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Stainless steel mill products: statutory & effective tariff rates

Statutory HTS duty rates for 33 stainless steel mill products tariff lines (MFN Free), from USITC. Effective rate May 2026: 43.74%; monthly history since 2014.

Statutory rates from the schedule

  • Stainless flat-rolled, bar, shapes, and wire — food, medical, and corrosion-critical work. This family covers HTS headings 7219, 7220, 7221, 7222, 7223: 33 eight-digit rate lines with MFN (column 1, general) rates of Free in the 2026 schedule.
  • Chapter 99 flags on individual lines mark Section 301/232 overlay provisions (e.g. 9903.91.01) that apply on top of the MFN column.

What importers actually paid

  • Latest month on record (2026-05): 43.74% effective on $153.9M of imports, versus 19.46% in the same month a year earlier. The monthly archive holds 149 observations from 2014-01 through 2026-05.
  • In 2025, U.S. imports for consumption in this family totaled $2.1B in customs value and paid $538.4M in calculated duties: an effective tariff rate of 26.03%. The effective rate captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and special-program use that the statutory column cannot.
  • A year earlier the effective rate was 7.68%, so the duty burden rose 18.4 points.
  • Top source countries in 2025: Taiwan ($353.9M at 30.81%), Italy ($236.1M at 20.29%), India ($222.4M at 28.64%), Sweden ($120.2M at 28.97%), Germany ($119.1M at 22.35%).

Representative rate lines

  • 7219.11.00: Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.12.00: Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.13.00: Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.14.00: Of a thickness of less than 3 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.21.00: Of a thickness exceeding 10 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.22.00: Of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.23.00: Of a thickness of 3 mm or more but less than 4.75 mm — MFN Free
  • 7219.24.00: Of a thickness of less than 3 mm — MFN Free

About this data

  • Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.