Nickel Silver C79200 Square Profile Bar from China
Square profile extruded from C79200 nickel silver (copper-nickel-zinc alloy with ≥5% nickel), used for musical instrument components and hardware. Falls under HTS 7407.29.34.00 per subheading note (c) for copper-nickel-zinc base alloys. Distinguished from bars by complex cross-section.
Duty Rate — China → United States
38%
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
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Submit chemical analysis proving nickel ≥5% by weight to qualify as nickel silver per note (c)
• Differentiate profiles (non-round, complex shapes) from bars/rods via engineering drawings
• Label precisely to avoid confusion with brass (HTS 7407.21) which requires zinc predominance