You can import furniture from Turkey to the USA without quotas or special licences, but the duty picture has changed more in the last year than in the decade before it. As of October 2026, wooden-frame upholstered seating from Türkiye carries a 25% Section 232 duty, most other furniture carries a 12.5% Section 301 duty, and mattresses face an antidumping order. Sofa sets, corner sofas and bed bases are the product groups that still make practical sense for most US importers.
This guide is written by ellda mobilya, a furniture manufacturer in Kayseri, Türkiye, producing sofa sets, corner sofas, bed base sets and mattresses since 2010. We are not customs brokers. We wrote it because US buyers ask us the same questions, and the answers are scattered across proclamations, CBP messages and Federal Register notices. For the general sourcing steps (shortlist, quote, samples, packing), read our hub guide on importing furniture from Turkey. This page covers what is specific to the United States.
What duty applies when you import furniture from Turkey to the USA?
Last verified: 19 October 2026. US tariffs on furniture have changed several times in the past year, so treat this section as a snapshot and confirm the current rate with your customs broker before you place an order.
The total duty on a Turkish shipment is built in layers: the normal (MFN) rate in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, plus any additional duty that applies to the product or to the country of origin. The layers that matter for furniture from Türkiye are these:
| Layer | What it covers | Rate as of October 2026 | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFN (column 1) | Every import, by HTS code | Depends on the code; look it up | USITC HTS |
| Section 232, timber and lumber | Upholstered seats with wooden frames (HTS 9401.61 lines) | 25% since 14 October 2025; scheduled to rise to 30% on 1 January 2027 | White House proclamation, 31 Dec 2025 |
| Section 301, forced labor | Goods of Türkiye and 59 other economies | 12.5% for Türkiye since 24 July 2026 | CBP CSMS #69326983, USTR |
| Antidumping order | Mattresses from Türkiye | 20.03% all-others cash deposit | Federal Register, 2021 |
Section 232 on upholstered wooden seats
The Section 232 duty on timber, lumber and their derivatives took effect on 14 October 2025 at 25% for upholstered wooden-frame seating. A proclamation of 31 December 2025 moved the planned increase to 30% to 1 January 2027. Countries that reach an agreement with the US can be treated differently; we found no such arrangement for Türkiye at the time of writing.
For a buyer, the practical meaning is simple: a wooden-frame sofa, armchair or corner sofa from Türkiye pays this duty on top of its MFN rate. Whether a particular piece is classified under 9401.61 or elsewhere (a sofa bed, for example) is a classification question for your broker.
Section 301 and how it interacts with Section 232
From 24 July 2026, the US applies an additional Section 301 duty to goods from 60 economies after its forced labor investigations. Türkiye is in the 12.5% tier. CBP's guidance describes exclusions for goods already subject to certain Section 232 measures, which suggests the two duties should not both apply to the same upholstered seat. Confirm with your customs broker which of the two applies to each line on your invoice before you calculate landed cost.
Bed bases, headboards and other non-seating pieces are outside the wood Section 232 duty, so for them the 12.5% Section 301 layer is the one to plan around, on top of MFN.
Mattresses from Türkiye: the antidumping order
The US has had an antidumping order on mattresses from Türkiye since May 2021. The all-others cash deposit rate is 20.03%, and the order's scope covers innerspring, foam and hybrid mattresses, including a mattress shipped in a set with a foundation. Commerce found in its expedited sunset review that dumping would be likely to continue (Federal Register, 31 July 2026), and the USITC voted on 13 October 2026 to keep the order in place.
For most US importers this makes mattresses from Türkiye hard to price competitively, because the antidumping deposit comes on top of MFN duty and, depending on classification, other additional duties. Sofa sets, corner sofas and bed bases are the more practical product groups. Confirm the classification of anything bedding-related with your broker, and check the current cash deposit rate, since administrative reviews can change it.
