Subheading · Chapter 72 · Heading 7216
7216.50: Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded
7216.50 is a six-digit subheading of heading 7216, angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel, chapter 72.
What you pay
Importing into UK
Rates by national line · UK Global Tariff
UK lines →- 7216 50 00 00 Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded 50%
- 7216 50 10 00 With a cross-section which is capable of being enclosed in a square the side of which is 80 mm 50%
- Other 50%
- 7216 50 91 00 Bulb flats 50%
- 7216 50 91 10 In the range up to 204 mm width 50%
- 7216 50 91 90 Other 50%
- 7216 50 99 00 Other 50%
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
Additional duties and charges 2
- Additional dutyAdditional duties 35%
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 376
- Documents
- 9008
- Tariff quotaNon preferential tariff quota Free
- Applies to goods from
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica and 232 more
- Legal act
- S.I. 2020/1432
Import requirements 3
- Prohibition or restrictionImport prohibition
- Applies to goods from
- North Korea
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/411
- Import controlRestriction on entry into free circulation
- Applies to goods from
- Belarus, Russia, Syria, Ukraine
- Legal act
- 2022 No. 748, S.I. 2019/855, S.I. 2019/792, S.I. 2022/395
- Documents
- 9024
- 9011
- 9022
- 9038
- 9063
- 9009
- 9010
- 9017
- Import controlImport control on restricted goods and technologies
- Applies to goods from
- Iran, Libya, North Korea, Russia
- Legal act
- S.I. 2019/461, S.I. 2019/411, 2020 No. 1665, S.I. 2019/855
- Documents
- Y966 Goods other than those described in the MG footnotes linked to the measure (Missile Technology Control Regime list - Annex III of Reg. (EU) 267/2012)
- Y959 Goods other than those described in Annex V (Coal, iron and iron ore) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509
- Y920 Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| standard rate (no agreement) | — | 50% |
| UK–Ukraine agreement | Ukraine | Free |
UK: imports by month
Main suppliers, last 12 months
| Country | Value | Share | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| £6.3m | 57.2% | -4% | |
| £1.6m | 14.5% | +34.6% | |
| £995k | 9.1% | -21.1% | |
| £994k | 9.1% | +42.3% | |
| £291k | 2.7% | -22.8% | |
| £142k | 1.3% | -67.6% | |
| £128k | 1.2% | -61.4% | |
| £102k | 0.9% | +244.3% |
Same subheading in other tariffs
World trade in 2024
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$671kUS$671k+US$5m+US$18m+> US$124m
Exports: 107
- Türkiye: US$256m
- China: US$197m
- Germany: US$178m
- Russia: US$124m
- Spain: US$55m
- Italy: US$50m
- Japan: US$36m
- India: US$30m
- Poland: US$28m
- United Kingdom: US$22m
- Taiwan: US$18m
- Switzerland: US$15m
- Guatemala: US$15m
- South Korea: US$15m
- Sweden: US$14m
- Netherlands: US$10m
- Belgium: US$8m
- Austria: US$7m
- Canada: US$7m
- Oman: US$6m
- Uganda: US$6m
- Mexico: US$6m
- Costa Rica: US$6m
- Czechia: US$6m
- United States: US$5m
- France: US$5m
- South Africa: US$5m
- Kazakhstan: US$5m
- Dominica: US$4m
- Luxembourg: US$4m
- Thailand: US$4m
- Singapore: US$4m
- Botswana: US$3m
- Kenya: US$2m
- Vietnam: US$2m
- Iran: US$2m
- Egypt: US$2m
- United Arab Emirates: US$2m
- Qatar: US$2m
- Ghana: US$2m
- Malaysia: US$2m
- Hong Kong SAR China: US$2m
- Lithuania: US$2m
- El Salvador: US$2m
- Norway: US$1m
- Burkina Faso: US$1m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$1m
- Australia: US$1m
- Denmark: US$1m
- Saudi Arabia: US$1m
- Latvia: US$1m
- Nicaragua: US$984k
- Ireland: US$959k
- Croatia: US$671k
- Ukraine: US$640k
- Uzbekistan: US$616k
- Romania: US$601k
- Portugal: US$563k
- Slovakia: US$526k
- Slovenia: US$506k
Trade value (US$) no reported trade < US$2mUS$2m+US$5m+US$18m+> US$37m
Imports: 196
- United States: US$87m
- Kazakhstan: US$86m
- Indonesia: US$63m
- Germany: US$61m
- South Korea: US$41m
- Italy: US$37m
- Hungary: US$30m
- United Arab Emirates: US$28m
- Uzbekistan: US$28m
- France: US$27m
- Morocco: US$26m
- Singapore: US$25m
- Saudi Arabia: US$25m
- Netherlands: US$23m
- Canada: US$20m
- United Kingdom: US$20m
- Poland: US$20m
- China: US$19m
- Romania: US$19m
- Vietnam: US$18m
- Belgium: US$16m
- Czechia: US$15m
- Finland: US$14m
- Türkiye: US$14m
- Australia: US$14m
- Taiwan: US$14m
- Spain: US$13m
- Mexico: US$13m
- Guatemala: US$13m
- Kyrgyzstan: US$12m
- Iraq: US$11m
- Honduras: US$11m
- Austria: US$10m
- Peru: US$10m
- Lithuania: US$10m
- Slovakia: US$9m
- Egypt: US$9m
- Luxembourg: US$9m
- Sweden: US$9m
- Colombia: US$8m
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: US$8m
- Azerbaijan: US$7m
- Malaysia: US$7m
- Serbia: US$6m
- Brazil: US$6m
- Philippines: US$6m
- Albania: US$6m
- Syria: US$5m
- Kuwait: US$5m
- Libya: US$5m
- Russia: US$5m
- Thailand: US$5m
- Bolivia: US$5m
- Senegal: US$4m
