Forged API Reg Tool Joint from Japan
A forged tool joint with API Regular thread configuration, designed for connecting drill pipe sections in oil and gas drilling operations. It falls under HTS 8431.43.8020 as a part for boring or sinking machinery of subheading 8430.41 or 8430.49, specifically tool joints for oil and gas field machinery.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.03.060%Articles of aluminum, of steel, or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; and semiconductor articles, of any country, as provided in subdivision (aa)(v) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Verify API specification compliance (e.g
• API 5DP) with certification documents to avoid reclassification
• Include material test reports (MTRs) showing alloy steel composition for Customs valuation and origin claims