Analysis
HTS 8211.92.60 covers hunting knives with wood handles under heading 8211 (knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives…).
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 4.4%. 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 4.4% of the customs value, which is in the middle of the rates in chapter 82 (64th percentile of 95 lines with an ad valorem rate). On a shipment valued at $10,000 that is $440 in duty before any Chapter 99 additions or preference claims.
The other lines in the same group are 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%) and 8211.92.90 (other: other, 0.4¢ each + 6.1%).
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 332215 (Metal Kitchen Cookware, Utensil, Cutlery, and Flatware (except Precious) Manufacturing), an industry of 205 US establishments employing 6,704 people. That is the industry code a US manufacturer of the same product would normally use.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 8211.92.90 | Other: other | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |