HS Code 7221Stainless steel bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils

What HS code 7221 covers

Wire rod is the everyday name for this product. A mill heats stainless steel and rolls it into a long, thin rod. The rod is then wound into loose, uneven coils. Buyers often draw it down into wire or use it for further work.

The Harmonized System, or HS, is the shared naming scheme of the WCO. Customs offices use it for tariff classification, so one product gets one code. Some countries add more digits for their own schedules. You may see these as an HSN code 7221 or an HTS code 7221 entry. The first four digits stay the same.

The words in the heading decide the match. The steel must be stainless. The product must be a bar or rod. It must be hot-rolled. And it must come in irregularly wound coils. If one of these is missing, look at a nearby heading below.

7221 vs 7222, 7213, 7227 and 7223: choosing the right heading

Many mistakes come from picking a heading that looks close. Ask three questions. What type of steel is it? What shape is it? How far along is it in the making process? Then compare your answers with the headings below.

Read the full heading text and tick off each word. If a word does not fit your product, move to the next candidate.

• Check it when your product is not in coils.
• 7213: the same coiled, hot-rolled form, but in iron or non-alloy steel. Stainless goods do not go there.
• 7227: coiled hot-rolled rod again, this time in alloy steel. The form matches 7221, but the steel type does not.
• 7223: stainless wire. Use it when the product is already finished wire and not a rolled rod.
• This is an earlier stage than rod.
• 7214: non-alloy bars and rods that are not worked beyond forging or hot-rolling. It is not a stainless heading.

Stainless headings in Chapter 72 iron and steel

The chapter gives stainless steel its own run of headings, from 7218 to 7223. They follow the metal from raw form to finished form.

Heading 7218 holds ingots and semi-finished pieces. Heading 7222 takes other bars, rods and profiles. Heading 7223 is wire.

Reading them in this order helps when you are unsure where a product sits. Start with the form of the goods. Then pick the heading that names it.

Who imports and exports stainless wire rod under 7221?

This page does not show trade totals for the code. The detail sits in the live records, where you can see which firms ship this rod and where it goes.

EximDataX shows shipment-level import and export records from official customs sources. Coverage: 43 direct customs feeds plus 184 mirror-derived countries. Named buyers and named suppliers are available in 38 of the 43 direct markets. Most markets refresh weekly and some refresh daily. You can search by HS code to see who imports and exports a product, and book a free demo.

Use the buyer and supplier pages to find companies on each side of a deal. Use the import and export pages to look at the flow in each direction.