Analysis
HTS 7202.29.00 covers ferrosilicon: other under heading 7202 (ferroalloys). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms and Si kg.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 10%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7202.50.00 (ferrosilicon chromium), at 10%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 10 percentage points.
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.09 (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.
For statistics it divides in two: 7202.29.00.10 for containing by weight over 2 percent of magnesium and 7202.29.00.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring 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% |
| 7202.30.00 | 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% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.09 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(d) to this subchapter