High-Strength Steel Slit Strip for Construction Scaffolding from Japan
Hot-rolled high-strength steel slit into widths under 300 mm, <3 mm thick, yield point 275 MPa minimum, for scaffolding braces. Precisely matches HTS 7211.19.1500: flat-rolled nonalloy steel, high-strength per note (a), no further working beyond hot-rolling. Slitting doesn't constitute further working per HTS rules.
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
9903.05.900%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
• Slitting from wider sheet is permitted; document original coil dimensions if requested
• No enameling, varnishing or metal coating—such treatments are 'further worked' per Chapter note
• Rust at entry doesn't reduce duties per specific Chapter prohibition