API 5L Grade B Seamless Steel Line Pipe 168.3mm OD from Mexico
This seamless steel tube of iron or nonalloy steel has an outside diameter of 168.3 mm (6 5/8 inches), designed specifically for oil and gas pipelines as per API 5L specifications. It meets the criteria for line pipe under HTS 7304.19.10.30 due to its seamless construction, size range exceeding 114.3 mm but less than 215.9 mm, and use in transporting oil or gas.
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
• Obtain API 5L certification documentation to verify line pipe suitability and avoid reclassification as general tubing
• Provide mill test reports (MTRs) confirming seamless construction, nonalloy steel composition, and exact OD measurement between 114.3-215.9 mm