7228.60

Analysis

Subheading 7228.60 covers other bars and rods, within heading 7228. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 3 US tariff lines below it are national.

Every one of its 3 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the subheading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.

The US splits it as follows: 7228.60.10 for of tool steel (other than high-speed steel) (duty-free), 7228.60.60 for other: not cold-formed (duty-free) and 7228.60.80 for other: cold-formed (duty-free).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing (331110). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

Goods only reach 7228.60 once they fall within heading 7228 (other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.