7606.12.30

Analysis

HTS 7606.12.30 covers of aluminum alloys: not clad under heading 7606 (aluminum plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0.2 mm). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 7 ten-digit suffixes, reported in kilograms.

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.

Rates on the nearby lines range from 2.7% to 6.5%. The costliest confusion would be with 7606.92.60 (of aluminum alloys: clad) at 6.5%, a difference of 3.5 points on the customs value.

The general duty rate is 3% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 76 (37th percentile of 65 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.

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 ten-digit suffixes separate high-strength heat-treatable alloys of…, heat-treatable industrial alloys of a…, body stock, lid stock and heat-treatable industrial alloys of a…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.