7209.18.60.90 - Other

This category, HTS 7209.18.60.90, encompasses "Other" flat-rolled products of iron or nonalloy steel that meet specific criteria. These are products that have been cold-rolled (cold-reduced) to a width of 600 mm or more, and are in coils, with a thickness of less than 0.5 mm. Crucially, these products are not clad, plated, or coated in any way. The "Other" designation signifies that these items do not fall under more specific descriptions available at this level of the tariff schedule.

The primary distinction of this subcategory from its sibling, 7209.18.60.20 (Annealed), lies in the absence of annealing. While both are cold-rolled, non-clad, non-plated, and non-coated flat-rolled iron or nonalloy steel products in coils and under 0.5 mm thick, products classified here have not undergone the annealing process. Annealing is a heat treatment that alters the mechanical properties of steel, making it softer and more ductile. Therefore, goods in this classification retain the properties imparted solely by the cold-rolling process without subsequent thermal modification.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS classification, there are no further subcategories. This means that any product meeting the detailed specifications for cold-rolled, non-clad, non-plated, non-coated iron or nonalloy steel in coils of less than 0.5 mm thickness, and not specifically identified as annealed, would be classified under this residual "Other" designation. Examples could include certain types of steel strip intended for specialized manufacturing processes where the properties derived directly from cold-rolling, without annealing, are required.