Analysis
HTS 7202.60.00 covers ferroalloys: ferronickel under heading 7202 (ferroalloys).
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.
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.
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 is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
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 |
| 7202.30.00 | 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% |
| 7202.70.00 | 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% |