2601.12.00

Analysis

HTS 2601.12.00 covers iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: 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.

This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.08 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 97% of the 39 tariff lines in chapter 26 that are also free. 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 2601.11.00 (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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.