Analysis
HTS 8208.20.00 covers for wood working, and parts thereof under heading 8208 (knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, and base metal…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
Goods classified here enter the United States duty-free at the general (normal trade relations) rate, as do about 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82. 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 20% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 20% duty.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332216 (Saw Blade and Handtool Manufacturing), an industry of 775 US establishments employing 25,058 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
The ten-digit suffixes separate over 73.7 cm in length, for… and over 15.2 cm in length, for…. The duty is the same across them; the suffix matters for statistics, licensing and some quotas, and an entry needs all ten digits.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8208.10.00 | For metal working, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8208.30.00 | For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry, and parts thereof | Free |
| 8208.40.30 | For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines, and parts thereof: lawnmower blades | Free |
| 8208.40.60 | For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines, and parts thereof: other (including parts) | Free |
| 8208.90.30 | For shoe machinery | Free |
| 8208.90.60 | Other: other (including parts) | Free |