Steel from Mexico Requires ‘Melt and Pour’ Countries

Effective July 10, 2024, U.S. imports of certain iron and steel from Mexico will be subject to a new ‘melt and pour’ requirement. Importers will be required to provide the countries of ‘melt and pour’ to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the time of importation as part of an update to the Section 232 tariffs.

Products of Mexico that are ‘melted and poured’ in a country other than Mexico, Canada, or the U.S. will face increased duties. An additional 25 percent will be assessed by applying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) numbers 9903.81.85 and 9903.81.86.

Exempt from the tariffs are products ‘melted and poured’ in Mexico, Canada, or the United States.

For additional information, please refer to the Federal Register Notice, Adjusting Imports of Steel Into the United States

HTSUS Subject to Section 232

Iron or Steel

(i) flat-rolled products provided for in headings 7208, 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7225 or 7226;

(ii) bars and rods provided for in headings 7213, 7214, 7215, 7227, or 7228; angles, shapes and sections of 7216 (except subheadings 7216.61.00, 7216.69.00 or 7216.91.00); wire provided for in headings 7217 or 7229; sheet piling provided for in subheading 7301.10.00; rails provided for in subheading 7302.10; fish-plates and sole plates provided for in subheading 7302.40.00; and other products of iron or steel provided for in subheading 7302.90.00;

(iii) tubes, pipes and hollow profiles provided for in heading 7304 or 7306; tubes and pipes provided for in heading 7305;

(iv) ingots, other primary forms and semi-finished products provided for in heading 7206, 7207 or 7224; and

(v) products of stainless steel provided for in heading 7218, 7219, 7220, 7221, 7222 or 7223.

Derivative Iron or Steel Products

(A) nails, tacks (other than thumb tacks), drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading 8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excluding such articles with heads of copper), suitable for use in powder-actuated handtools, threaded (described in subheading 7317.00.30); and

(B) nails, tacks (other than thumb tacks), drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading 8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material (excluding such articles with heads of copper), of one piece construction, whether or not made of round wire; the foregoing described in statistical reporting numbers 7317.00.5503, 7317.00.5505, 7317.00.5507, 7317.00.5560, 7317.00.5580 or 7317.00.6560 only and not in other statistical reporting numbers of subheadings 7317.00.55 and 7317.00.65)

(C) bumper stampings of steel, the foregoing comprising parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705 (described in subheading 8708.10.30); and

(D) body stampings of steel, for tractors suitable for agricultural use (described in subheading 8708.29.21).