Analysis
HTS 8201.10.00 covers spades and shovels, and parts thereof under heading 8201 (handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks…).
Neighbouring lines carry rates from duty-free to 6.2%, so the exact line matters. The widest gap is with 8201.40.60 (axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof: other), at 6.2%: a product that belongs there but is entered here, or the reverse, changes the duty by 6.2 percentage points.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 30% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 30% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332216 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 775 US establishments employing 25,058 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8201.30.00 | Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8201.40.30 | Machetes, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8201.40.60 | Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof: other | 6.2% |
| 8201.50.00 | Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears), and parts thereof | 1¢ each + 2.8% |
| 8201.60.00 | Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, and parts thereof | 1¢ each + 2.8% |
| 8201.90.30 | Grass shears, and parts thereof | 2¢ each + 5.1% |
| 8201.90.40 | Forks, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8201.90.60 | Other handtools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry, and parts thereof: other | Free |