Analysis
HTS 7326.19.00 covers forged or stamped, but not further worked: other under heading 7326 (other articles of iron or steel). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 8.6%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 7326.90.60 (coated or plated with precious metal), at 8.6%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 5.7 percentage points.
The general duty rate is 2.9% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 73 (80th percentile of 250 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.5 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 7326.19.00.10 for forged and 7326.19.00.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Automotive Products Trade Act, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, and 13 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 2.9%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7326.11.00 | Grinding balls and similar articles for mills | Free |
| 7326.20.00 | Articles of iron or steel wire | 3.9% |
| 7326.90.10 | Other: of tinplate | Free |
| 7326.90.25 | Cable or inner wire for caliper and cantilever brakes and casing therefor, whether or not cut to length | Free |
| 7326.90.35 | Containers of a kind normally carried on the person, in the pocket or in the handbag | 7.8% |
| 7326.90.45 | Horse and mule shoes | Free |
| 7326.90.60 | Coated or plated with precious metal | 8.6% |
| 7326.90.86 | Other: other | 2.9% |