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U.S. Notes (con.) (iii) assembled box spring frames; (iv) pallets and pallet kits, properly classified under subheading 4415.20; (v) garage doors; (vi) edge-glued lumber, properly classified under subheading 4421.90.94, and other edge-glued wood, properly classified under statistical reporting number 4421.90.9760; (vii) properly classified complete door frames; (viii) properly classified complete window frames; (ix) properly classified furniture; (x) articles brought into the United States temporarily and claimed to be exempt from duty under subchapter XIII of chapter 98; and (xi) household and personal effects. (f) The following articles are not "softwood lumber products" for purposes of subheading 9903.53.01, provided that they meet the specified requirements detailed below: (i) stringers (pallet components used for runners); if they have at least two notches on the side, positioned at equal distance from the center, to properly accommodate forklift blades, properly classified under statistical reporting number 4421.90.9760; (ii) box-spring frame kits, if they contain the following wooden pieces - two side rails; two end (or top) rails; and varying numbers of slats. The side rails and the end rails should be radius-cut at both ends. The kits should be individually packaged, and should contain the exact number of wooden components needed to make a particular box spring frame, with no further processing required. None of the components exceeds 1 inch in actual thickness or 83 inches in length; (iii) radius-cut box-spring-frame components, not exceeding 1 inch in actual thickness or 83 inches in length, ready for assembly without further processing. The radius cuts must be present on both ends of the boards and must be substantial cuts so as to completely round one corner; (iv) fence pickets requiring no further processing and properly classified under subheading 4421.90.70, 1 inch or less in actual thickness, up to 8 inches wide, and 6 feet or less in length, and having finials or decorative cuttings that clearly identify them as fence pickets. In the case of dog-eared fence pickets, the corners of the boards should be cut off so as to remove pieces of wood in the shape of isosceles right angle triangles with sides measuring 3/4 of an inch or more; (v) U.S.-origin lumber shipped to Canada for minor processing and imported into the United States, is excluded from the scope of subheading 9903.53.01 if the following conditions are met: (1) if the processing occurring in Canada is limited to kiln drying, planing to create smooth-to-size board, and sanding, and (2) if the importer establishes to the satisfaction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. CBP) that the lumber is of U.S. origin; and (vi) in addition, all softwood lumber products entered claiming non-subject status based on U.S. country of origin shall be treated as excluded under subheading 9903.53.01, provided that these softwood lumber products meet the following condition: upon entry, the importer, exporter, Canadian processor and/or original U.S. producer shall establish to U.S. CBP's satisfaction that the softwood lumber entered and documented as U.S.-origin softwood lumber was first produced in the United States as a lumber product satisfying the physical parameters of the softwood lumber scope. (g) Softwood lumber products contained in single family home packages or kits, regardless of tariff classification, are excluded from the scope of subheading 9903.53.01 if the importer certifies to subdivisions (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) and the requirements in subdivision (v) are met: (i) the imported home package or kit constitutes a full package of the number of wooden pieces specified in the plan, design or blueprint necessary to produce a home of at least 700 square feet produced to a specified plan, design or blueprint; (ii) the package or kit must contain all necessary internal and external doors and windows, nails, screws, glue, sub floor, sheathing, beams, posts, connectors, and if included in the purchase contract, decking, trim, drywall and roof shingles specified in the plan, design or blueprint; Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 15 (2026) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXII 99 - III - 62