Alloy-Plated Low-Carbon Steel Medical Wire 0.35mm from China
Sterile round low-carbon steel wire (<0.25% C), plated with biocompatible base metal alloy for surgical sutures and implants. 0.35 mm for minimally invasive procedures. HTS 7217.30.4511 covers the plated, fine round nonalloy wire.
Duty Rate — China → United States
17.5%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• FDA 510(k) or biocompatibility certs required alongside HTS docs
• Maintain sterility packaging; contamination forces re-export
• Biocompatible plating validated; standard plating insufficient