Wood
Species on the line.
Oak, walnut, “tropical hardwood” — named. Composite and plywood pull TSCA Title VI. Unnamed wood is a pause.
Artisanal Home Goods & Furniture
Essential character is the heading.
Wood, metal, textile, and the mix. Composite materials can pull EPA/TSCA. Unnamed wood is a pause. A licensed broker still signs the 7501.
Book a consultation Free Entry AuditEWR and LAX on one file. The Lacey Act is a gate, not a packing note.
Industries · Artisanal home goods & furniture
The invoice that fails
“Wooden table” is not a heading.
A furniture invoice that reads as one object is often three facts on a 7501. The wood. The metal. The upholstery. Houses that file a single 94 dump pay for it in Lacey holds and CF-28s.
We name the species while the aircraft is still over the water. If the mix is unnamed, we pause. We do not invent oak to look fast.
01 · The split
Name the mix. Then transmit.
Metal
Frame is not the top.
A steel base with a marble top is a GRI problem. We allocate. We do not pick the prettier heading.
Textile
Upholstery has a chapter.
Fiber on the covering can matter. A “fabric chair” with no fiber % is a pause.
Set
Suite is not one line.
Table and chairs can split. A “dining set” is a packing description, not a heading.
02 · The gate
Lacey is a declaration in the vault.
Plant material — wood, rattan, some paper — can trigger the Lacey Act declaration. We will not transmit a 7501 that still owes species and harvest country. Composite wood can pull EPA TSCA Title VI on the same file.
The dashboard shows the yellow line before the belt. A missing genus is cheaper to ask on the invoice than to reconstruct after CBP pulls the crate.
03 · The lane
EWR for European ateliers. LAX for Asia wood.
Heavy furniture still flies when the collection cannot wait. The file does not care which door it used. Repeating SKUs stay mapped so the next container is not a first-time classification.
04 · What we need
Send the invoice. We will say if the file holds.
- Materials Wood species, metal, stone, textile — named. “Mixed materials” is a pause.
- Lacey / TSCA Harvest country and genus if plant material is present. Composite wood flagged.
- Essential character What makes the article what it is. We will not guess it from the lookbook.
- Set contents Each piece named. A suite is not a heading.
- Country of origin Where it was made — not only where the studio sits.
On the same file
The desk around the furniture line.
Classification
Tariff classification
GRI on essential character — not a SKU mapped to last year’s 94.
PGA
Partner government agencies
Lacey and TSCA flags sit in the vault before transmission.
Entry
3461 / 7501
The entry is built as the invoice is read. A licensed broker still signs.
Questions we actually get
The file before the appointment.
Can a wood-and-metal table be one HTS line?
Only if GRI essential character holds. We name both materials. Unnamed “mixed” is a pause, not a 94 dump.
When does Lacey apply?
When plant material is in the article — solid wood, rattan, some veneers. Species and harvest country sit in the vault before ACE.
What belongs on the commercial invoice?
Materials, species, set contents, origin. A collection PDF is not the proof.
Do you clear furniture at EWR?
EWR takes European ateliers. LAX takes Asia wood. The licensed file is the same desk.
The desk
Bring one messy furniture invoice.
A consultation returns classification notes, PGA flags, and a flat fee. If the file is not one we can defend, we will say so in the memo.