- Yemen: US$4m
- El Salvador: US$4m
- Israel: US$4m
- Chile: US$4m
- Norway: US$4m
- Bahamas: US$4m
Top exporters
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$256m | 21.5% | |
| 2 | US$197m | 16.6% | |
| 3 | US$178m | 14.9% | |
| 4 | US$124m | 10.4% | |
| 5 | US$55m | 4.6% | |
| 6 | US$50m | 4.2% | |
| 7 | US$36m | 3% | |
| 8 | US$30m | 2.5% | |
| 9 | US$28m | 2.4% | |
| 10 | US$22m | 1.9% |
Top importers
| Rank | Country | Value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US$87m | 7.3% | |
| 2 | US$86m | 7.2% | |
| 3 | US$63m | 5.3% | |
| 4 | US$61m | 5.1% | |
| 5 | US$41m | 3.5% | |
| 6 | US$37m | 3.1% | |
| 7 | US$30m | 2.5% | |
| 8 | US$28m | 2.3% | |
| 9 | US$28m | 2.3% | |
| 10 | US$27m | 2.3% |
Import duty on this product around the world 164
The most-favoured-nation (MFN) duty each country applies to goods of this HS subheading: the average over its national tariff lines, with the lowest and highest line where they differ. Goods from countries with a trade agreement often pay less.
- 7.5%median duty
- 35number of duty-free countries (MFN)
- 45%highest: Bahamas, Sudan, Burundi
164
| Importing country | MFN duty | lines from – to | data year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5% | 2018 · HS 2012 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2021 · HS 2007 | |
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 5% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 45% | 2022 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2022 · HS 2017 | |
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 25% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 7% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 22% | 2021 · HS 2002 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 4% | 3% – 6% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 4% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 26% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2022 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2002 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0.9%* | 0.8% – 1.1% | 2021 · HS 2017 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 | |
| 7.5% | 0% – 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | |
| 4% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 2.5% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 2023 | ||
| 3% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 30% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 3.3% | 0% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 3% – 7% | 2023 | |
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 8% | 2020 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2019 · HS 2017 | ||
| 12% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2012 | |
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 | |
| 40% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 7.5% | 5% – 10% | 2023 · HS 2007 | |
| 0.6%* | 0.5% – 0.7% | 2023 | |
| 10% | 2020 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 35% | 2023 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 20% | 2023 | ||
| 15% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2012 | ||
| 13% | 3.1% – 17% | 2023 | |
| 0% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 25%* | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 5% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2021 · HS 2017 | ||
| 10% | 2023 | ||
| 12% | 2023 · HS 2017 | ||
| 15% | 2023 | ||
| 6% | 2021 · HS 2012 | ||
| 5% | 2017 · HS 2017 | ||
| 0% | 2023 | ||
| 0% | 2023 |
Tariff data years 2017–2023; rates may have changed since. * ad valorem equivalent of specific duties (UNCTAD estimate) · UNCTAD TRAINS, accessed via WITS (World Bank)
Classifications and correspondences
Where this HS subheading sits in the United Nations' statistical classifications, and which codes it had in earlier editions of the Harmonized System.
- SITC Rev. 4
- 67683 Other angles, shapes & sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn/extruded,/iron/non-alloy steel
- End use (BEC Rev. 5)
- Intermediate goods · BEC 511210
- CPC 2.1 product
- 41251 Angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded, of iron or non-alloy steel
- ISIC Rev. 4 activity
- 2410 Manufacture of basic iron and steel
Earlier HS editions
| HS | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7216.50 | unchanged |
| 2012 | 7216.50 | unchanged |
| 2007 | 7216.50 | unchanged |
| 2002 | 7216.50 | unchanged |
| 1996 | 7216.50 | unchanged |
| 1992 | 7216.50 | changed |
Correspondence tables of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
CBAM: carbon border adjustment
Goods of the CBAM sector iron and steel pay for the greenhouse gases emitted in their production when they are imported into the EU. Without verified actual emissions, the importer declares the default values below (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of goods).
