CHAPTER 82
Tools, Implements, Cutlery
Section XV of the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule. 15 headings.
Headings in this chapter
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:
8202
Handsaws, and metal parts thereof; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades), and base metal parts thereof:
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:
8204
Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); socket wrenches, with or without handles, drives or extensions; base metal parts thereof:
8205
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:
8206
Tools of two or more of headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale
8207
Interchangeable tools for handtools, whether or not power operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring, broaching, milling, turning or screwdriving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools; base metal parts thereof:
8208
Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, and base metal parts thereof:
8209
Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets
8210
Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10 kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink, and base metal parts thereof
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:
8212
Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips), and base metal parts thereof:
8213
Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades and other base metal parts thereof:
8214
Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, chopping or mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files); base metal parts thereof:
8215
Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof:
Recent CBP rulings in Chapter 82
N361997
June 11, 2026
The tariff classification of Allen keys from Germany
N361367
June 2, 2026
The tariff classification of a folding utility knife from China.
N361526
June 2, 2026
The tariff classification of tools from Canada
N361410
May 21, 2026
The tariff classification of a multifunctional bit from Canada
N360759
May 5, 2026
The tariff classification and country of origin of a hand tool set
N360186
April 22, 2026
The tariff classification of a bread knife from China.
N359742
April 2, 2026
The tariff classification of a chef’s knife from Germany.
N358245
February 5, 2026
The tariff classification of knife sharpeners from China
N356868
December 17, 2025
The tariff classification of school supply kits from China
N356344
December 5, 2025
The tariff classification and country of origin of a screwdriver, pry bar, shears, and spinner handle
N356178
November 25, 2025
The tariff classification of a scraper from Denmark
N354982
November 5, 2025
The country of origin of flatware sets.
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