Nonalloy Steel Furniture Frame Tubes from Mexico
Seamless thin-walled tubes (<4 mm) of nonalloy steel used in metal furniture construction like chair and table legs. HTS 7304.90.50.00 covers these as seamless pipes suitable for structural hollow profiles.
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
• Specify unfinished tube status; powder-coated versions risk reclassification as furniture parts
• Confirm circular cross-section; oval profiles may qualify as hollow shapes under notes
• Bundle in standard lengths to avoid set classification with furniture hardware