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0.25% Carbon Threshold Billet

Precision-controlled carbon steel billets exactly at 0.25% carbon boundary. HTS 7207.20.00 inclusion requires ≥0.25% C in nonalloy semifinished products. Critical for tariff classification certainty.

Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin

Origin CountryMFN RateCh.99 SurchargesTotal Effective Rate
🇨🇳ChinaFree+75.0%75%
🇲🇽MexicoFree+50.0%50%
🇨🇦CanadaFree+50.0%50%
🇩🇪GermanyFree+50.0%50%
🇯🇵JapanFree+50.0%50%

Alternative Classifications

This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.

7207.11.00Same rate: 75%

If tests slightly under 0.25%

Even 0.249% C shifts to lower carbon semifinished subheading 7207.11.

7213.91.30Same rate: 75%

If rolled to bars

Bar products from threshold billets classified by shape/dimensions in 7213.

7228.30Lower: 50% vs 75%

If trace alloys detected

Analytical alloys meeting US note definitions become alloy steel.

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Import Tips & Compliance

• Independent lab verification at threshold; retain multiple heat analyses; CBP may require arbitration testing