HTS Index

HTS 8215

Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and 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
8215.10.00.00Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metalpcsThe rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty
8215.20.00.00Other sets of assorted articlespcsThe rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty
8215.91Plated with precious metalsee above
8215.91.30.00ForksNo.Free
8215.91.60.00Spoons and ladlesNo.4.2%
8215.91.90.00Other (including parts)No.2.7%
8215.99Othersee above
8215.99.01.00Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall lengthpcs0.9¢ each + 15.8%
8215.99.05.00Otherpcs0.5¢ each + 8.5%
8215.99.10.00Valued under 25¢ eachpcs0.5¢ each + 6.3%
8215.99.15.00Otherpcs0.4¢ each + 4.8%
8215.99.20.00With rubber or plastic handlesNo.0.5¢ each + 3.2%
8215.99.22.00Without their handlesNo.Free
8215.99.24.00Table forks (including table serving forks) and barbecue forks with wooden handlesNo.0.3¢ each + 4.5%
8215.99.26.00OtherNo.0.2¢ each + 3.1%
8215.99.30.00Spoons valued under 25¢ eachpcs14%
8215.99.35.00Otherpcs6.8%
8215.99.40With base metal (except stainless steel) or nonmetal handles5%
8215.99.40.30Tablespoons and table ladlesNo.5%
8215.99.40.60OtherNo.5%
8215.99.45.00OtherNo.Free
8215.99.50.00Other (including parts)No.5.3%

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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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.