Forging Quality Steel Billets Nonalloy from Japan
High-purity low-carbon billets (rectangular <2:1 ratio) for open-die forging of large shafts and rings. Classified HTS 7207.11.00.00 as semifinished nonalloy steel products. Controlled chemistry ensures forgeability without defects.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
50%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0250%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.14, 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.68, articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper and derivative aluminum or steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(i)–(v) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Specify forging quality grades in entry docs to support valuation
• Confirm no tool steel elements per note (e) definitions
• Surface condition critical; 'further worked' treatments shift classification