HTS chapter · section XV
Chapter 82
Base metals and articles of base metal
Chapter 82 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section XV (base metals and articles of base metal). It has 15 headings and 135 eight-digit tariff lines.
The spread of 14 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here.
39 of its 95 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (41%) and 56 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 14%. The median line pays 3.6%.
40 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The most finely divided heading is 8205 (handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow…), with 23 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
2 of its 15 headings are entirely duty-free at the general rate: 8208 (knives and cutting blades, for machines or…) and 8212 (razors and razor blades (including razor…).
Headings
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8201 | Handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing… | 9 | 5 | duty-free |
| 8202 | Handsaws, and metal parts thereof; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades), and base metal parts thereof | 9 | 8 | duty-free |
| 8203 | Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt cutters, perforating punches and similar… | 10 | 4 | 3.3% |
| 8204 | Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); socket wrenches, with or without handles, drives or… | 3 | 0 | 9% |
| 8205 | Handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and similar self-contained torches; vises, clamps and the like, other… | 23 | 7 | 3.7% |
| 8206 | Tools of two or more of headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale | 1 | 0 | – |
| 8207 | Interchangeable tools for handtools, whether or not power operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading,… | 22 | 0 | 4.8% |
| 8208 | Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, and base metal parts thereof | 7 | 7 | duty-free |
| 8209 | Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets | 1 | 0 | 4.6% |
| 8210 | Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10 kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink, and base metal parts thereof | 1 | 0 | 3.7% |
| 8211 | Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades and other base metal parts thereof | 18 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 8212 | Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof | 3 | 3 | duty-free |
| 8213 | Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades and other base metal parts thereof | 3 | 0 | – |
| 8214 | Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, chopping or mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and… | 7 | 1 | 4% |
| 8215 | Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof | 18 | 3 | 4.2% |