Vegetable Plaiting Materials & Miscellaneous Vegetable Products

Heading 1401 is limited to materials used directly for plaiting, weaving, or similar crafts — bamboo, rattan, osier, rushes, and comparable raw stems or strips. Heading 1404 is a catch-all for vegetable products not elsewhere specified in the schedule, such as broomcorn, vegetable stuffing materials, and certain seed floss. If the material's primary commercial use is plaiting or weaving, 1401 applies; otherwise 1404 is the default.

Yes. Raw bamboo canes and strips for plaiting belong here, but worked bamboo articles — furniture, flooring, kitchenware — are classified in the chapters covering those finished goods. The key is whether the bamboo is in a raw or minimally prepared state suitable for plaiting, or whether it has been further manufactured into a distinct article.