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
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 of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 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