HTS tariff line · chapter 82
8212.90.00
Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof: other parts
Analysis
HTS 8212.90.00 covers razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof: other parts under heading 8212 (razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts…).
The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. 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 27.5% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 27.5% duty.
The other lines in the same group are 8212.10.00 (razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in…, duty-free) and 8212.20.00 (safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips, 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 concordance is how imports of this line are compared with US output.
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 |
| 8212.20.00 | Safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips | Free |