0.55% Carbon Piano Wire from Mexico
Ultra-high tensile music wire with 0.55% carbon for piano strings and precision springs. HTS 7217.90.5060 covers this nonalloy steel wire due to carbon specs, excluding tool steel criteria in U.S. notes. Cold-drawn and stress-relieved without surface coatings.
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 of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• High tensile tests mandatory; variances could trigger tool steel reclassification per Note (e)
• Coil weight limits per entry to match statistical units; oversized may require breakdown
• No rust allowance—pre-entry cleaning advised per Chapter 72 damage note