Analysis
HTS 8211.94.10 covers for knives having fixed blades under heading 8211 (knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives…).
The general rate is 0.16¢ each + 2.2%, a specific or compound duty rather than a simple percentage, so the effective burden depends on the unit value of the goods: cheap goods pay proportionally more than expensive ones. Importers usually convert it to an ad valorem equivalent to compare it with other lines.
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 0.16¢ each + 2.2%. 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.
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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
Neighbouring 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% |
| 8211.94.50 | 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% |