Analysis
HTS 8205.59.20 covers powder-actuated handtools, and parts thereof under heading 8205 (handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 7.2%. The costliest confusion would be with 8205.59.10 (pipe tools, and parts thereof) 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 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 333991 (Power-Driven Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 118 US establishments employing 7,217 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
The general rate of Free has not changed in any edition of the schedule since Jan 2023.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8205.59.10 | Pipe tools, and parts thereof | 7.2% |
| 8205.59.30 | Crowbars, track tools and wedges, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8205.59.45 | Of iron or steel: caulking guns | 5.3% |
| 8205.59.55 | Of iron or steel: other | 5.3% |
| 8205.59.60 | Other: of copper | Free |
| 8205.59.70 | Other: of aluminum | 1.5¢/kg + 3.5% |
| 8205.59.80 | Other: other | 3.7% |