7201.20.00

Analysis

HTS 7201.20.00 covers nonalloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5 percent of phosphorus under heading 7201 (pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms).

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

The other lines in the same group are 7201.10.00 (nonalloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5 percent or less…, duty-free), 7201.50.30 (alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen: alloy pig iron, duty-free) and 7201.50.60 (alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen: spiegeleisen, duty-free).

Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331110 (Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing), an industry of 359 US establishments employing 78,532 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.

All 3 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.