Analysis
HTS 7213.91.30 covers not tempered, not treated and not partly manufactured under heading 7213 (bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or nonalloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 4 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
The other lines in the same group are 7213.91.45 (containing by weight 0.6 percent or more of carbon, duty-free) and 7213.91.60 (other: other, duty-free).
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
The ten-digit suffixes separate tire cord-quality steel wire rod of a…, of Cold Heading Quality and of welding quality wire rods of a kind…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
| Code | Description | Units | NAICS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7213.91.30.11 | Tire cord-quality steel wire rod of a kind described in statistical note 5 to this chapter | kg | 331110 |
| 7213.91.30.15 | Of Cold Heading Quality (CHQ) steel of a kind described in statistical note 6 to this chapter | kg | 331110 |
| 7213.91.30.20 | Of welding quality wire rods of a kind described in statistical note 7 to this chapter | kg | 331110 |
| 7213.91.30.93 | Other | kg | 331110 |
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7213.91.45 | Containing by weight 0.6 percent or more of carbon | Free |
| 7213.91.60 | Other: other | Free |