Electro-Zinc Coated High-Strength Steel for Truck Cab Panels from Canada
High-strength flat-rolled steel (0.8 mm thick, 1,500 mm wide) with electrolytic zinc plating and yield strength of 275 MPa, meeting Chapter 72 note (a) for thin-gauge high-strength steel. Designed for exterior truck cab body panels requiring formability and crash resistance. The zinc coating provides sacrificial corrosion protection.
Duty Rate — Canada → 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
9903.03.060%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; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Provide detailed coating process certification proving electrolytic plating (vs hot-dip) and exact yield strength testing; label thickness/width accurately
• Common pitfall: undervaluation based on uncoated equivalent pricing ignored by CBP