HTS Index

HTS heading 7302

Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails — 20 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
7302Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for jointing or fixing rails + Ch. 99not stated
7302.10Rails + Ch. 99not stated
7302.10.10Of iron or nonalloy steel + Ch. 99Free
7302.10.10.10Standard tee rails over 30 kg per meter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.15Over 30 kg per meter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.25Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.35Standard tee rails over 30 kg per meter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.45Over 30 kg per meter + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.55Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.65Railway rails for rerolling + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.10.75Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.10)kg
7302.10.50Of alloy steel + Ch. 99Free
7302.10.50.20New + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.50)kg
7302.10.50.40Railway rails for rerolling + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.50)kg
7302.10.50.60Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 7302.10.50)kg
7302.30.00.00Switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces + Ch. 99Freekg
7302.40.00.00Fish-plates and sole plates + Ch. 99Freekg
7302.90Other + Ch. 99not stated
7302.90.10.00Sleepers (cross-ties) + Ch. 99Freekg
7302.90.90.00Other + Ch. 99Freekg

11 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

20 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.