7213

Analysis

Heading 7213 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or nonalloy steel. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 6 eight-digit tariff lines, with 12 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

Every one of its 6 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 7213.91 (of circular cross section measuring less than 14…, 3 lines), 7213.10 (unnamed, 1 line), 7213.20 (unnamed, 1 line) and 7213.99 (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.