US HTS Chapter 72

Iron and steel

Chapter 72 contains primary iron and steel products. Form, alloy chemistry, dimensions and processing can change the HTS line, and some steel provisions can also interact with Section 232 measures.

27 four-digit headings · 559 declarable 10-digit lines · 2026 HTS Revision 12

Classification facts

Facts that commonly matter inside Chapter 72

  • alloy or nonalloy composition
  • flat-rolled, bar, rod or other form
  • dimensions and thickness
  • processing, coating and finishing
Not a classification ruling

These facts help structure the search. They do not establish that a product belongs in Chapter 72 or in any specific HTS line.

Official schedule hierarchy

Four-digit headings currently indexed in Chapter 72

7201Heading

Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms:

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7203Heading

Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99.94 percent, in lumps, pellets or similar forms:

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7204Heading

Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel:

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7205Heading

Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel:

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7206Heading

Iron and nonalloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading 7203):

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7208Heading

Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated:

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7209Heading

Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated:

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7210Heading

Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated:

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7211Heading

Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated:

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7212Heading

Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated:

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7213Heading

Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or nonalloy steel:

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7214Heading

Other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling:

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7218Heading

Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of stainless steel:

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7219Heading

Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or more:

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7220Heading

Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm:

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7222Heading

Other bars and rods of stainless steel; angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel:

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7224Heading

Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms; semi-finished products of other alloy steel:

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7225Heading

Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more:

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7226Heading

Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm:

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7227Heading

Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel:

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7228Heading

Other bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or nonalloy steel:

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Declarable examples

Examples of exact 10-digit lines in the current schedule

These are numerical examples from the published schedule, not recommendations for a product.

7201.10.00.0010-digit line

Nonalloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5 percent or less of phosphorus

General rate: Free

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7201.20.00.0010-digit line

Nonalloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5 percent of phosphorus

General rate: Free

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7202.11.10.0010-digit line

Containing by weight more than 2 percent but not more than 4 percent of carbon

General rate: 1.4%

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7202.19.10.0010-digit line

Containing by weight not more than 1 percent of carbon

General rate: 2.3%

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7202.19.50.0010-digit line

Containing by weight more than 1 percent but not more than 2 percent of carbon

General rate: 1.4%

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7202.21.75.0010-digit line

Containing by weight more than 80 percent but not more than 90 percent of silicon

General rate: 1.9%

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7202.21.90.0010-digit line

Containing by weight more than 90 percent of silicon

General rate: 5.8%

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