420 Stainless Steel Blade Strip from Japan
Martensitic 420 stainless flat strip <600 mm wide for knife blades, not further worked. HTS 7220.90.0080 other stainless excluding razor blade or tool steel notes.
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
• Blade end-use doesn't trigger razor blade steel unless exact note (d) specs
• High carbon certs needed; distinguish from 440 grades
• Edge preparation? If burnished/polished = further worked