Other:
9405.19.109Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeonskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.2Electric table, desk, bedside or floor-standing luminaires:
9405.19.907Otherkg20%20%20%free20%8%
9405.215Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sourceskg20%freefreefree20%8%
9405.296Otherkg20%freefreefree20%8%
9405.3Lighting strings of a kind used for Christmas trees:
9405.319Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sourceskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.390Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.4Other electric luminaires and lighting fittings:
9405.414Photovoltaic, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sourceskg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.42.213Ships navigation lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.42.302Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeonkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.42.407Other, with base and diffusers of base metalkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.42Other, designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sources:
9405.42.701Rope lights, having a casing of polymers of vinyl (chloride) with an outside diameter of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 15 mm, internally fitted with interconnected lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.42.604Floodlights and spotlights designed for use solely or principally with theatre, stage, television or film productionkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.42.906Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.49.471Shadowless, commonly used in operating theatres or by dental surgeonkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.49.174Ship navigation lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.49Other:
9405.49.609Floodlights and spotlights designed for use solely or principally with theatre, stage, television or film productionskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.49.803Rope lights, having a casing of polymers of vinyl (chloride) with an outside diameter of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 15 mm, internally fitter with interconnected lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.502Non-electrical luminaries and lighting fittingskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.49.900Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.49.552Other, with base and diffusers of base metalkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.6Illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like:
9405.613Designed for use solely with light-emitting diode (LED) light sourceskg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.694Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.9Parts:
9405.91Of glass:
9405.91.201For shadowless lighting fittings and ships navigation lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.92Of plastics:
9405.91.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%8%
9405.92.305For shadowless lighting fittings and ships navigation lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.92.909Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9405.99.271For shadowless lamps and ships navigation lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9405.99Other:
94.06Prefabricated buildings:
9405.99.903Otherkg20%freefreefree18%8%
9406.108Of woodkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
9406.202Modular building units, of steelkg20%freefreefreefree8%
9406.90Other:
9406.90.101Of iron or steelkg20%freefreefreefree8%
9406.90.903Otherkgfreefreefreefreefreefree

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