7216 Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel, n.e.s.
| Country of production | Direct | Indirect | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | — | 3 | |
| 2.47 | — | 2.47 | |
| 2.92 | — | 2.92 | |
| 0.14 | — | 0.14 | |
| 2.34 | — | 2.34 | |
| 1.61 | — | 1.61 | |
| 1.33 | — | 1.33 | |
| 2.05 | — | 2.05 | |
| 3.17 | — | 3.17 | |
| 2.11 | — | 2.11 | |
| 4.27 | — | 4.27 | |
| 8.23 | — | 8.23 | |
| 1.94 | — | 1.94 | |
| 2.1 | — | 2.1 | |
| 5.18 | — | 5.18 | |
| 2.74 | — | 2.74 | |
| 0.47 | — | 0.47 | |
| 2.41 | — | 2.41 | |
| 1.92 | — | 1.92 | |
| 0.74 | — | 0.74 | |
| 3.21 | — | 3.21 | |
| 2.41 | — | 2.41 | |
| 4.03 | — | 4.03 | |
| 2.12 | — | 2.12 | |
| 2.3 | — | 2.3 | |
| 1.92 | — | 1.92 | |
| 2.31 | — | 2.31 | |
| 2.4 | — | 2.4 | |
| 2.31 | — | 2.31 | |
| 1.39 | — | 1.39 | |
| 3.21 | — | 3.21 | |
| 2.35 | — | 2.35 | |
| Other countries (default) | 4 | — | 4 |
with the mark-up for 2026: 4.396 · with the mark-up for 2027: 4.795 · with the mark-up for 2028: 5.195
t CO2e per t of goods · definitive period since 1 January 2026; first annual declaration due 30 September 2027 · Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2621 as corrected by 2026/1740 (European Commission data, not legally binding)
Binding rulings for similar goods 9
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- H304529 U.S. CBP
Revocation of HQ 965520 and NY 898929; Tariff classification of Steel T-sections
- H307939 U.S. CBP
Internal Advice; Classification of Steel Bulb Flats
- N305329 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of steel bulb flats from Turkey. Correction to Ruling Number N304509
- N305330 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of steel bulb flats from Turkey. Correction to Ruling Number N304508
- H303762 U.S. CBP
Steel Special Profiles; New York Ruling N293371; 19 U.S.C. § 1516; 19 C.F.R. Part 175; Domestic Interested Party Petition
- N304508 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification of steel bulb flats from Turkey
9 rulings in total for this code
Recent rule changes mentioning this code
Acts whose text cites this code or its heading. Check the act itself: a code can be cited for reasons other than a change of its duty.
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 23 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9503 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 19 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9338 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Residual Quota 058624 Volume Update – 13 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9173 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Türkiye Quota 058623 Volume Update – 8 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 9044 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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Residual Quota 058624 Volume Update – 2 October 2026
Trade Tariff news 8910 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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UK Trade Tariff: measure changes on 367 commodity codes
Trade Tariff changes 2026-10-01 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 7 September 2026
Trade Tariff news 8281 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
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EU Quota 058622 Volume Update – 3 August 2026
Trade Tariff news 7555 · Source: trade-tariff.service.gov.uk
In the UK Global Tariff, subheading 7216.50 covers 4 tariff lines and the duty is 50%.
The EU Combined Nomenclature divides subheading 7216.50 into 3 tariff lines; the duty is duty-free.
Goods from 1 country can enter the UK at a preferential rate instead of the standard 50%; 1 of them pay no duty at all, for example under the UK–Ukraine agreement.
In the UK, additional duty of 35% applies on top of the customs duty to goods from Belarus and Russia.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the UK imported these goods worth £11m (down 6% on the year before), at an average of £0.83 per kg; Türkiye supplied 57%, followed by Germany.
World trade in these goods reached US$1.2bn in 2024, down 13% on 2023.
Türkiye was the largest exporter with 21.5% of the total, ahead of China.
Questions and answers
What is the HS code for other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded?
Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded fall under HS subheading 7216.50, part of heading 7216, in section XV of the Harmonized System.
What is the import duty on other angles, shapes and sections in the UK?
Under the UK Global Tariff, imports under 7216.50 from countries without a preferential agreement are charged at 50%. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
What is the import duty on other angles, shapes and sections in the EU?
Under the EU Combined Nomenclature, imports under 7216.50 from countries without a preferential agreement are free of duty. Preferential rates, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Which country exports the most other angles, shapes and sections?
Türkiye, with US$256m in 2024 (21.5% of world exports).
Which countries can export these goods to the UK duty-free?
1 country pay no duty under a trade agreement or preference scheme, among them partners under the UK–Ukraine agreement. The goods must meet the agreement’s rules of origin and the importer needs proof of origin; otherwise the standard rate of 50% applies. Pick a country above to see its rate.
Is there anti-dumping duty on these goods?
The UK charges additional duty of 35% on goods from Belarus and Russia. Lower rates apply to the named exporters listed in the measure.
Where does the UK import these goods from?
In the 12 months to August 2026, the largest suppliers were Türkiye (57%), Germany (15%) and Spain (9%), out of total imports of £11m.