Copper-Coated 0.3% Carbon Steel Wire 1.0 mm from China

Precision round steel wire with 0.3% carbon, copper plated for electrical conductivity enhancement, exactly 1.0 mm diameter. HTS 7217.30.45.50 classification for plated nonalloy round wire, 1.0-1.5 mm, 0.25-0.6% carbon. Applied in resistance welding electrodes.

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

Specify copper plating thickness; pitfall is confusing with Chapter 74 copper wire

Mill certificates must show nonalloy composition; measure at multiple points for diameter