# HS code 1401.90: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)

> HS code 1401.90 covers vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark), other than those classified in 1401.10 and 1401.20. It sits in heading 14.01 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)) in chapter 14 (vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included). Other goods of heading 14.01 are classified under 1401.10 (bamboos) or 1401.20 (rattans).

Source: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140190
Last updated: 13 October 2026

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## Key facts

- HS code: 1401.90
- Covers: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)
- Heading: [14.01: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/1401)
- Chapter: [14: Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/14)
- Edition: HS2022
- Duty rates: [Set by each country’s tariff](https://staging.border.bot/countries)

## What this code covers

HS code 1401.90 covers vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark), other than those classified in 1401.10 and 1401.20.

The legal text of the subheading is “Other”, in HS2022.

## What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of heading 14.01 are classified under 1401.10 (bamboos) or 1401.20 (rattans).

- [1401.10](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140110) Bamboos
- [1401.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140120) Rattans

## How it is structured

1401.90 is a six-digit subheading. Its first two digits, 14, are the chapter; the first four, 1401, are heading 14.01; the last two, 90, identify the subheading within the heading.

Countries add their own digits after these six for their national tariff lines.

- Chapter 14: Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
- Heading 14.01: Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)
- Subheading 1401.90: Other

## In other countries

No national tariff lines under 1401.90 are live on border.bot yet. Tariffs built on the Harmonized System (HS2022) use 1401.90 at six digits and add their own digits after it.

- Previous subheading: [1401.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140120) Rattans
- Next subheading: [1404.20](https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140420) Cotton linters

## Frequently asked questions

### What does HS code 1401.90 cover?

HS code 1401.90 covers vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark), other than those classified in 1401.10 and 1401.20.

### Which heading and chapter is HS code 1401.90 in?

HS code 1401.90 is in heading 14.01 (vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)) in chapter 14 (vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included).

### Where are goods of heading 14.01 classified when 1401.90 doesn’t fit?

Other goods of heading 14.01 are classified under 1401.10 (bamboos) or 1401.20 (rattans).

## Sources and updates

The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 1 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 13 October 2026.

This page was last updated on 13 October 2026.

Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling.

Machine-readable: https://staging.border.bot/hs-codes/140190.json