Analysis
HTS 8202.20.00 covers bandsaw blades, and parts thereof under heading 8202 (handsaws, and metal parts thereof; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 7.2%. Compared with 8202.40.30 (with cutting parts containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium…), which pays 7.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 7.2 percentage points.
For statistics it divides in two: 8202.20.00.30 for metal cutting blades and 8202.20.00.60 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8202.10.00 | Handsaws, and parts (except blades) thereof | Free |
| 8202.31.00 | With working part of steel | Free |
| 8202.39.00 | Circular saw blades (including slitting or slotting saw blades), and parts thereof: other, including parts | Free |
| 8202.40.30 | With cutting parts containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten or over 0.1 percent of vanadium | 7.2% |
| 8202.40.60 | Chain saw blades, and parts thereof: other | Free |
| 8202.91.30 | Straight saw blades, for working metal: hacksaw blades | Free |
| 8202.91.60 | Straight saw blades, for working metal: other | Free |
| 8202.99.00 | Other saw blades, and parts thereof: other (including parts) | Free |