Alloy 20 Cold-Reduced Strip from Mexico
Carbide 20Cb-3 (Alloy 20) high-nickel stainless sheet, cold-reduced under 4.75 mm thick x ≥600 mm wide, not further worked. Used for sulfuric acid handling equipment. HTS 7225.50.80.10 due to high-nickel content despite stainless characteristics.
Duty Rate — Mexico → 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 AMS QQ-N-286 certification confirming high-nickel composition for proper duty assessment
• Entry must specify 'cold-rolled only, no further working'; any burnishing triggers reclassification