7217.90.10

Analysis

HTS 7217.90.10 covers coated with plastics under heading 7217 (wire of iron or nonalloy steel).

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72. 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.

All 20 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 2% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 2% duty.

The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.