GCr15 Ball-Bearing Steel Hot-Rolled Strip from Japan
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 — 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
• 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