Tooling Steel Bloom 0.27% C from Japan
Blooms for drop hammer tooling with 0.27% carbon content. Classified HTS 7207.20.00 as semifinished nonalloy steel just over 0.25% C threshold. Work-hardening properties.
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
• Tool steel chemistry verification (non-US note (e)); forging reduction ratios documented; heat treatment response guaranteed