HTS Index

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.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8211Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades and other base metal parts thereof + Ch. 99not stated
8211.10.00.00Sets of assorted articles + Ch. 99The rate of duty applicable to that article in the set subject to the highest rate of dutypcs
8211.91Table knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99not stated
8211.91.10.00Knives with silver-plated handles + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8211.91.20.00Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.4%pcs
8211.91.25.00Other + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.8%pcs
8211.91.30.00Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length + Ch. 990.9¢ each + 10.6%pcs
8211.91.40.00Other + Ch. 990.3¢ each + 3.7%pcs
8211.91.50Knives with rubber or plastic handles + Ch. 990.7¢ each + 3.7%
8211.91.50.30Steak knives + Ch. 990.7¢ each + 3.7% (inherited from 8211.91.50)No.
8211.91.50.60Other + Ch. 990.7¢ each + 3.7% (inherited from 8211.91.50)No.
8211.91.80Other + Ch. 990.3¢ each + 4.9%
8211.91.80.30Steak knives + Ch. 990.3¢ each + 4.9% (inherited from 8211.91.80)No.
8211.91.80.60Other + Ch. 990.3¢ each + 4.9% (inherited from 8211.91.80)No.
8211.92Other knives having fixed blades + Ch. 99not stated
8211.92.20.00Kitchen and butcher knives + Ch. 990.8¢ each + 4.6%No.
8211.92.40Other + Ch. 991¢ each + 4.6%
8211.92.40.50Sheath-type knives + Ch. 991¢ each + 4.6% (inherited from 8211.92.40)No.
8211.92.40.60Other + Ch. 991¢ each + 4.6% (inherited from 8211.92.40)No.
8211.92.60.00Hunting knives with wood handles + Ch. 994.4%No.
8211.92.90Other + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.1%
8211.92.90.30Kitchen and butcher knives + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90)No.
8211.92.90.45Sheath-type knives + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90)No.
8211.92.90.60Other + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.1% (inherited from 8211.92.90)No.
8211.93.00Knives having other than fixed blades + Ch. 993¢ each + 5.4%
8211.93.00.31Folding 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. 993¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00)No.
8211.93.00.35Pen knives, pocket knives and other knives which have folding blades + Ch. 993¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00)No.
8211.93.00.60Other (including parts) + Ch. 993¢ each + 5.4% (inherited from 8211.93.00)No.
8211.94Blades + Ch. 99not stated
8211.94.10.00For knives having fixed blades + Ch. 990.16¢ each + 2.2%No.
8211.94.50.00Other + Ch. 991¢ each + 5.4%No.
8211.95Handles of base metal + Ch. 99not stated
8211.95.10.00For table knives having fixed blades + Ch. 990.3¢ each + 4.9%No.
8211.95.50.00For other knives having fixed blades + Ch. 990.4¢ each + 6.1%No.
8211.95.90.00Other + Ch. 993¢ 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.