HTS tariff line · chapter 82
8201.40.60
Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof: other
Analysis
HTS 8201.40.60 covers axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof: other under heading 8201 (handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to duty-free. The costliest confusion would be with 8201.90.60 (other handtools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or…) at duty-free, a difference of 6.2 points on the customs value.
The general duty rate is 6.2% of the customs value, which is above most the rates in chapter 82 (88th percentile of 95 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $620 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Goods that qualify under GSP, the Australia FTA, the Bahrain FTA, the Chile FTA, the Colombia TPA, and 12 others can enter duty-free instead of paying 6.2%. It is also eligible under GSP, the developing-country programme, which Congress has to renew; check whether GSP is in force on the entry date.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 7.3 times the general rate.
For statistics it divides in two: 8201.40.60.10 for axes and adzes, and parts thereof and 8201.40.60.80 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
Statistical suffixes
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 |
| 8201.40.30 | Machetes, and parts thereof | Free |
| 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 |