HTS Index

HTS 8205

Handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and similar self-contained torches; vises, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of machine tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereof

General rateNot stated for this line
What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them.
Special rateNot stated for this line
Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes.
Column 2 rateNot stated for this line
Only for the few countries without normal trade relations.

This line states no general duty rate, and none is inherited from the lines above it. That is not the same as duty-free: lines in Chapters 98 and 99 are provisions and qualifiers rather than ordinary commodities, and a rate may be stated elsewhere. Check the heading before assuming anything.

Additional duties may apply

This line references Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate above and depend on where the goods were made. The rate shown here is therefore not the whole story for every origin.

What the Chapter 99 provisions are

Statistical breakouts

The 10-digit lines under this code. They are reporting categories; the duty is the one above unless a line states its own.

CodeDescriptionUnitsRate
8205.10.00.00Drilling, threading or tapping tools, and parts thereofNo.6.2%
8205.20Hammers and sledge hammers, and parts thereofsee above
8205.20.30.00With heads not over 1.5 kg eachNo.6.2%
8205.20.60.00With heads over 1.5 kg eachNo.Free
8205.30Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood, and parts thereofsee above
8205.30.30.00With cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten or over 0.1 percent of vanadiumNo.5.7%
8205.30.60.00Other (including parts)No.5%
8205.40.00.00Screwdrivers, and parts thereofNo.6.2%
8205.51Household tools, and parts thereofsee above
8205.51.15.00Carving and butcher steels, with or without handlesNo.Free
8205.51.30Other (including parts)3.7%
8205.51.30.30Kitchen and table implementsNo.3.7%
8205.51.30.60Other (including parts)No.3.7%
8205.51.45.00Of copperNo.Free
8205.51.60.00Of aluminumkg2.2¢/kg + 5%
8205.51.75.00OtherNo.3.7%
8205.59Othersee above
8205.59.10.00Pipe tools, and parts thereofNo.7.2%
8205.59.20.00Powder-actuated handtools, and parts thereofNo.Free
8205.59.30Crowbars, track tools and wedges, and parts thereofFree
8205.59.30.10Crowbarskg, No.Free
8205.59.30.80Otherkg, No.Free
8205.59.45.00Caulking gunsNo.5.3%
8205.59.55Other5.3%
8205.59.55.05Single edge razor blades other than for shavingNo.5.3%
8205.59.55.10OtherNo.5.3%
8205.59.55.60Other (including parts)No.5.3%
8205.59.60.00Of copperNo.Free
8205.59.70.00Of aluminumkg1.5¢/kg + 3.5%
8205.59.80.00OtherNo.3.7%
8205.60.00.00Blow torches and similar self-contained torches, and parts thereofNo.2.9%
8205.70.00Vises, clamps and the like, and parts thereof5%
8205.70.00.30PipeNo.5%
8205.70.00.60OtherNo.5%
8205.70.00.90Other (including parts)No.5%
8205.90Other, including sets of articles of two or more subheadings of this headingsee above
8205.90.10.00Anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereofNo.Free
8205.90.60.00Sets of articles of two or more of the foregoing subheadingspcsThe rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty

What changed

No recorded change to this line since we began reading the schedule daily. That is the ordinary state: USITC revises it fifteen to eighteen times a year, and most codes are untouched in any given revision.

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Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.