Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 7202.41
7202.41.00: Ferro-chromium, over 4% carbon: Containing by weight more than 4 percent of carbon
Ferro-chromium, over 4% carbon
Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 24 October 2026
- 7202 Ferroalloys:
- Ferrochromium:
- 7202.41.00 Containing by weight more than 4 percent of carbon
What you pay
Importing into USA
US additional duties of HTS chapter 99 in force on 22 October 2026 are included (Section 301, 232, 338 and 201). IEEPA duties are no longer collected after the Supreme Court ruling of February 2026. Conditional exemptions (US content, end use, metal share) are not computed: check the provision.
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 dutySection 301 — China — technology transfer, IP and innovation (2018 actions and 2024 four-year review) 25%
- Applies to goods from
- China
- In force
- from 24 September 2018
- Legal act
- HTSUS 9903.88.03
- Additional dutyRussia rate increase (Pub. L. 117-110) — Russian Federation (rates in lieu of column 2) 68.1%
- Applies to goods from
- Russia
- Legal act
- HTSUS 9903.90.09
Preferential rates by country
| Agreement or scheme | Countries | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| General (MFN) | — | 1.9% |
| US–Australia FTA AU | Australia | Free |
| US–Bahrain FTA BH | Bahrain | Free |
| US–Chile FTA CL | Chile | Free |
| US–Colombia TPA CO | Colombia | Free |
| US–Israel FTA IL | Israel | Free |
| US–Jordan FTA JO | Jordan | Free |
| US–Korea FTA KR | South Korea | Free |
| US–Morocco FTA MA | Morocco | Free |
| US–Oman FTA OM | Oman | Free |
| CAFTA-DR P | Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua | Free |
| US–Panama TPA PA | Panama | Free |
| US–Peru TPA PE | Peru | Free |
| USMCA S | Canada, Mexico | Free |
| US–Singapore FTA SG | Singapore | Free |
| Column 2 | Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus | 7.5% |
Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).
Footnotes
- 9903.90.09 Articles the product of the Russian Federation, as provided for in U.S. note 30(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 30(d) to this subchapter
Same subheading in other tariffs
7202.41 Containing by weight more than 4 % of carbon
Legal notes
Subheading notes
1. In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:
(a) Alloy pig iron
Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions:
more than 0,2 % of chromium,
more than 0,3 % of copper,
more than 0,3 % of nickel,
more than 0,1 % of any of the following elements: aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium.
(b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel
Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions:
0,08 % or more of sulphur,
0,1 % or more of lead,
more than 0,05 % of selenium,
more than 0,01 % of tellurium,
more than 0,05 % of bismuth.
(c) Silicon-electrical steel
Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0,6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0,08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.
(d) High-speed steel
Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0,6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium.
(e) Silico-manganese steel
Alloy steels containing by weight:
not more than 0,7 % of carbon,
0,5 % or more but not more than 1,9 % of manganese, and
0,6 % or more but not more than 2,3 % of silicon, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.
2. For the classification of ferro-alloys in the subheadings of heading 7202, the following rule should be observed:
A ferro-alloy is considered as binary and classified under the relevant subheading (if it exists) if only one of the alloy elements exceeds the minimum percentage laid down in note 1(c) to this chapter; by analogy, it is considered respectively as ternary or quaternary if two or three alloy elements exceed the minimum percentage.
For the application of this rule, the unspecified ‘other elements’ referred to in note 1(c) to this chapter must each exceed 10 % by weight.
HTS code 7202.41.00 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 7202.41 (containing by weight more than 4 % of carbon).
The general duty is 1.9%, and quantities are declared in kg, Cr kg.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 4%, the Türkiye duty is 4%, the Canada duty is free, the Mexico duty is free, the Brazil duty is 5.4%, the Argentina duty is free, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is free, the GCC duty is 5%, the Switzerland duty is free, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 2% and the Nigeria duty is 5%.
The United States imported goods of subheading 7202.41 worth US$534m in 2024; the largest supplier was South Africa.
Questions and answers
What is the USA import duty for HTS code 7202.41.00?
The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 1.9%; the supplementary unit is kg, Cr kg. Preferential rates for goods from agreement countries, anti-dumping duties and VAT are not included.
Is there a lower rate for 7202.41.00 under US trade agreements?
Yes. The Special column reads “Free (A*,AU, BH, CL, CO,D,E, IL, JO, KR, MA, OM,P, PA, PE,S, SG)”: the letters in brackets name the agreements and programmes that grant it.
Where does the United States import these goods from?
For subheading 7202.41 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was South Africa (US$211m), followed by Finland.