GCr15 Ball-Bearing Steel Hot-Rolled Strip from Germany
GCr15 Chinese-standard ball-bearing steel, hot-rolled into flat products under 4.75 mm thick and 700 mm wide, used for precision bearing components. Meets HTS 7225.40.51.30 as 'other alloy steel' of ball-bearing quality, hot-rolled, not coiled, per exact U.S. Note (h) elemental requirements.
Duty Rate — Germany → 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
• Provide origin-specific mill certificates translating GCr15 to U.S. ball-bearing steel equivalence for CBP review
• Confirm not in coils and width ≥600 mm; coiled products shift to 7208 or 7225.30 headings
• Test for 'further worked' surface treatments; even phosphatizing disqualifies from this not-further-worked subheading