7211.14.00

Analysis

HTS 7211.14.00 covers not further worked than hot-rolled: other, of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more under heading 7211 (flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.

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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The ten-digit suffixes separate of high-strength steel and not in coils. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.