0.35% Carbon Music Wire from Mexico
High-tensile, cold-drawn wire with 0.35% carbon used for piano strings, guitar wires, and musical instrument components. Falls under HTS 7217.90.5060 for nonalloy steel wire with carbon content 0.25-0.6%, excluding specialized or coated variants. Precision-drawn without further surface treatments per Chapter 72 definitions.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
50%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0250%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.14, 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.68, articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper and derivative aluminum or steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(i)–(v) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles already subject to Section 232 (steel/aluminum/copper + derivatives, autos + parts, wood, medium/heavy vehicles + parts, semiconductors, patented pharma) — U.S. note 52(f)
Import Tips
• Submit chemical analysis reports confirming exact carbon percentage to comply with precise HTS carbon band
• Declare round vs. shaped cross-section accurately, as other profiles may shift to different statistical suffixes
• Bundle in original coils; repackaging could trigger 'further worked' scrutiny under Chapter notes