HTS 8211
Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades and other base metal parts thereof
| General rate | Not stated for this line What most imports pay — countries with normal trade relations, which is nearly all of them. |
|---|---|
| Special rate | Not stated for this line Only under a trade programme or agreement, and only if the goods qualify. The codes name the programmes. |
| Column 2 rate | Not 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.
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.
| Code | Description | Units | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8211.10.00.00 | Sets of assorted articles | pcs | The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty |
| 8211.91 | Table knives having fixed blades | — | see above |
| 8211.91.10.00 | Knives with silver-plated handles | No. | Free |
| 8211.91.20.00 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length | pcs | 0.4¢ each + 6.4% |
| 8211.91.25.00 | Other | pcs | 0.4¢ each + 6.8% |
| 8211.91.30.00 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length | pcs | 0.9¢ each + 10.6% |
| 8211.91.40.00 | Other | pcs | 0.3¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.50 | Knives with rubber or plastic handles | — | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.50.30 | Steak knives | No. | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.50.60 | Other | No. | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% |
| 8211.91.80 | Other | — | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.91.80.30 | Steak knives | No. | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.91.80.60 | Other | No. | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.92 | Other knives having fixed blades | — | see above |
| 8211.92.20.00 | Kitchen and butcher knives | No. | 0.8¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.40 | Other | — | 1¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.40.50 | Sheath-type knives | No. | 1¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.40.60 | Other | No. | 1¢ each + 4.6% |
| 8211.92.60.00 | Hunting knives with wood handles | No. | 4.4% |
| 8211.92.90 | Other | — | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.92.90.30 | Kitchen and butcher knives | No. | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.92.90.45 | Sheath-type knives | No. | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.92.90.60 | Other | No. | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.93.00 | Knives having other than fixed blades | — | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.93.00.31 | Folding two-handled multi-use tools in which one or more tools are housed in each handle and one or more of the tools is a folding knife blade | No. | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.93.00.35 | Pen knives, pocket knives and other knives which have folding blades | No. | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.93.00.60 | Other (including parts) | No. | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.94 | Blades | — | see above |
| 8211.94.10.00 | For knives having fixed blades | No. | 0.16¢ each + 2.2% |
| 8211.94.50.00 | Other | No. | 1¢ each + 5.4% |
| 8211.95 | Handles of base metal | — | see above |
| 8211.95.10.00 | For table knives having fixed blades | No. | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% |
| 8211.95.50.00 | For other knives having fixed blades | No. | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% |
| 8211.95.90.00 | Other | No. | 3¢ each + 5.4% |
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.
Email me when this code changes
One email if the duty on 8211 moves, or the line is reworded or withdrawn. USITC publishes revisions without a calendar, and a rate change applies to goods entered from the day it takes effect.
Before you rely on this
Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call. This page publishes the schedule as USITC does; it does not calculate what an entry will cost.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Re-checked daily.