Analysis
HTS 8205.59.80 covers other: other 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 8205.59.60 (other: of copper) at duty-free, a difference of 3.7 points on the customs value.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 8205.59.10 | Pipe tools, and parts thereof | 7.2% |
| 8205.59.20 | Powder-actuated handtools, and parts thereof | Free |
| 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% |