HTS chapter 72
Iron and steelfrom Canada, into the United States.
What this chapter covers on a customs invoice: primary steel: bars, rods, plate, sheet, coil, wire rod, tube blanks and ingot. Below is every change Upstream has on the record for it, with the rate as published, the date it takes effect, and the notice it came from.
4 changes on the record · last read September 7, 2026
Canadian steel and aluminium articles are charged Section 232 duty on their non-US content only, with a 15% floor on the finished article.
- Rate
- 25% — on the non-US content, and never less than 15% on the article
- Effective
- June 8, 2026
- Published
- June 4, 2026
- Source
- Federal Register — Proclamation 11032 of June 1, 2026
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The general Section 232 rate on articles made of steel, aluminium or copper, which applies where CUSMA preference is not claimed.
- Rate
- 50%
- Effective
- June 8, 2026
- Published
- June 4, 2026
- Source
- Federal Register — Proclamation 11032 of June 1, 2026
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For the goods listed in its Annex I-A, Section 232 duty is charged on the full customs value of the article rather than on its metal content alone.
- Rate
- 50% — on the full customs value; the goods in Annex I-B carry a 25% baseline
- Effective
- April 6, 2026
- Published
- April 9, 2026
- Source
- Federal Register — Proclamation 11021 of April 2, 2026
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The metal-content basis survives for goods classified in chapters 72, 73, 74 and 76. Which annex a specific code sits in decides the basis, and we do not read annex membership for you — that is the code on your invoice against the annex.
The IEEPA border duty on Canadian goods — 35% on anything not qualifying for CUSMA — is no longer in effect and is no longer collected.
- Rate
- no rate set — the order ends the duty; it does not set a rate. Section 232 and Section 301 duties are unaffected.
- Effective
- February 24, 2026
- Published
- February 20, 2026
- Source
- White House — Executive Order 'Ending Certain Tariff Actions' of February 20, 2026
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CBP's entry-filing instruction is CSMS #67834313 of February 22, 2026, which states the duties are not collected for goods entered on or after 12:00 a.m. eastern time on February 24, 2026, and that Section 232 duties are unaffected. We have not found any order reimposing a Canada-specific IEEPA duty since.
Rates are quoted as published, in the notice's own words. Upstream does not assign HTS codes and does not rule on whether your goods qualify for CUSMA preference — your customs invoice and your broker do that.
CUSMA preference does not remove the Section 232 duty on this chapter. It changes how the duty is measured: 25% on the non-US content, and never less than 15% on the finished article, instead of the 50% general rate.
Federal Register — Proclamation 11032 of June 1, 2026, clause 2(d) · June 4, 2026 · source
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