HTS Index

HTS heading 8201

Handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry — 16 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8201Handtools of the following kinds and base metal parts thereof: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry + Ch. 99not stated
8201.10.00.00Spades and shovels, and parts thereof + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8201.30.00Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, and parts thereof + Ch. 99Free
8201.30.00.10Mattocks and picks, and parts thereof + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8201.30.00)No.
8201.30.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8201.30.00)No.
8201.40Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools, and parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8201.40.30.00Machetes, and parts thereof + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8201.40.60Other + Ch. 996.2%
8201.40.60.10Axes and adzes, and parts thereof + Ch. 996.2% (inherited from 8201.40.60)No.
8201.40.60.80Other + Ch. 996.2% (inherited from 8201.40.60)No.
8201.50.00.00Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears), and parts thereof + Ch. 991¢ each + 2.8%No.
8201.60.00.00Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, and parts thereof + Ch. 991¢ each + 2.8%No.
8201.90Other handtools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry, and parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8201.90.30.00Grass shears, and parts thereof + Ch. 992¢ each + 5.1%No.
8201.90.40.00Forks, and parts thereof + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8201.90.60.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.

4 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.

Additional duties may apply

16 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.

Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.