7306.69.70

Analysis

HTS 7306.69.70 covers having a wall thickness of less than 4 mm: of alloy steel 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 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

For statistics it divides in two: 7306.69.70.30 for of stainless steel and 7306.69.70.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 35% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 35% duty.

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.

The other lines in the same group are 7306.69.10 (of iron or nonalloy steel, duty-free), 7306.69.30 (having a wall thickness of 4 mm or more: of alloy steel, duty-free) and 7306.69.50 (of iron or nonalloy steel, duty-free).