Analysis
HTS 7217.30.15 covers plated or coated with other base metals: flat wire 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: 7217.30.15.30 for containing by weight 0.6 percent or more of carbon and 7217.30.15.60 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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 26% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 26% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 7217.30.30 (with a diameter of 1.5 mm or more and containing by weight…, duty-free), 7217.30.45 (round wire: other, duty-free), 7217.30.60 (containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon, duty-free) and 7217.30.75 (other: other, duty-free).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7217.30.30 | With a diameter of 1.5 mm or more and containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon | Free |
| 7217.30.45 | Round wire: other | Free |
| 7217.30.60 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon | Free |
| 7217.30.75 | Other: other | Free |