Analysis
HTS 7314.42.00 covers coated with plastics under heading 7314 (cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 7314.42.00.30 for chain link fencing and 7314.42.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332618 (Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing), an industry of 710 US establishments employing 19,060 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
All 19 neighbouring lines carry the same duty-free rate, so a borderline choice between them changes the statistics reported, not the duty paid.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7314.12.10 | With meshes not finer than 12 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or filling | Free |
| 7314.12.20 | With meshes finer than 12 but not finer than 36 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or filling | Free |
| 7314.12.30 | With 94 or more wires to the lineal centimeter | Free |
| 7314.12.60 | Fourdrinier wires, seamed or not seamed, suitable for use in papermaking machines: other | Free |
| 7314.12.90 | With meshes finer than 36 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or filling: other | Free |
| 7314.14.10 | With meshes not finer than 12 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or filling | Free |
| 7314.14.20 | With meshes finer than 12 but not finer than 36 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or filling | Free |
| 7314.14.30 | With 94 or more wires to the lineal centimeter | Free |
| 7314.14.60 | Fourdrinier wires, seamed or not seamed, suitable for use in papermaking machines: other | Free |
| 7314.14.90 | With meshes finer than 36 wires to the lineal centimeter in warp or maximum: other | Free |
| 7314.19.01 | Woven cloth: other | Free |
| 7314.20.00 | Grill, netting and fencing, welded at the intersection, of wire with a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 3 mm or more and having a mesh size of 100 cm2 or more | Free |
| 7314.31.10 | Wire fencing plated or coated with zinc, whether or not covered with plastic material | Free |
| 7314.31.50 | Plated or coated with zinc: other | Free |
| 7314.39.00 | Other grill, netting and fencing, welded at the intersection: other | Free |
| 7314.41.00 | Plated or coated with zinc | Free |
| 7314.49.30 | Other: not cut to shape | Free |
| 7314.49.60 | Other: cut to shape | Free |
| 7314.50.00 | Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel: expanded metal | Free |