Analysis
HTS 8201.40.30 covers machetes, and parts thereof under heading 8201 (handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 6.2%. Compared with 8201.40.60 (axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof: other), which pays 6.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 6.2 percentage points.
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Free here means free of the base duty only: origin-specific Chapter 99 duties such as Section 301 can still be owed.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332216 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 775 US establishments employing 25,058 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8201.10.00 | Spades and shovels, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8201.30.00 | Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, 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 |