HTS heading 8203
Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt cutters, perforating punches and similar handtools, and base metal parts thereof — 16 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8203 | Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt cutters, perforating punches and similar handtools, and base metal parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8203.10 | Files, rasps and similar tools + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8203.10.30.00 | Not over 11 cm in length + Ch. 99 | Free | doz. |
| 8203.10.60.00 | Over 11 cm but not over 17 cm in length + Ch. 99 | Free | doz. |
| 8203.10.90.00 | Over 17 cm in length + Ch. 99 | Free | doz. |
| 8203.20 | Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools, and parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8203.20.20.00 | Tweezers + Ch. 99 | 4% | No. |
| 8203.20.40.00 | Slip joint pliers + Ch. 99 | 12% | doz. |
| 8203.20.60 | Other (except parts) + Ch. 99 | 12¢/doz. + 5.5% | — |
| 8203.20.60.30 | Pliers + Ch. 99 | 12¢/doz. + 5.5% (inherited from 8203.20.60) | doz. |
| 8203.20.60.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 12¢/doz. + 5.5% (inherited from 8203.20.60) | doz. |
| 8203.20.80.00 | Parts + Ch. 99 | 4.5% | No. |
| 8203.30.00.00 | Metal cutting shears and similar tools, and parts thereof + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8203.40 | Pipe cutters, bolt cutters, perforating punches and similar tools, and parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8203.40.30.00 | With cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten or over 0.1 percent of vanadium + Ch. 99 | 6% | No. |
| 8203.40.60.00 | Other (including parts) + Ch. 99 | 3.3% | No. |
2 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.