7229.90.90.00 - Other wire

This HTS category, 7229.90.90.00, encompasses "other wire" made of alloy steel, which does not fit into more specific subheadings within Chapter 72. This broad category is designed to capture alloy steel wire that hasn't been classified by its particular cross-sectional shape or other defining characteristics. Essentially, if an alloy steel wire's form or specific alloy composition is not explicitly addressed in other 7229 headings, it will likely fall under this residual classification.

To distinguish this category from its siblings, it's important to consider the physical form of the wire. HTS 7229.90.10.00 specifically covers "flat wire" of alloy steel, meaning wire with a rectangular or square cross-section where the width is significantly greater than the thickness. Similarly, HTS 7229.90.50 covers "round wire" of alloy steel. This category, 7229.90.90.00, therefore includes all alloy steel wire that is neither flat nor round, or where the designation as "other wire" is the most appropriate descriptor due to its unique, non-standard shape or composition not otherwise specified.

As this is a leaf node, there are no further subcategories. Classification decisions within this heading will therefore rely heavily on determining whether the alloy steel wire can be more specifically classified under the aforementioned "flat wire" or "round wire" categories, or if it genuinely falls outside these defined forms and into this "other" residual classification.