HTS Index

HTS heading 7204

Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel — 17 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
7204Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel + Ch. 99not stated
7204.10.00.00Waste and scrap of cast iron + Ch. 99Freet
7204.21.00.00Of stainless steel + Ch. 99Freet
7204.29.00.00Other + Ch. 99Freet
7204.30.00.00Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel + Ch. 99Freet
7204.41.00Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, sawdust, filings, trimmings and stampings, whether or not in bundles + Ch. 99Free
7204.41.00.20No. 1 bundles + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.41.00)t
7204.41.00.40No. 2 bundles + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.41.00)t
7204.41.00.60Borings, shovelings and turnings + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.41.00)t
7204.41.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.41.00)t
7204.49.00Other + Ch. 99Free
7204.49.00.20No. 1 heavy melting + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.49.00)t
7204.49.00.40No. 2 heavy melting + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.49.00)t
7204.49.00.60Cut plate and structural + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.49.00)t
7204.49.00.70Shredded + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.49.00)t
7204.49.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7204.49.00)t
7204.50.00.00Remelting scrap ingots + Ch. 99Freet

9 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

17 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.