TFS Base Blackplate Steel Coils from Mexico
Tin-free steel (TFS) base stock: ultra-thin cold-rolled blackplate <0.361 mm, nonalloy, coil form, ≥600 mm wide. HTS 7209.18.25.85 applies as cold-reduced not further worked (pre-coating stock). Essential raw material for electrolytic chromium-coated steel used in beverage closures.
Duty Rate — Mexico → 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
• Request supplier certification distinguishing from tinplate; uncoated surface critical for this classification
• Thickness tolerance usually ±0.01 mm—maintain gauge control records for CBP verification