7308.20.00

Analysis

HTS 7308.20.00 covers towers and lattice masts under heading 7308 (structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading 9406) and parts of structures…). 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 45% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 45% 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 332312 (Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing), an industry of 3,434 US establishments employing 114,153 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.

The ten-digit suffixes separate tubular, whether or not tapered, and… and tubular wind turbine towers, whether or…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.