Flammability: what 16 CFR 1640 requires
16 CFR Part 1640 is the federal flammability standard for residential upholstered furniture. It adopted California's TB 117-2013 smoulder test as a national rule, took effect on 25 June 2021 and has required a permanent compliance label from June 2022 (Federal Register, 9 April 2021, CPSC FAQ). It applies to upholstered seating made in or imported into the US, whatever the country of origin.
You will see older articles that call it a 2025 rule; it is not. The point for an importer is that every upholstered piece you bring in has to meet the test and carry the label, and that requirement belongs in the purchase order, not in an email after production.
When you send an enquiry for the US, state 16 CFR 1640 as a requirement and name the pieces it applies to. At ellda, what can be supplied against that requirement is confirmed in the quote. Do not assume any supplier's standard export product is labelled for the US market.
Which documents does a US furniture entry need?
CBP's basic import guidance sets out the entry process; your broker files it. For an ocean container of furniture from Türkiye, expect:
- Commercial invoice with a full description of each piece, HTS code, country of origin, unit value and quantity.
- Packing list that matches the invoice line by line and shows cartons per piece.
- Bill of lading issued by the carrier or forwarder.
- Importer Security Filing (ISF, also called 10+2), which CBP requires before ocean cargo is loaded at the foreign port (CBP ISF page). Your broker needs the supplier's details and the container stuffing location from you early.
- Customs bond and entry filing through your broker.
Ask your broker whether the Lacey Act plant declaration or TSCA Title VI formaldehyde rules apply to any wooden or composite parts in your order. Both questions come up with wood furniture and are easier to answer before shipment.
What still makes sense to ship from Türkiye to the US?
Freight from Türkiye to the US East Coast is a long lane, and upholstered furniture fills a container by volume long before it reaches weight limits. That favours products where the design, size or fabric choice is hard to find locally.
- Sofa sets and corner sofas. They pay the Section 232 duty, so the case rests on design and specification. Our sofa sets range from 220 to 295 cm in sofa width, and corner sofas such as the Zirve corner sofa (310 × 310 cm) suit open-plan US living rooms.
- Bed bases with headboards. Storage bases and tall upholstered headboards are a strong Turkish product type. Note that our bed base sets are built for metric 160 × 200, 180 × 200 and 90 × 200 cm mattresses, while US retail sells inch-based Queen and King sizes. Discuss sizing in the enquiry before you plan a range.
- Mixed containers. A mixed container is one load that combines several product groups. Pairing a few sofa sets with bed bases lets a US store test more than one category in a single shipment.
US enquiry checklist
Send these with your first enquiry so the quote reflects US conditions:
| Item | Why it matters for the US |
|---|---|
| Models and pieces, by catalogue name | Each piece may sit under a different HTS line |
| Quantities per piece | Container plan and per-unit freight |
| Fabric and colour | Cover fabric is part of how the flammability requirement is met |
| "16 CFR 1640 required" | Confirmed or excluded in the quote, before production |
| Bed size format | Metric bases versus US Queen and King mattresses |
| Destination port or warehouse | US East Coast, Gulf or West Coast changes the route |
| Preferred delivery term | Sets who books freight and who files what |
| Your customs broker's contact | ISF data has to reach them before loading |
How ellda mobilya works with US buyers
We produce in our own factory in Kayseri Organized Industrial Zone, with a 10,500 m² production area. Sofa sets, corner sofas, bed bases and mattresses can be combined in one shipment, and export orders are packed for long-distance transport with a loading plan shared with the quote. You can see how production runs from quote approval to packing.
Price, lead time, minimum quantities, delivery terms and what can be supplied for 16 CFR 1640 are all stated in the quote, because they depend on your models, fabrics and destination. We communicate in English, Arabic and Turkish, and buyers can visit the factory by appointment.
Next step
Build your shortlist from the catalogue, take the duty table above to your customs broker, and send the checklist items through our export page. We will reply with a quote you can put next to your broker's landed-cost estimate.
