7229.90.50

Analysis

HTS 7229.90.50 covers other: round wire under heading 7229 (wire of other alloy steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 5 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 33% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 33% duty.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 92% of the 262 tariff lines in chapter 72. 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 7229.90.05 (of high-speed steel, duty-free), 7229.90.10 (other: flat wire, duty-free) and 7229.90.90 (other: other wire, duty-free).

The ten-digit suffixes separate plated or coated with copper, with a diameter of less than 1.0 mm, with a diameter of 1.0 mm or more but… and with a diameter of 1.5 mm or more. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.