Aluminum Alloy Wire — Cross-Section Over 7 mm

Wire rod under 7605210000 is an unstranded, uninsulated semi-finished product. Once it is stranded into a multi-wire conductor assembly — even without insulation — it typically reclassifies into a finished conductor heading. CBP looks at whether the product has been further processed beyond drawing and annealing; a single-wire coil in alloy form remains in heading 7605, while a stranded assembly does not.

The 6xxx series (particularly 6201 alloy, the standard for AAAC conductor rod) dominates this subheading. Alloy series does not create a further subdivision within 7605210000 — all alloy wire above 7 mm falls under the single 10-digit line 7605210000 regardless of specific alloy designation. However, the alloy series is commercially critical because downstream cable manufacturers specify it precisely, and a mill certificate mismatch can trigger rejection even if customs classification is correct.