Welded Steel Plant Support Stakes from Germany
Thin-wall welded steel tubes (<1.65 mm) used as garden stakes for supporting tomato plants and vines. Nonalloy steel circular tubes provide economical plant training. Classified HTS 7306.30.10 as basic welded hollow profiles.
Duty Rate — Germany → 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
• Market as 'raw stake tubes'; pointed ends risk agricultural article classification
• Galvanized versions classify differently—specify bare steel
• Ship in bulk lengths, not consumer packs with plastic caps