XC18 Free-Cutting Steel Cold-Rolled Strip Bar from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
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
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