7209.16.00.45 - Other

This HTS category, 7209.16.00.45, specifically covers "other" annealed, high-strength, cold-rolled flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel. These products are characterized by their width of 600 mm or more, and a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm. The "annealed" designation signifies that the steel has undergone a heat treatment process to soften it and improve its ductility, making it easier to work with in subsequent manufacturing stages. This category is for high-strength steel grades not specifically classified under sibling codes.

The key distinction for this category lies in its residual classification for annealed, high-strength steel that does not meet the specific criteria of the sibling code, 7209.16.00.40, which pertains to "advanced" or "ultra" high-strength steels as defined in the relevant statistical notes to Chapter 72. Therefore, products falling under 7209.16.00.45 are those with significant strength characteristics, but which have not been identified as fitting the more precisely defined categories of advanced or ultra high-strength steel for statistical purposes.

As this is a leaf node in the HTS, there are no further subcategories. Classification into this specific code hinges on fulfilling all the preceding criteria: being flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, in coils, not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm, of high-strength steel, and annealed, while not meeting the description of the more specific "advanced" or "ultra" steel sibling category.