Analysis
HTS 7318.22.00 covers non-threaded articles: other washers under heading 7318 (screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter pins, washers…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 12.5%. Compared with 7318.12.00 (threaded articles: other wood screws), which pays 12.5%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 12.5 percentage points.
This line's footnotes point to one additional provision in Chapter 99: 9903.90.09 (measures on products of Russia). Chapter 99 duties are added on top of the general rate for goods of the countries they name, and they change more often than the rest of the schedule, so check the current CBP guidance before you rely on a total.
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.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7318.11.00 | Threaded articles: coach screws | 12.5% |
| 7318.12.00 | Threaded articles: other wood screws | 12.5% |
| 7318.13.00 | Screw hooks and screw rings | 5.7% |
| 7318.14.10 | Having shanks or threads with a diameter of less than 6 mm | 6.2% |
| 7318.14.50 | Having shanks or threads with a diameter of 6 mm or more | 8.6% |
| 7318.15.20 | Bolts and bolts and their nuts or washers entered or exported in the same shipment | Free |
| 7318.15.40 | Machine screws 9.5 mm or more in length and 3.2 mm or more in diameter (not including cap screws) | Free |
| 7318.15.50 | Other screws and bolts, whether or not with their nuts or washers: studs | Free |
| 7318.15.60 | Having shanks or threads with a diameter of less than 6 mm | 6.2% |
| 7318.15.80 | Having shanks or threads with a diameter of 6 mm or more | 8.5% |
| 7318.16.00 | Threaded articles: nuts | Free |
| 7318.19.00 | Threaded articles: other | 5.7% |
| 7318.21.00 | Spring washers and other lock washers | 5.8% |
| 7318.23.00 | Non-threaded articles: rivets | Free |
| 7318.24.00 | Cotters and cotter pins | 3.8% |
| 7318.29.00 | Non-threaded articles: other | 2.8% |
Chapter 99 provisions in the footnotes
- 9903.90.09 measures on products of Russia
Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(d) to this subchapter