Analysis
HTS 8205.51.30 covers of iron or steel: other (including parts) under heading 8205 (handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and…). 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 3.7%. Compared with 8205.51.45 (household tools, and parts thereof: of copper), which pays duty-free, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 3.7 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 40%, 10.8 times the general rate.
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 3.7%. 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.
For statistics it divides in two: 8205.51.30.30 for kitchen and table implements and 8205.51.30.60 for other (including parts). Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
The general duty rate is 3.7% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 82 (54th percentile of 95 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $370 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8205.51.15 | Carving and butcher steels, with or without handles | Free |
| 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% |