Analysis
Heading 7229 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers wire of other alloy steel. It divides into 2 six-digit subheadings and 5 eight-digit tariff lines, with 11 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
Every one of its 5 tariff lines is duty-free at the general rate, so classification within the heading affects statistics and Chapter 99 measures rather than the base duty.
The largest subheadings are 7229.90 (other, 4 lines) and 7229.20 (unnamed, 1 line).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Steel Wire Drawing (331222). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Its median rate of duty-free sits at the 46th percentile of the headings in chapter 72.
The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7229.20.00 | Of silico-manganese steel | Free |
| 7229.90.05 | Of high-speed steel | Free |
| 7229.90.10 | Other: flat wire | Free |
| 7229.90.50 | Other: round wire | Free |
| 7229.90.90 | Other: other wire | Free |