8204

Analysis

Heading 8204 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); socket wrenches, with or without handles, drives or extensions; base metal parts thereof. It divides into 3 six-digit subheadings and 3 eight-digit tariff lines, with 4 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

None of its 3 lines is duty-free at the general rate. Rates run from 9% to 9% with a median of 9%, so the line you choose sets the duty.

Its median rate of 9% sits at the 96th percentile of the headings in chapter 82.

The largest subheadings are 8204.11 (unnamed, 1 line), 8204.12 (unnamed, 1 line) and 8204.20 (unnamed, 1 line).

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing (332216). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.

The heading text decides whether a product belongs here at all (General Rule of Interpretation 1); the subheadings and lines below it only apply once that is settled. Section and chapter notes can override the heading wording, so read them for borderline goods.