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9903.82.22 Consolidated Metal 232: Derivative Steel, 15% Duty

Published: August 27, 2026  ·  8 min read
9903.82.22 Consolidated Metal 232: Derivative Steel, 15% Duty
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Key Points

On this page

  1. What 9903.82.22 covers and how it works
  2. Country scope
  3. Product subheading scope and the parked-window issue
  4. Rate, effective window, and termination date
  5. How 9903.82.22 stacks with other duties
  6. What importers should do
  7. Key references

As of August 27, 2026, HTS 9903.82.22 is an active Consolidated Metal Section 232 heading that adds a 15 percent duty to derivative steel articles originating in a defined set of countries, effective June 8, 2026, through January 1, 2028. Importers whose goods fall within the covered Chapter 1-97 subheadings and ship from any of the listed countries must report 9903.82.22 on the CBP entry summary alongside the underlying classification. A significant reconciliation completed in August 2026 removed a subset of originally-armed subheadings from this code's active scope; entries involving those parked subheadings should be reviewed for correct tier assignment.

The links in this article go to primary documents: the official tariff schedule, Federal Register notices, and CBP guidance pages themselves. Read the source.

What 9903.82.22 covers and how it works

9903.82.22 sits inside the 9903.82 block of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, which covers the Consolidated Metal Section 232 regime for steel, aluminum, and copper products. The .22 heading specifically targets derivative steel articles from the named countries at a flat 15 percent rate.

Like every Chapter 99 Section 232 overlay code, 9903.82.22 does not stand alone on an entry. The importer reports the correct Chapter 1-97 classification in the first HTS line and then adds 9903.82.22 as a secondary line. CBP assesses the 15 percent additional duty on the dutiable value attributed to the Chapter 1-97 line. Confirm the current column 1 general rate and any other applicable additional codes in the official HTSUS at hts.usitc.gov.

Country scope

The code applies when the country of origin is any of the following:

Goods originating outside this list are not subject to 9903.82.22 under the facts available as of August 27, 2026. Verify current country scope in the HTSUS note before filing. If your product's origin is in question, see our article on substantial transformation and origin determinations for context on how processing in a third country can shift the country of origin for customs purposes.

Product subheading scope and the parked-window issue

The code was originally armed against 63 Chapter 1-97 subheadings. Those subheadings span a wide range of steel-intensive manufactured goods: agricultural machinery parts, earthmoving and construction equipment (bulldozers, graders, scrapers, loaders, and related machinery), industrial trucks and forklift components, motor vehicle parts, special-purpose vehicles, and HVAC equipment, among others.

Active subheadings through 2027-12-31

A portion of the 63 subheadings carries an active effective window of June 8, 2026 through December 31, 2027. Examples from the facts block include:

Confirm your specific subheading against the current HTSUS before filing.

Parked subheadings: the August 2026 reconciliation

A significant reconciliation was completed on August 9, 2026. Under that reconciliation, a number of subheadings that were originally armed to 9903.82.22 effective June 8, 2026 have been assigned empty (parked) windows. The determination is that the 9903.82.22 provision text is scoped to note 16(c)(xi) derivative steel, and these particular subheadings are members of note 16(c)(ix) or note 16(c)(x), not note 16(c)(xi). Accordingly, the June arming of 9903.82.22 to those subheadings was not lawful, and the correct tariff treatment for those subheadings is the 9903.82.10 floor tier, not 9903.82.22.

Parked subheadings identified in the facts block include, among others: 8701.92.10, 8701.91.10, 8708.29.21.20, 8708.29.21.30, 8708.93.15, 8433.90.50, 8432.90.00, 8415.90.80, 8479.89.65, 8415.81.01, 8701.95.10, 8407.90.10, 8432.00, 8716.90.10, 8701.93.10, 8433.51.00, 8703.21.01, 8415.10.90, 8433.59.00, 8708.40.30, 8701.30.10, and 8703.21.01. If your product falls under one of these subheadings, do not report 9903.82.22; confirm the applicable Chapter 99 code with your broker and verify in the current HTSUS.

If your entries from June 8, 2026 onward incorrectly used 9903.82.22 for a parked subheading, review those entries for potential correction or protest. Confirm the scope ruling approach with your broker. Our article on AD/CVD scope rulings explains how product-level scope determinations work in a related context.

Rate, effective window, and termination date

For subheadings with an active window, the rate is 15 percent additional duty on dutiable value, effective June 8, 2026 through the announced termination date of January 1, 2028. No rate change within that window is indicated in the facts available as of August 27, 2026.

The rate is described in the official heading text as a flat 15 percent. There are no tiered escalations or volume thresholds indicated in the facts block. If you need to model the duty impact across a range of entry values, the CustomsGenius duty calculator can help.

The January 1, 2028 termination date is an announced date. Whether it extends, modifies, or terminates as scheduled depends on future executive or regulatory action. Watch the Federal Register and White House proclamations for any changes to the program before that date.

How 9903.82.22 stacks with other duties

9903.82.22 is additive. The 15 percent is layered on top of:

Importantly, 9903.82.22 is a derivative steel provision; it targets goods made from steel, not raw steel itself. If a separate primary Section 232 heading applies to the steel content at the raw-material stage, that is a distinct filing from the derivative article duty imposed here. Confirm with your broker how multiple Chapter 99 codes interact on a single entry line for your specific product.

For context on how USMCA-origin goods interact with the Consolidated Metal 232 regime, see our companion article on 9903.82.20 USMCA derivative steel, which covers the 25 percent heading that applies to USMCA-origin goods under a different note provision.

What importers should do

Key references

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About the Author

Franz Brotzen, CustomsGenius CEO & Founder. Franz is a published researcher on U.S. trade policy. He has worked at think tanks in Washington DC and Tokyo, where his academic publications focussed on tariffs and legal compliance. Franz received his JD from Harvard Law School.

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