API IF 6-5/8 Inch Forged Tool Joint from Japan
6-5/8 inch Internal Form (IF) tool joint meeting API standards for connecting premium drill pipe in gas field hydraulic fracturing operations. HTS 8431.43.8020 covers these forged oil/gas field joints.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) 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
• Include mill test certificate showing minimum yield strength (120ksi typical)
• Label each joint with heat/lot numbers for full traceability compliance