Analysis
HTS 7202.30.00 covers ferrosilicon manganese under heading 7202 (ferroalloys). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms and Mn kg.
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.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 10%. Compared with 7202.50.00 (ferrosilicon chromium), which pays 10%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.1 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 3.9% of the customs value, which is among the highest the rates in chapter 72 (96th percentile of 262 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $390 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
For statistics it divides in two: 7202.30.00.60 for containing by weight not more than 0.10 percent of carbon and 7202.30.00.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7202.30.00.60 | Containing by weight not more than 0.10 percent of carbon | kg, Mn kg | |
| 7202.30.00.90 | Other | kg, Mn kg |
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% |
| 7202.29.00 | Ferrosilicon: other | Free |
| 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