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
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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