Analysis
HTS 7225.40.11 covers of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more: of tool steel under heading 7225 (flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 7225.40.11.10 for of high-speed steel and 7225.40.11.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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 29% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 29% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 7225.40.30 (of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more: other, duty-free), 7225.40.51 (of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm: of tool steel, duty-free) and 7225.40.70 (of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm: other, duty-free).
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7225.40.30 | Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more: other | Free |
| 7225.40.51 | Of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm: of tool steel | Free |
| 7225.40.70 | Of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm: other | Free |