2601.11.00

Analysis

HTS 2601.11.00 covers iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: non-agglomerated under heading 2601 (iron ores and concentrates, including roasted iron pyrites). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in metric tons.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 97% of the 39 tariff lines in chapter 26, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.

The other lines in the same group are 2601.12.00 (iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron…, duty-free) and 2601.20.00 (roasted iron pyrites, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 212210 (Iron Ore Mining), an industry of 23 US establishments employing 5,004 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

The ten-digit suffixes separate concentrates and coarse. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.