Galvanized Steel Coated Roofing Sheet from Japan
A flat-rolled nonalloy steel sheet under 600 mm wide, painted with corrosion-resistant coating for roofing applications. It falls under HTS 7212.40.5000 as a painted flat-rolled product of iron or nonalloy steel, clad, plated, or coated with plastics. The plastic-based paint layer qualifies it as 'painted, varnished or coated with plastics: other'.
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
• Verify coating thickness and composition meets 'coated with plastics' definition via lab testing; provide mill test certificates showing nonalloy steel composition; watch for reclassification if coating exceeds 50% by weight