O1 Oil-Hardening Tool Steel Billet from Japan
O1 tool steel billets with 0.85-1.0% carbon and 0.9-1.3% manganese per U.S. Note (e)(iii), used as feedstock for forging tools and gauges. HTS 7224.90.0035 covers these semi-finished primary forms of other tool steel.
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
• Include heat analysis certificates specifying manganese and carbon levels for tool steel validation
• Avoid bulk packaging that suggests further processing; maintain evidence of semi-finished state