Analysis
HTS 7505.22.10 covers of nickel alloys: cold-formed under heading 7505 (nickel bars, rods, profiles and wire).
The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 75 (77th percentile of 28 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $300 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.5% to 3%. The costliest confusion would be with 7505.12.30 (bars and rods: not cold-formed) at 2.5%, a difference of 0.5 points on the customs value.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 3%. 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.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 35%, 11.7 times the general rate.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 331491 (Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) Rolling, Drawing, and Extruding), an industry of 199 US establishments employing 12,115 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 7505.11.10 | Bars and rods: cold-formed | 3% |
| 7505.11.30 | Bars and rods: not cold-formed | 2.6% |
| 7505.11.50 | Of nickel, not alloyed: profiles | 3% |
| 7505.12.10 | Bars and rods: cold-formed | 3% |
| 7505.12.30 | Bars and rods: not cold-formed | 2.5% |
| 7505.12.50 | Of nickel alloys: profiles | 3% |
| 7505.21.10 | Of nickel, not alloyed: cold-formed | 3% |
| 7505.21.50 | Of nickel, not alloyed: not cold-formed | 2.6% |
| 7505.22.50 | Of nickel alloys: not cold-formed | 2.6% |