Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, of iron or steel, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper
In plain English
This category includes iron or steel fasteners such as nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, and staples, provided they are not classified under a different heading for similar items. These articles may have heads made of other materials or no heads at all, but they specifically exclude any items with copper heads. The single subheading covers all these iron or steel fasteners regardless of whether their heads are made of other materials or are headless.
6-digit subheadings (1)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Iron or steel; nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of heading no. 8305) and the like, with heads of other material or not, but excluding articles with heads of copper
Chapter 73 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Stainless steel articles should be classified under the specific stainless steel headings, not general iron/steel. Alloy steel has its own subheadings.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 73
- 7301 — Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made fr…
- 7302 — Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check …
- 7303 — Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron
- 7304 — Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast i…
- 7305 — Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riv…
- 7306 — Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles …
- 7307 — Tube or pipe fittings (e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or st…
- 7308 — Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, s…
- 7309 — Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excl…
- 7310 — Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any mater…
- 7311 — Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel
- 7312 — Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of i…
- 7313 — Barbed wire of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed…
- 7314 — Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron o…
- 7315 — Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7316 — Anchors, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7318 — Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotte…
- 7319 — Sewing and knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilet…
- 7320 — Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel
- 7321 — Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (those with subsidiary boilers for cen…
- 7322 — Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated and parts there…
- 7323 — Table, kitchen, other household articles and parts, of iron or steel; …
- 7324 — Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7325 — Iron or steel; cast articles
- 7326 — Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73