Analysis
HTS 7217.90.50 covers other: other under heading 7217 (wire of iron or nonalloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.
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.
The ten-digit suffixes separate containing by weight less than 0.25…, containing by weight 0.25 percent or… and containing by weight 0.6 percent or…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
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 |
| 7217.10.50 | With a diameter of 1.5 mm or more | 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 |
| 7217.20.15 | Plated or coated with zinc: flat wire | Free |
| 7217.20.30 | With a diameter of 1.5 mm or more and containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon | Free |
| 7217.20.45 | Round wire: other | Free |
| 7217.20.60 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon | Free |
| 7217.20.75 | Other: other | Free |
| 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 |
| 7217.30.60 | Containing by weight less than 0.25 percent of carbon | Free |
| 7217.30.75 | Other: other | Free |
| 7217.90.10 | Coated with plastics | Free |