Furniture
Most furniture volume genuinely ships by sea. Air freight fits urgent fit-out deadlines and high-value design pieces — we're honest that this is a secondary lane, not a high-volume one.
Get a Furniture Rate9.5%
Typical MFN rate, wooden furniture
Free
CPTPP rate on every line checked
HS 94
Tariff chapter
Secondary
Volume profile on this corridor
Compliance Note
Upholstered furniture may carry flammability and stuffing-disclosure requirements — confirm before booking
Upholstered and stuffed articles have historically carried flammability and disclosure requirements under Canadian consumer product safety rules. Confirm the current requirement's applicability to your specific product with your importer — we're flagging this as a real area to check, not asserting a specific current rule we've independently verified for this batch.
Pending verification — confirm current requirement directly with your importer or Health Canada before relying on this as a complete compliance statement.
Relevant HS Codes
| HS Code | Description | MFN | CPTPP | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9401.20.00 | Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles | 6% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
| 9401.61.10 | Upholstered seating, wooden frames, domestic use | 9.5% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
| 9403.20.00 | Other metal furniture | 8% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
| 9403.40.00 | Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen | 9.5% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
| 9403.50.00 | Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom | 9.5% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
| 9404.21.00 | Mattresses of cellular rubber or plastics | 9.5% | Free | CPTPP savings opportunity |
Source: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/trade-commerce/tariff-tarif/2026/html/00/ch94-eng.html
CPTPP savings on this lane
9401.20.00
Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles
9401.61.10
Upholstered seating, wooden frames, domestic use
9403.20.00
Other metal furniture
9403.40.00
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen
9403.50.00
Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom
9404.21.00
Mattresses of cellular rubber or plastics
Canadian Import Process
Confirm HS classification
Verify the specific tariff item — material (wood, metal, upholstered) and end-use (domestic, vehicle) determine the rate.
Flammability/disclosure check
For upholstered pieces, confirm compliance with any applicable flammability and stuffing-disclosure requirement.
CPTPP eligibility check
Confirm origin eligibility and CO process for the specific origin.
CBSA examination
Goods clear a CBSA examination against the commercial invoice and HS classification.
Customs release
Shipment released to the importer at the CPTPP rate (if claimed) or standard MFN rate.
Worked example
200kg of design-led bedroom furniture, Ho Chi Minh City to Toronto, urgent hotel fit-out
A 200kg shipment of wooden bedroom furniture (HS 9403.50) needs to move from SGN to YYZ. The fastest confirmed routing on that pair today is Korean Air Cargo through ICN, at 1-2 business days.
This shipment moves by air specifically because it's tied to a hotel fit-out deadline that sea freight's transit time couldn't meet — not because this is how the client normally ships furniture. UAL confirms the HS classification (9403.50, wooden bedroom furniture) and that CPTPP treatment applies given Vietnam's origin eligibility.
On arrival, the shipment claims CPTPP treatment instead of the 9.5% MFN rate that would otherwise apply. CBSA clears the shipment against the commercial invoice, HS classification, and CO reference — with no dry ice or dangerous goods declaration involved.
Why ship furniture through UAL
Honest about volume profile
We're not going to claim furniture is a high-volume air freight lane when it isn't. Where it genuinely makes sense — urgent deadlines, high-value pieces — we route on the transit time that deadline needs.
CPTPP documentation, done right
We confirm origin eligibility and the correct Certificate of Origin process before claiming a CPTPP rate, rather than assuming every shipment qualifies.
Routing chosen on merit
A furniture shipment tied to a hard deadline routes via whichever carrier has the transit time and capacity that deadline needs.
Frequently asked questions
Most furniture volume on this corridor genuinely moves by sea — we're not going to claim otherwise. Air freight fits a narrower real use case: urgent hospitality or retail fit-out deadlines, high-value design-led pieces where the freight cost is a small fraction of unit value, or sample runs shipped ahead of a sea freight production order. It's a real but secondary commodity for us, not a high-volume lane.
Documentation & terms
DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) Explained
The seller's maximum obligation — delivered, cleared for import, duties paid. The mirror image of EXW, and the term buyers most often assume applies when it hasn't been agreed.
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