High-Carbon Steel Tire Cord Fabric from Mexico
Stranded high-carbon steel wire formed into tire cord fabric for belting in truck and bus tires, providing superior adhesion to rubber compounds. The fine-wire strands are twisted into cables optimized for high-speed and heavy-load applications. HTS 7312.10.3005 covers this as specialized tire cord stranded wire.
Duty Rate — Mexico → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Include test reports showing brass plating for rubber adhesion, essential for tire cord verification
• Declare exact strand diameter (typically under 0.3mm) to confirm compliance with tire cord definition
• Avoid common pitfall of mislabeling as textile fabric, which shifts to Chapter 59