HS Chapter 72 — Iron and steel

HS chapter 72 (Iron and steel) covers 147 product categories in U.S. import records, with 964,796 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Ferrous waste and scrap, Wire of other alloy steel, and Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or more.

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Headings in this chapter

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
7204	Ferrous waste and scrap	7	420,938
7229	Wire of other alloy steel	2	69,530
7219	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of 600 mm or more	14	61,353
7216	Angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel	11	55,115
7202	Ferroalloys	14	50,992
7228	Other bars and rods of other alloy steel	8	45,402
7222	Other bars and rods of stainless steel	5	42,836
7226	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm	5	27,735
7205	Granules and powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel	3	21,805
7217	Wire of iron or nonalloy steel	4	19,216
7213	Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or nonalloy steel	3	16,310
7220	Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm	4	16,307
7210	Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated	9	15,327
7201	Pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms	2	10,772
7224	Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms	2	10,651
7211	Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not clad, plated or coated	5	10,240
7212	Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated	5	9,577
7215	Other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel	3	9,421
7223	HS 7223	1	8,640
7208	Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated	7	7,674
7227	Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel	3	7,195
7225	Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more	6	6,223
7209	Flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated	7	4,915
7214	Other bars and rods of iron or nonalloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling	5	4,673
7218	Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms	3	3,876
7203	Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms	2	3,557
7206	Iron and nonalloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading 7203)	2	1,821
7221	HS 7221	1	1,421
7207	Semifinished products of iron or nonalloy steel	4	1,274

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 72

What is HS chapter 72?

Chapter 72 of the Harmonized System covers iron and steel. In U.S. import records it spans 29 four-digit headings and 147 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 72?

ImportDoor has 964,796 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 72, updated monthly.

Which HS 72 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 7204 (Ferrous waste and scrap) leads with 420,938 shipments, followed by HS 7229 (Wire of other alloy steel) and HS 7219 (Flat-rolled products of stainless steel).