7210

Analysis

Heading 7210 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated. It divides into 11 six-digit subheadings and 14 eight-digit tariff lines, with 21 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 14 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The largest subheadings are 7210.90 (other, 3 lines), 7210.70 (painted, varnished or coated with plastics, 2 lines), 7210.11 (unnamed, 1 line) and 7210.12 (unnamed, 1 line).

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.

Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 46th percentile of the headings in chapter 72.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.