TIMBERSTRAND LSL IS A WOOD BASED BILLET. MADE BY LAMINATING LONG WAFERS OF WOOD TOGETHER. THE WAFERS ARE TREATED WITH A POLYMERIC DIPHENYL METHANE DI-ISOCYANATE ADHESIVE AND ALIGNED IN A PARALLEL DIRECTION TO FORM A MAT. THE MAT IS THEN HEATED AND COMPRESSED BY A HYDRAULIC STEAM PRESS. THE MAT OF WAFERS IS BONDED TOGETHER TO MANUFACTURE A STRONG WOOD COMPOSITE WITH INREASED MECHANICAL STRENGTH OVER THE SAWN WOOD IT IS MADE FROM.

CLASSIFICATION IS DETERMINED BY THE TERMS OF GIRS 1 AND 6 AND BY THE TEXT OF HEADING 4413 AND SUB HEADING 441300 CN CODE 44130000.