HTS chapter · section XV
Chapter 83
Base metals and articles of base metal
Chapter 83 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule sits in section XV (base metals and articles of base metal). It has 11 headings and 59 eight-digit tariff lines.
The spread of 7.5 percentage points between the cheapest and dearest lines makes misclassification expensive here.
15 of its 58 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (26%) and 43 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 7.5%. The median line pays 3.5%.
1 of the lines carry specific or compound rates (per kilogram, per dozen and so on) rather than a percentage, so their burden depends on the unit value of the goods.
The most finely divided heading is 8302 (base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture…), with 18 lines; fine division usually means the rates or the trade statistics differ enough to be worth separating.
2 of its 11 headings are entirely duty-free at the general rate: 8310 (sign plates, name plates, address plates and…) and 8311 (wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and…).
Headings
| Heading | Description | Lines | Free | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8301 | Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys and… | 13 | 0 | 4.2% |
| 8302 | Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or… | 18 | 2 | 3.5% |
| 8303 | Armored or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, and parts thereof, of base metal | 1 | 0 | 3.8% |
| 8304 | Desk-top filing or card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment and parts thereof, of… | 1 | 0 | 3.9% |
| 8305 | Fittings for looseleaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, and parts thereof, of base… | 4 | 2 | 1.45% |
| 8306 | Bells, gongs and the like, nonelectric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal;… | 4 | 1 | 3.6% |
| 8307 | Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings | 4 | 0 | 3.8% |
| 8308 | Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for clothing or clothing accessories,… | 6 | 3 | duty-free |
| 8309 | Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing… | 2 | 1 | 1.3% |
| 8310 | Sign plates, name plates, address plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, and parts thereof, of base metal, excluding those of heading… | 1 | 1 | duty-free |
| 8311 | Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for… | 5 | 5 | duty-free |