7209.16.00.60 - Other

This HTS category, HTS 7209.16.00.60, specifically covers "Other" flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel. These products have a width of 600 mm or more, have undergone cold-rolling (cold-reduction), and are not clad, plated, or coated. They are presented in coils and have not been further worked beyond the cold-rolling process. The defining characteristic of this particular subcategory is that the steel is of a high-strength nature, and its thickness falls within the range of exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm.

This category is distinguished from its sibling, "Annealed" (7209.16.00.40), by the absence of an annealing process. Annealing is a heat treatment process that softens the metal and alters its metallurgical properties. Goods classified under 7209.16.00.60 will therefore exhibit the inherent characteristics of cold-rolled high-strength steel in the specified thickness range, without the modifications introduced by annealing.

As this node represents a leaf in the HTS classification structure, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, the focus for classification under this code is on the precise adherence to all the preceding criteria: being flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel, a width of 600 mm or more, cold-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, in coils, not further worked, of high-strength steel, and with a thickness exceeding 1 mm but less than 3 mm.