Analysis
Heading 7215 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 12 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 5 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 7215.90 (other, 3 lines), 7215.10 (unnamed, 1 line) and 7215.50 (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.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7215.10.00 | Of free-cutting steel, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished | Free |
| 7215.50.00 | Other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel: other, not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished | Free |
| 7215.90.10 | Plated or coated with metal: not cold-formed | Free |
| 7215.90.30 | Plated or coated with metal: cold-formed | Free |
| 7215.90.50 | Other: other | Free |