Analysis
Heading 7202 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers ferroalloys. It divides into 15 six-digit subheadings and 24 eight-digit tariff lines, with 28 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
The spread of 10 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here. The highest rate, 10%, applies to 7202.50.00 (ferrosilicon chromium).
2 of its 24 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (8%) and 22 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 10%. The median line pays 3.4000000000000004%.
Its median rate of 3.4000000000000004% sits at the 95th percentile of the headings in chapter 72.
The largest subheadings are 7202.21 (containing by weight more than 55 percent of…, 4 lines), 7202.99 (other, 3 lines), 7202.11 (containing by weight more than 2 percent of carbon, 2 lines) and 7202.19 (other, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing (331110). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7202.11.10 | Containing by weight more than 2 percent but not more than 4 percent of carbon | 1.4% |
| 7202.11.50 | Containing by weight more than 4 percent of carbon | 1.5% |
| 7202.19.10 | Containing by weight not more than 1 percent of carbon | 2.3% |
| 7202.19.50 | Containing by weight more than 1 percent but not more than 2 percent of carbon | 1.4% |
| 7202.21.10 | Containing by weight more than 3 percent of calcium | 1.1% |
| 7202.21.50 | Containing by weight more than 55 percent but not more than 80 percent of silicon: other | 1.5% |
| 7202.21.75 | Containing by weight more than 80 percent but not more than 90 percent of silicon | 1.9% |
| 7202.21.90 | Containing by weight more than 90 percent of silicon | 5.8% |
| 7202.29.00 | Ferrosilicon: other | Free |
| 7202.30.00 | Ferrosilicon manganese | 3.9% |
| 7202.41.00 | Containing by weight more than 4 percent of carbon | 1.9% |
| 7202.49.10 | Containing by weight more than 3 percent of carbon | 1.9% |
| 7202.49.50 | Other: other | 3.1% |
| 7202.50.00 | Ferrosilicon chromium | 10% |
| 7202.60.00 | Ferroalloys: ferronickel | Free |
| 7202.70.00 | Ferroalloys: ferromolybdenum | 4.5% |
| 7202.80.00 | Ferrotungsten and ferrosilicon tungsten | 5.6% |
| 7202.91.00 | Ferrotitanium and ferrosilicon titanium | 3.7% |
| 7202.92.00 | Other: ferrovanadium | 4.2% |
| 7202.93.40 | Containing by weight less than 0.02 percent of phosphorus or sulfur or less than 0.4 percent of silicon | 5% |
| 7202.93.80 | Ferroniobium: other | 5% |
| 7202.99.10 | Other: ferrozirconium | 4.2% |
| 7202.99.20 | Other: calcium silicon | 5% |
| 7202.99.80 | Other: other | 5% |