Analysis
HTS 7217.30.60 covers containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon under heading 7217 (wire of iron or nonalloy steel).
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 25% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 25% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 7217.30.15 (plated or coated with other base metals: flat wire, duty-free), 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) and 7217.30.75 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331222 (Steel Wire Drawing), an industry of 198 US establishments employing 14,260 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7217.30.15 | Plated or coated with other base metals: flat wire | Free |
| 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 |
| 7217.30.75 | Other: other | Free |