HTS heading · chapter 82
8211
Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades and other base metal parts thereof
Analysis
Heading 8211 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades and other base metal parts thereof. It divides into 6 six-digit subheadings and 18 eight-digit tariff lines, with 25 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.
1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 4.4%. The median line pays 2.2%.
16 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The largest subheadings are 8211.91 (table knives having fixed blades, 7 lines), 8211.92 (other knives having fixed blades, 4 lines), 8211.95 (handles of base metal, 3 lines) and 8211.94 (blades, 2 lines).
By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing (332215). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8211.10.00 | Sets of assorted articles | The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty |
| 8211.91.10 | Knives with silver-plated handles | Free |
| 8211.91.20 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length | 0.4¢ each + 6.4% |
| 8211.91.25 | With handles containing nickel or containing over 10 percent by weight of manganese: other | 0.4¢ each + 6.8% |
| 8211.91.30 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length | 0.9¢ each + 10.6% |
| 8211.91.40 | Other: other | 0.3¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.50 | Knives with rubber or plastic handles | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.80 | Table knives having fixed blades: other | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.92.20 | Kitchen and butcher knives | 0.8¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.40 | With rubber or plastic handles: other | 1¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.60 | Hunting knives with wood handles | 4.4% |
| 8211.92.90 | Other: other | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.93.00 | Knives having other than fixed blades | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.94.10 | For knives having fixed blades | 0.16¢ each + 2.2% |
| 8211.94.50 | Blades: other | 1¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.95.10 | For table knives having fixed blades | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.95.50 | For other knives having fixed blades | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.95.90 | Handles of base metal: other | 3¢ each + 5.4% |