7215.90

Analysis

Subheading 7215.90 covers other, within heading 7215. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 7215.90.10 for plated or coated with metal: not cold-formed (duty-free), 7215.90.30 for plated or coated with metal: cold-formed (duty-free) and 7215.90.50 for other: other (duty-free).

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.

Goods only reach 7215.90 once they fall within heading 7215 (other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.