XC18 Free-Cutting Steel Cold-Rolled Strip Bar from China
XC18 French standard free-cutting steel, cold-rolled into strip-form bars 2mm thick by 25mm wide for automatic lathe work. Classified HTS 7215.10.00 for nonalloy free-cutting products cold-formed without further working. Used in high-volume screw and nut production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.91.0125%Effective with respect to entries on or after September 27, 2024, articles the product of China, as provided for in subdivision (b) of U.S. note 31 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Distinguish 'strip' from 'flat bar' by width/thickness ratio per HTS geometry rules
• Certify not 'razor blade steel' per note (d) despite thinness and carbon content
• Declare coil weight vs straight length accurately for statistical suffixes