Analysis
HTS 7405.00.60 covers master alloys of copper: other under heading 7405 (master alloys of copper). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.
For statistics it divides in two: 7405.00.60.30 for beryllium copper master alloy and 7405.00.60.50 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 12% of the 89 tariff lines in chapter 74. 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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 28% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 28% duty.
The other line in the same group is 7405.00.10 (containing by weight 5 percent or more but not more than 15…, duty-free).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331410 (Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining), an industry of 112 US establishments employing 8,755 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7405.00.10 | Containing by weight 5 percent or more but not more than 15 percent of phosphorus | Free |