Low Carbon Steel Billets for Rebar Production from China
Rectangular semifinished steel billets with less than 0.25% carbon content and width less than twice the thickness, used as feedstock for rolling into concrete reinforcing bars. Classified under HTS 7207.11.00.00 as semifinished products of nonalloy steel in rectangular form not meeting slab dimensions. These are typically hot-rolled and supplied to re-rolling mills.
Duty Rate — China → United States
75%
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
9903.91.0125%Effective with respect to entries on or after September 27, 2024, articles the product of China, as provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 31 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
• Verify carbon content certification below 0.25% via mill test reports to avoid reclassification to higher carbon headings
• Ensure no further working like surface coating, as that moves to Chapter 72 worked products