Analysis
HTS 7217.10.50 covers with a diameter of 1.5 mm or more under heading 7217 (wire of iron or nonalloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 7217.10.50.30 for heat treated and 7217.10.50.90 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331222 (Steel Wire Drawing), an industry of 198 US establishments employing 14,260 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 7% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 7% duty.
All 8 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7217.10.10 | Of a thickness not exceeding 0.25 mm | Free |
| 7217.10.20 | Of a thickness exceeding 0.25 mm but not exceeding 1.25 mm | Free |
| 7217.10.30 | Of a thickness exceeding 1.25 mm | Free |
| 7217.10.40 | With a diameter of less than 1.5 mm | Free |
| 7217.10.60 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon: other wire | Free |
| 7217.10.70 | Other: flat wire | Free |
| 7217.10.80 | Other: round wire | Free |
| 7217.10.90 | Other: other wire | Free |