7208.38.00.15 - High-strength steel

This HTS subcategory, 7208.38.00.15, specifically covers flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel that are hot-rolled and delivered in coils. Critically, these products must have a thickness ranging from 3 mm or more up to, but not including, 4.75 mm. They are not further worked beyond the hot-rolling process and are not clad, plated, or coated. The designation "High-strength steel" within this specific code indicates that these coils possess enhanced mechanical properties, often achieved through specific alloying or processing.

This category is distinguished from its sibling, "Other," at the same level by its precise thickness specification. While the sibling "Other" encompasses hot-rolled coils not further worked within the 7208.38.00.00 range, this particular subcategory narrows the scope to only those coils falling within the specified 3 mm to 4.75 mm thickness band. The preceding parent categories establish that the products are flat-rolled, of iron or nonalloy steel, hot-rolled, in coils, and not further worked, plated, or coated.

As this HTS code (7208.38.00.15) represents a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Classification at this level is determined by the material (iron or nonalloy steel), the form (flat-rolled in coils), the finishing process (hot-rolled, not clad, plated, or coated, and not further worked), and the precise thickness of 3 mm to 4.75 mm, coupled with the characteristic of being high-strength steel. Examples of goods that would fall here include structural steel coils destined for manufacturing where enhanced strength is a key requirement, and which meet all the specified dimensional and processing criteria.