HTS heading 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 — 35 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8211.10.00.00 | Sets of assorted articles + Ch. 99 | The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of duty | pcs |
| 8211.91 | Table knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8211.91.10.00 | Knives with silver-plated handles + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8211.91.20.00 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.4% | pcs |
| 8211.91.25.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.8% | pcs |
| 8211.91.30.00 | Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length + Ch. 99 | 0.9¢ each + 10.6% | pcs |
| 8211.91.40.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.3¢ each + 3.7% | pcs |
| 8211.91.50 | Knives with rubber or plastic handles + Ch. 99 | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% | — |
| 8211.91.50.30 | Steak knives + Ch. 99 | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% (inherited from 8211.91.50) | No. |
| 8211.91.50.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.7¢ each + 3.7% (inherited from 8211.91.50) | No. |
| 8211.91.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% | — |
| 8211.91.80.30 | Steak knives + Ch. 99 | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% (inherited from 8211.91.80) | No. |
| 8211.91.80.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% (inherited from 8211.91.80) | No. |
| 8211.92 | Other knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8211.92.20.00 | Kitchen and butcher knives + Ch. 99 | 0.8¢ each + 4.6% | No. |
| 8211.92.40 | Other + Ch. 99 | 1¢ each + 4.6% | — |
| 8211.92.40.50 | Sheath-type knives + Ch. 99 | 1¢ each + 4.6% (inherited from 8211.92.40) | No. |
| 8211.92.40.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 1¢ each + 4.6% (inherited from 8211.92.40) | No. |
| 8211.92.60.00 | Hunting knives with wood handles + Ch. 99 | 4.4% | No. |
| 8211.92.90 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% | — |
| 8211.92.90.30 | Kitchen and butcher knives + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90) | No. |
| 8211.92.90.45 | Sheath-type knives + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90) | No. |
| 8211.92.90.60 | Other + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90) | No. |
| 8211.93.00 | Knives having other than fixed blades + Ch. 99 | 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 + Ch. 99 | 3¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00) | No. |
| 8211.93.00.35 | Pen knives, pocket knives and other knives which have folding blades + Ch. 99 | 3¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00) | No. |
| 8211.93.00.60 | Other (including parts) + Ch. 99 | 3¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00) | No. |
| 8211.94 | Blades + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8211.94.10.00 | For knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99 | 0.16¢ each + 2.2% | No. |
| 8211.94.50.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 1¢ each + 5.4% | No. |
| 8211.95 | Handles of base metal + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8211.95.10.00 | For table knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99 | 0.3¢ each + 4.9% | No. |
| 8211.95.50.00 | For other knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99 | 0.4¢ each + 6.1% | No. |
| 8211.95.90.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 3¢ each + 5.4% | No. |
12 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
35 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.