440C Stainless Steel Tool Sheet from Japan
High-carbon 440C martensitic stainless steel sheet for tools, width 650 mm, hardened/polished. HTS 7219.90.00 other stainless flat >600 mm. Borderline tool steel but classified here unless meeting exact note (e) combinations.
Duty Rate — Japan → 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
• Element analysis critical—440C may qualify as tool steel if >1.2% C + >10.5% Cr
• Declare intended use carefully; tool steel has separate tracking
• Polishing counts as further worked per Chapter note