Galvanized Carbon Steel Luthier Guitar String Core Wire 1.0 mm from China
1.0 mm round wire with 0.61% carbon, zinc plated, used as core for wound guitar strings. HTS 7217.30.45.60 classification based on high carbon, base metal coating, exact diameter range. Core material for acoustic and electric guitar string manufacturing.
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
• Guitar wire carbon content affects tone—precise analysis prevents musical note-based disputes
• Minimal plating for string cores; excessive coating reclassifies as differently plated