Analysis
HTS 7227.90.20 covers of tool steel (other than high-speed steel): other under heading 7227 (bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 7227.90.20.30 for of ball-bearing steel and 7227.90.20.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 7227.90.10 (not tempered, not treated, and not partly manufactured, 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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7227.90.10 | Not tempered, not treated, and not partly manufactured | Free |
| 7227.90.60 | Other: other | Free |