Steel Frame Casting for Hot Rolling Mill from Japan
A large steel casting forming the main frame of a hot rolling mill stand, weighing 45 tons, designed to withstand extreme pressures during metal deformation. It falls under HTS 8455.90.40.00 as a casting for machines of heading 8455, specifically for metal-rolling mills, and weighs less than 90 tons individually.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
15%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.1015%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.12, 9903.82.17 and 9903.85.68, derivative aluminum and steel articles with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 15 percent, as provided for in subdivision (f) 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 the casting weighs less than 90 tons individually via certified weight certificates to avoid reclassification to other subheadings
• Provide detailed engineering drawings and mill specifications to confirm use exclusively for 8455 machines during customs review
• Ensure material composition documentation (e.g
• steel alloy specs) to distinguish from unfinished castings under Chapter 73