ETP Tinplate for Beverage Can Bodies from Mexico
Electrolytic tinplate (ETP) steel sheets under 0.5 mm thick, over 600 mm wide, with bright tin coating for food-grade beverage cans. Falls under HTS 7210.12.00.00 due to tin plating on nonalloy steel base, distinguishing from thicker or uncoated products. Used in seamless can production requiring high corrosion resistance.
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 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
• Obtain food contact compliance certificates (e.g
• FDA-equivalent) as tinplate for cans must meet safety standards
• Document exact tin coating adhesion tests to prevent disputes over 'plated with tin' qualification
• Avoid misdeclaration as universal mill plate (Note b); these are too thin (<4mm uncoiled threshold)