A2 Tool Steel Hot-Rolled Coil Sheet from Japan
A2 air-hardening tool steel coil, 3.8 mm thickness, 700 mm width, solely hot-rolled. Under HTS 7225.30.51 as alloy tool steel with 0.3-1.2% carbon and 5% chromium meeting Chapter 72 note (e)(ii).
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Submit detailed alloy composition report; CBP verifies against tool steel criteria strictly
• Avoid common pitfall of edge trimming counting as 'further worked'; declare as-rolled state
• Check for high-strength steel misclassification if yield strength exceeds note 72(a) thresholds