FLEGT Licence
Annex I lists the timber products that require a FLEGT Licence to be exported from Guyana to the EU. As the VPA progresses, more products may be included.
HS Codes refers to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System established by the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System of the World Customs Union.
| HS Codes | Description |
|---|---|
| 4403 | Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared. |
| 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 |
| 4406 | Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood. |
| 4407 | Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm. |
| Ex. 4408 | Sheets 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 (not from bamboo nor rattan). |
| Ex .4409 | Wood (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 (not from bamboo nor rattan). |
| Ex. 4412 | Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood (not from bamboo nor rattan). |
| Ex. 4418 | Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes (not from bamboo nor rattan) |
The sources of timber are divided into four (4) main categories:
- State Forests In-conversion:
- Leases (Agricultural)
- Mining Licences/Permits
- Infrastructure (roads, hydros, etc.)
