1144 Stressproof Free-Cutting Steel Bar from Mexico
Cold-drawn equivalent but imported hot-rolled 1144 stressproof free-cutting steel bars for high tensile strength. Under HTS 7214.30.00 as free-cutting nonalloy steel hot-rolled, with manganese-sulfur additions. Stress-relieved for machining stability.
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
• Prove no cold drawing occurred via process documentation
• Declare stressproof treatment if only heat-based, not surface
• Monitor Section 232 tariffs if applicable to steel