Copper-Plated Low-Carbon Steel Magnet Wire 0.7mm from China

Round nonalloy steel wire with <0.25% carbon, copper-plated for conductivity in electromagnetic coils and relays. 0.7 mm gauge used in small motors and transformers. HTS 7217.30.4511 applies to its base metal plating, low carbon, and sub-1.0 mm diameter.

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

Distinguish from copper wire (7408); steel core with copper plate stays in Chapter 72

Provide plating adhesion tests; poor coating may be seen as unfinished under Chapter notes

Declare for industrial end-use; consumer electronics sets may trigger different valuation