Electro-Zinc Coated High-Strength Steel for Truck Cab Panels from Mexico
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 — 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
• 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