Makers

King, Ontario · Wix shop

Steve Meschino has been salvaging storm-felled and development-cleared Ontario hardwood since 2006 and building it into one-off tables at his King, Ontario studio: live edge and straight edge dining tables up to twelve feet in black walnut, white ash and white oak, spalted maple coffee tables, a silver maple desk, walnut console tables, boardroom and conference tables with brass inlay and cable access, each on a steel base and finished by hand in a natural oil finish.

Cherrywood's dining, coffee, console, conference and office tables are other wooden furniture under HTS 9403.60.80 on the CBP Section 338 list, carrying a 50% additional duty on entry to the United States since August 22, 2026. The studio says it serves “Canada and the USA” and its own galleries show work that has crossed the border - one walnut dining table “custom made for a New York home”, another “Designed for a client in Manhattan, NY”, a black walnut desk “Designed for a client in Rhode Island” - though its FAQ notes that “Shipping beyond Ontario is evaluated case-by-case.” On a custom table in the several-thousand-dollar range the duty is half the price again before delivery. Cherrywood has published nothing about the measure. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026

Hamilton, Ontario · Shopify shop

Brodie and Jay run a full-circle mill and millwork shop on Avondale Street in Hamilton, keeping a slab library of more than 200 kiln-dried, CNC-flattened boards in maple, box elder, black walnut, white oak, red oak, butternut and ash, and building from them solid hardwood dining tables, boardroom and console tables, benches, desks, bar and counter tops from slabs flattened up to 56 inches wide, floating shelves, bespoke kitchen cabinetry, rift-sawn white oak vanities and built-in shelving, with kiln drying from $1.50 a board foot and shop time at $90 an hour for anyone bringing their own wood.

Crown Point's tables, desks, benches and shelving are other wooden furniture under HTS 9403.60.80 and its slab library is sawn hardwood over 6 mm thick under HTS 4407.99.02, both on the CBP Section 338 list at a 50% additional duty on entry to the United States since August 22, 2026; the September 15, 2026 expansion adds HTS 9403.40.60, wooden kitchen furniture, at the same 50%, the line the shop's flagship custom kitchen cabinetry sits on. The shop's own shipping policy already tells buyers that “For orders shipped outside of Canada (e.g., to the United States), the customer is solely responsible for any import duties, customs clearance fees, or local taxes assessed by border agencies.” A walnut slab priced at up to $3,400 on the shop's own inventory page therefore lands at an American door with half its value again added at the border. Crown Point has published nothing about the measure. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026