Heading (4-digit)

4404Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like:

たが材、割つたポール、木製のくい(端をとがらせたものに限るものとし、縦にひいたものを除く。)、木製の棒(つえ、傘の柄、工具の柄その他これらに類する物品の製造に適するもので粗削りしたものに限るものとし、ろくろがけし、曲げ又はその他の加工をしたものを除く。)及びチップウッドその他これに類するもの

HS code 4404 is a Heading (4-digit) classification number. In Japan's trade statistics (published by Ministry of Finance), it represents import/export items classified as Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like:. This code has 2 subcategories defined below it.

Latest trade statistics

In May 2026, Japan's imports under HS code 4404 (Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like:) totaled ¥25M (YoY -30.6%), with a volume of 129,879 KG at about ¥192/KG. The top import sources are People's Republic of China (72.2%), Viet Nam (17.6%), Canada (5.0%). Exports totaled ¥2M, with a volume of 731 KG at about ¥2,725/KG. The top export destinations are United States of America (75.6%), People's Republic of China (24.4%).

Export (May 2026)
¥2M
YoY:
Qty: 731 KG
Unit price: ¥2,725/KG
Import (May 2026)
¥25M
YoY: -30.6%
Qty: 129,879 KG
Unit price: ¥192/KG

Top export destinations (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1United States of America¥4M75.6%624 KG¥6,785/KG
2People's Republic of China¥1M24.4%180 KG¥7,606/KG

Top import sources (2025)

#CountryValueShareQtyUnit price
1People's Republic of China¥181M72.2%887,256 KG¥204/KG
2Viet Nam¥44M17.6%281,531 KG¥156/KG
3Canada¥13M5.0%62,909 KG¥200/KG
4New Zealand¥5M2.1%77,445 KG¥69/KG
5Romania¥2M1.0%21,780 KG¥110/KG

Related codes

Other codes in the same classification group

4401Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms:4402Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated:4403Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared:4406Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood:4407Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm:4408Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm:4409Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed:4410Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances:4411Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances:4412Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood:4414Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects:4415Packing 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:4418Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes:4419Tableware and kitchenware, of wood:4420Wood 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 94:4421Other articles of wood:

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