F2 Tool Steel Hex Bar from Mexico
F2 shock-resisting tool steel hexagonal bar for nut cracking and riveting tools. Meets tool steel via carbon specs. HTS 7228.60.10.60 as other bars/rods - hex profile still 'bar' not 'shape'.
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
• Hexagon classifies as bar, not shape/section unless structural profile
• Across-flats dimension determines statistical reporting accuracy
• Shock-resisting steels need impact test data sometimes requested by CBP