High-Strength Hot-Rolled Steel for Agricultural Equipment Frames from Germany
Narrow high-strength steel sheets (<300 mm width), hot-rolled, thickness 2.5 mm with minimum yield 275 MPa, for tractor and harvester structural frames. HTS 7211.19.1500 applies to nonalloy high-strength flat-rolled products not further worked, per precise U.S. Chapter 72 definitions. Provides durability for heavy farm machinery.
Duty Rate — Germany → 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
• Include chemical composition analysis confirming nonalloy steel status
• Hot-rolled scale must remain; any artificial oxidation disqualifies as further worked
• Prepare for yield strength verification; non-compliant material faces reclassification