Analysis
HTS 7227.10.00 covers of high-speed steel under heading 7227 (bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy 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.
The other lines in the same group are 7227.20.00 (of silico-manganese steel, duty-free), 7227.90.10 (not tempered, not treated, and not partly manufactured, duty-free), 7227.90.20 (of tool steel (other than high-speed steel): other, duty-free) and 7227.90.60 (other: other, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331110 (Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing), an industry of 359 US establishments employing 78,532 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 14% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 14% duty.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7227.20.00 | Of silico-manganese steel | Free |
| 7227.90.10 | Not tempered, not treated, and not partly manufactured | Free |
| 7227.90.20 | Of tool steel (other than high-speed steel): other | Free |
| 7227.90.60 | Other: other | Free |