7306.40.50

Analysis

HTS 7306.40.50 covers having a wall thickness of 1.65 mm or more 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 10 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

The ten-digit suffixes separate of high-nickel alloy steel, suitable for use in boilers…, containing more than 0.5 percent but…, containing less than 15 percent by…, containing more than 1.5 percent but… and containing more than 0.5 percent but…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73. 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. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.