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    8205.51.30

    Other (including parts)

    HTS code 8205.51.30 covers a wide range of handtools – including household tools like kitchen implements – not specifically classified elsewhere, and is used for importing these items into the US. Most imports under this code are subject to a general duty of 3.7%, though preferential rates may apply for goods originating from certain countries.

    Other (including parts)

    Detailed information for HTS Code 8205.51.30

    This code falls within Chapter 82, which covers tools, implements, cutlery, and similar items made of base metal. Specifically, 8205.51.30 covers other handtools—not elsewhere specified—made of iron or steel, and this includes parts for those tools. There are two subdivisions: 8205.51.30.30 for kitchen and table implements, and 8205.51.30.60 for other handtools and parts; use the appropriate suffix to specify the type of tool being reported. When reporting sets of these tools, the total number of pieces should be reported as the quantity.

    ChapterChapter 82 - Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
    SectionSection XV - Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal

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    General Duty

    3.70%

    Standard trade partners (NTR)

    Special Duty

    Free (A*,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG)

    Eligible FTA or preference programs

    The general duty rate for HTS code 8205.51.30 is 3.70%, applying to goods originating from countries without specific trade agreements. Special rates of Free (duty exemption) apply to goods originating from Australia (AU), Bahrain (BH), Canada (A*), Chile (CL), Colombia (CO), Denmark (D), European Union (E), Israel (IL), Jordan (JO), Korea (KR), Morocco (MA), Oman (OM), Peru (PE), Singapore (SG), and other eligible FTA or preference programs. These special rates apply to both the main code and its subdivisions, 8205.51.30.30 (kitchen/table implements) and 8205.51.30.60 (other parts). No report units are specified.

    Rate of Duty (Column 2): 40%

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    Code subdivisions

    8205.51.30.30

    Handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and similar self-contained torches; vises, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of machine tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereof: > Other handtools (including glass cutters) and parts thereof: > Household tools, and parts thereof: > Of iron or steel: > Other (including parts) > Kitchen and table implements

    8205.51.30.60

    Handtools (including glass cutters) not elsewhere specified or included; blow torches and similar self-contained torches; vises, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of machine tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks; base metal parts thereof: > Other handtools (including glass cutters) and parts thereof: > Household tools, and parts thereof: > Of iron or steel: > Other (including parts) > Other (including parts)

    Chapter & section notes

    Chapter notes

    Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes CHAPTER 82 TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METAL XV 82-1 Notes 1. Apart from blow torches and similar self-contained torches, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure or pedicure sets, and goods of heading 8209, this chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working surface or other working part of: (a) Base metal; (b) Metal carbides or cermets; (c) Precious or semiprecious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base metal, metal carbide or cermet; or (d) Abrasive materials on a support of base metal, provided that the articles have cutting teeth, flutes, grooves or the like, of base metal, which retain their identity and function after the application of the abrasive. 2. Parts of base metal of the articles of this chapter are to be classified with the articles of which they are parts, except parts separately specified as such and toolholders for handtools (heading 8466). However, parts of general use as defined in note 2 to section XV are in all cases excluded from this chapter. Heads, blades and cutting plates for electric shavers and electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading 8510. 3. Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading 8211 and at least an equal number of articles of heading 8215 are to be classified in heading 8215. Additional U.S. Notes 1. The provisions in this chapter which specifically refer to kitchen or tableware include articles of types which are used outdoors as well as those which are used indoors. 2. In determining the length of files and rasps (heading 8203), the tang (if any) should not be included. 3. For the purposes of determining the rate of duty applicable to sets provided for in heading 8205, 8206, 8211 or 8215, a specific rate of duty or a compound rate of duty for any article in the set shall be converted to its ad valorem equivalent rate, i.e., the ad valorem rate which, when applied to the full value of the article determined in accordance with section 402 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, would provide the same amount of duties as the specific or compound rate. Statistical Notes 1. For the purposes of statistical reporting of sets in heading 8205, 8206, 8211 or 8215, the number of pieces reported shall be the total number of separate pieces in the set(s). 2. For the purposes of subheading 8211.92, the term "sheath-type knives" refers to fixed-blade knives contained in a substantial holster, i.e.,"sheath" and of a kind used in hunting and fishing. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 29 (2025) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XV 82-2

    Section notes

    SECTION XV BASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL XV-1 Notes 1. This section does not cover: (a) Prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (headings 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215); (b) Ferrocerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading 3606); (c) Headgear or parts thereof of heading 6506 or 6507; (d) Umbrella frames or other articles of heading 6603; (e) Goods of

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