Analysis
HTS 8205.51.15 covers carving and butcher steels, with or without handles under heading 8205 (handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and…).
Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 3.7%. Compared with 8205.51.75 (household tools, and parts thereof: other), which pays 3.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 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.
The other lines in the same group are 8205.51.30 (of iron or steel: other (including parts), 3.7%), 8205.51.45 (household tools, and parts thereof: of copper, duty-free), 8205.51.60 (household tools, and parts thereof: of aluminum, 2.2¢/kg + 5%) and 8205.51.75 (household tools, and parts thereof: other, 3.7%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332215 (Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing), an industry of 205 US establishments employing 6,704 people. That concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8205.51.30 | Of iron or steel: other (including parts) | 3.7% |
| 8205.51.45 | Household tools, and parts thereof: of copper | Free |
| 8205.51.60 | Household tools, and parts thereof: of aluminum | 2.2¢/kg + 5% |
| 8205.51.75 | Household tools, and parts thereof: other | 3.7% |