7306.40.10

Analysis

HTS 7306.40.10 covers having a wall thickness of less than 1.65 mm under heading 7306 (other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seamed or welded, riveted or…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 36% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 36% duty.

There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73 that are also free. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.

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.

All 29 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.