Tin-Zinc Alloy Plated Steel Piano Wire 0.5mm from China
Precision round wire of low-carbon nonalloy steel (<0.25% C), coated with tin-zinc alloy for lubricity in musical instrument strings. 0.5 mm diameter provides clear tone in high-pitch applications. Matches HTS 7217.30.4511 for other base metal plated round wire under 1 mm.
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
• Document alloy coating composition; 'other base metals' excludes precious metals per HTS structure
• Test for carbon content; piano wire variants over 0.25% C shift to adjacent subheadings
• Label as industrial wire, not consumer good, to avoid retail set packaging issues