High-Strength Hot-Rolled Steel for Agricultural Equipment Frames from Japan
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 — Japan → 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
• 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