Analysis
HTS 8202.91.30 covers straight saw blades, for working metal: hacksaw blades under heading 8202 (handsaws, and metal parts thereof; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 8202.40.30 (with cutting parts containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium…) at 7.2%, a difference of 7.2 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82 that are also free. 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.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332216 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 775 US establishments employing 25,058 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8202.10.00 | Handsaws, and parts (except blades) thereof | Free |
| 8202.20.00 | Bandsaw blades, and parts 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 |
| 8202.91.60 | Straight saw blades, for working metal: other | Free |
| 8202.99.00 | Other saw blades, and parts thereof: other (including parts) | Free |