Analysis
HTS 8214.20.60 covers in leather containers under heading 8214 (other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from 4% to 4.1%. The costliest confusion would be with 8214.20.90 (manicure and pedicure sets, and combinations thereof: other) at 4.1%, a difference of 4.1 points on the customs value.
Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 50% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 50% duty.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 41% of the 95 tariff lines in chapter 82 that are also free. 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 8214.20.30 (cuticle or cornknives, cuticle pushers, nail files…, 4%) and 8214.20.90 (manicure and pedicure sets, and combinations thereof: other, 4.1%).
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, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8214.20.30 | Cuticle or cornknives, cuticle pushers, nail files, nailcleaners, nail nippers and clippers, all the foregoing used for manicure or pedicure purposes, and parts thereof | 4% |
| 8214.20.90 | Manicure and pedicure sets, and combinations thereof: other | 4.1% |