SAE 12L14 Leaded Free-Cutting Steel Cold-Finished Square Bar
SAE 12L14 free-cutting steel contains lead and sulfur for chip-breaking during machining, cold-finished into 3/4 inch square bars with bright surface finish. HTS 7215.10.00 covers these nonalloy free-cutting steel products not further worked than cold-formed/finished. Widely used for automatic screw machine parts.
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If other alloy free-cutting steel
Alloy free-cutting steels (not nonalloy) use 7215.20 per heading structure.
If not specifically free-cutting composition
Regular nonalloy steel bars without free-cutting elements classify in 7213.99.
If silicon-manganese alloy steel
Specific silicon-manganese steels have dedicated alloy headings in Chapter 72.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Document lead content explicitly (0.15-0.35%) as it defines free-cutting status; CBP may test samples
• Ensure bars exceed 1.5mm thickness if claiming certain duty treatments; provide gauge measurements
• Separate shipments of leaded vs non-leaded free-cutting to prevent averaging composition issues
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