Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · HTS code · HS 7202.50

7202.50.00

7202.50.00: Ferroalloys, ferrosilicon chromium

Not declarable on its own: use one of its 1 subdivisions Data: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States · checked on 22 October 2026

  1. 7202 Ferroalloys:
  2. 7202.50.00 Ferrosilicon chromium

What you pay

Importing into USA

Customs duty 10% standard rate depends on the country of origin
Additional duties and charges 1 additional measure
VAT no federal VAT; a Merchandise Processing Fee of 0.3464 % is charged on formal entries
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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 1

  • 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

Preferential rates by country

Agreement or schemeCountriesRate
General (MFN)—10%
US–Australia FTA AUAustraliaFree
US–Bahrain FTA BHBahrainFree
US–Chile FTA CLChileFree
US–Colombia TPA COColombiaFree
US–Israel FTA ILIsraelFree
US–Jordan FTA JOJordanFree
US–Korea FTA KRSouth KoreaFree
US–Morocco FTA MAMoroccoFree
US–Oman FTA OMOmanFree
CAFTA-DR PCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, NicaraguaFree
US–Panama TPA PAPanamaFree
US–Peru TPA PEPeruFree
USMCA SCanada, MexicoFree
US–Singapore FTA SGSingaporeFree
Column 2Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Belarus25%

Special: reduced rates under trade agreements and preference programmes; the letters in brackets name the programmes (for example AU = Australia FTA, KR = Korea FTA).

Same subheading in other tariffs

7202.50 Ferro-alloys, ferro-silico-chromium

UK Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line EU 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Türkiye 2.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line

Legal notes

Subheading notes

1. In this chapter, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:

  1. (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.

  2. (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.

  3. (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.

  4. (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.

  5. (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.

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HTS code 7202.50.00 is a line of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under HS subheading 7202.50 (ferro-alloys, ferro-silico-chromium).

The general duty is 10%, and quantities are declared in kg, Cr kg.

For the same subheading, the UK duty is free, the EU duty is 2.7% and the Türkiye duty is 2.7%.

The United States imported goods of subheading 7202.50 worth US$16m in 2024; the largest supplier was Kazakhstan.

Questions and answers

What is the USA import duty for HTS code 7202.50.00?

The general duty in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 10%; 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 7202.50.00 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 7202.50 as a whole, the largest supplier in 2024 was Kazakhstan (US$15.7m).

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