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April 2026, question 32
Classification · Classification: GRIs, notes and headings
Of the four choices below, which is the best CLASSIFICATION of alloy steel coils? The cold-rolled steel is successively superimposed in coils and measures 1220 mm in width and 3.75 mm in thickness. The steel chemistry consists of 0.15% Carbon, 0.7 % Titanium, and 25% Nickel. The coils have not been further worked than cold-rolled.
- 7209.15.0000
- 7219.32.0035
- 7225.50.8010
- 7226.99.0130
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CBP's answer: C. C: 7225.50.8010
Under GRI 1 the coils are flat-rolled (Note 1(k)), 1220 mm wide, and not further worked than cold-rolled. The 0.7 percent titanium is above the 0.05 percent alloy threshold in Chapter 72 Note 1(f) and there is no stainless chromium content, so this is other alloy steel, heading 7225 for widths of 600 mm or more. Statistical Note 1 defines high-nickel alloy steel as 24 percent or more nickel, so 25 percent nickel puts it in 7225.50.8010, and C is right. 7209 is nonalloy, 7219 is stainless and 7226 is for widths under 600 mm.
the expression high-nickel alloy steel refers to alloy steel containing by weight 24 percent or more of nickel Chapter 72, Statistical Note 1
Of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm: > Other > Of high-nickel alloy steel HTSUS 7225.50.8010
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CBP's key cites: HTSUS 7225.50.8010; General Rules of Interpretation; Chapter 72, Note 1; Chapter 72, Additional U.S. Note 2; Chapter 72, Statistical Note 1
Question and key from CBP's April 2026 exam and answer key. The walk-through is ours; quotes are from the pinned editions in the reference viewer (HTSUS 2026 Basic, 19 CFR 2025 edition).