HTS tariff line · chapter 82
8205.60.00
Blow torches and similar self-contained torches, and parts thereof
Analysis
HTS 8205.60.00 covers blow torches and similar self-contained torches, and parts thereof 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 7.2%. Compared with 8205.59.10 (pipe tools, and parts thereof), which pays 7.2%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 4.3 percentage points.
The column 2 rate, for countries without normal trade relations, is 45%, 15.5 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 2.9%. 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 2.9% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 82 (46th percentile of 95 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $290 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8205.10.00 | Drilling, threading or tapping tools, and parts thereof | 6.2% |
| 8205.20.30 | With heads not over 1.5 kg each | 6.2% |
| 8205.20.60 | With heads over 1.5 kg each | Free |
| 8205.30.30 | With cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten or over 0.1 percent of vanadium | 5.7% |
| 8205.30.60 | Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood, and parts thereof: other (including parts) | 5% |
| 8205.40.00 | Screwdrivers, and parts thereof | 6.2% |
| 8205.51.15 | Carving and butcher steels, with or without handles | Free |
| 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% |
| 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% |
| 8205.59.80 | Other: other | 3.7% |
| 8205.70.00 | Vises, clamps and the like, and parts thereof | 5% |
| 8205.90.10 | Anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereof | Free |
| 8205.90.60 | Sets of articles of two or more of the foregoing subheadings | The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty |