Analysis
HTS 8212.20.00 covers safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips under heading 8212 (razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 2 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.
For statistics it divides in two: 8212.20.00.05 for single edge razor blades for shaving and 8212.20.00.10 for other. Both pay the same duty; the suffix records which kind was imported.
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.
The other lines in the same group are 8212.10.00 (razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in…, duty-free) and 8212.90.00 (razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in…, duty-free).
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.
Statistical suffixes
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8212.10.00 | Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof: razors | Free |
| 8212.90.00 | Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof: other parts | Free |