Cold-Finished Nonalloy Steel Shim Stock from Mexico
Thin precision cold-finished flat bars of carbon steel used for machinery alignment shimming. HTS 7215.50.00 applies to these cold-formed or cold-finished bars of nonalloy steel without further processing like coating. Provides accurate thickness control through cold reduction.
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
• Require mill test reports verifying carbon steel chemistry; declare exact cold-forming reduction percentage; watch for inadvertent phosphate coatings that reclassify to further worked category