7312.10.30

Analysis

HTS 7312.10.30 covers other: other under heading 7312 (stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 9 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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.

The ten-digit suffixes separate tire cord, covered with textile or other non-…, other, stranded wire having a lay or…, of brass plated wire, ACSR core strand and covered with textile or other…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 77% of the 250 tariff lines in chapter 73, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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.