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Section XV › Chapter 82

Chapter 82
Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal

Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal

Notes

1.

Apart from blow lamps, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure or pedicure sets, and goods of heading 82.09, 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 semi-precious 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 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 tool-holders for hand tools (heading 84.66). 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 or electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading 85.10.

3.

Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading 82.11 and at least an equal number of articles of heading 82.15 are to be classified in heading 82.15.

Rates as at 15 September 2026
HeadingCDDescriptionUnitGeneralEUEFTASADCMERCOSURAfCFTA
82.01Hand tools, the following: 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:
8201.10Spades and shovels:
8201.10.059Of a maximum blade width of more than 150 mm but not exceeding 200 mmkg20%freefreefree20%8%
8201.10.105Of a maximum blade width of more than 200 mm but not exceeding 320 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.10.903Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8201.30Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes:
8201.30.201Hoes with a working edge of a width not exceeding 320 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.30.406Rakes with not more than 8 prongskg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.30.031Mattocks; pickskg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.30.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8201.40Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools:
8201.40.109Hatchets with steel handleskg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.40.907Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8201.506Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears)kgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8201.600Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shearskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8201.90.101Forks with 8 or more prongskg20%free15%free18%6%
8201.90Other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry:
8201.90.209Other forks, with a prong length exceeding 150 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8201.90.908Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
82.02Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades):
8202.101Hand sawskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8202.20.200Of a width of 13 mm or more but not exceeding 40 mm, of high speed bimetalkg20%freefreefree10%4%
8202.20Band saw blades:
8202.20.308Other, of a width of 4,5 mm or more but not exceeding 32 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8202.20.901Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8202.3Circular saw blades (including slitting or slotting saw blades):
8202.317With a working part of steelkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8202.39Other, including parts:
8202.39.309With a working part of tungsten carbide and a diameter not exceeding 600 mmkg20%free20%free20%8%
8202.405Chain saw bladeskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8202.39.903Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8202.9Other saw blades:
8202.914Straight saw blades, for working metalkg20%free20%free20%8%
8202.995Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
82.03Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools:
8203.105Files, rasps and similar toolskg15%free15%free15%6%
8203.20.204Pliers of a length exceeding 110 mm but not exceeding 300 mm, the following: side-cutting pliers with serrated jaws (with or without pipe grips), snipe-nose pliers with side cutters and serrated jaws, gas pliers and slip-joint pipe-grip pliers (including bent-nose type)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8203.20.409Adjustable self-locking pliers and gripskg20%free20%free18%8%
8203.20.107Waterpump plierskg20%free20%free18%8%
8203.20Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools:
8203.20.301Fencing pliers of a length exceeding 110 mm but not exceeding 320 mm; diagonal cutting pliers (not lever assisted) of a length exceeding 110 mm but not exceeding 250 mm; circlip pliers (cotter pliers) of a length exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 250 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8203.20.905Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8203.304Metal cutting shears and similar toolskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8203.409Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar toolskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
82.04Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but excluding tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles:
8204.1Hand-operated spanners and wrenches:
8204.11Non-adjustable:
8204.11.404Socket accessories (for example, extensions, ratchet handles, speed braces, sliding T-handles, universal joints and swivel handles) with a drive of 9 mm or more but not exceeding 21 mm (excluding torque wrenches)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8204.11.153Double open end spanners of all sizes up to 36 mm; ring spanners of all sizes up to 36 mm; combination ring and open end spanners of all sizes up to 36 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8204.12Adjustable:
8204.11.900Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8204.12.206Wrenches with a length of 140 mm or more but not exceeding 310 mm (including parts, whether or not worked)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8204.12.109Pipe wrenches (excluding chain pipe wrenches)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8204.12.907Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8204.20.402With a drive of 9 mm or more but not exceeding 21 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8204.20Interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles:
8204.20.909Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
82.05Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included; blow lamps; vices, clamps and the like (excluding accessories for and parts of, machine- tools or water-jet cutting machines); anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks:
8205.102Drilling, threading or tapping toolskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8205.20.104Steel headed hammerskg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.20Hammers and sledge hammers:
8205.20.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8205.301Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working woodkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8205.40.103Star-point screwdrivers (excluding ratchet screwdrivers and screwdrivers with screwholding clamps)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.40.405Sets with a variety of screwdrivers which contain at least one star- point screwdriver or one flat-point screwdriver with a width at the point of 3 mm or more but not exceeding 9,5 mmkg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.40.200Flat-point screwdrivers with a width at the point of 3 mm or more but not exceeding 9,5 mm (excluding ratchet screwdrivers and screwdrivers with screwholding clamps)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.40Screwdrivers:
8205.40.901Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8205.5Other hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds):
8205.517Household toolskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8205.59.059Riveting tools for blind riveting; brick bolsters; cold chisels; punches; hacking knives; soldering ironskg20%freefreefree18%8%
8205.59Other:
8205.59.903Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8205.605Blow lampskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8205.70.301Self-locking welding clamps; self-locking "C" clampskg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.70Vices, clamps and the like:
8205.70.107Bench and carpenters vices (excluding table, leg, pipe and swivel vices, not being bench vices with detachable swivel bases)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.70.204Wood working clamps and crampskg20%free20%free18%8%
8205.70.905Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8205.909Other, including sets of articles of two or more of the foregoing subheadingskg20%freefreefree20%free
8206.001Tools of two or more of the headings 82.02 to 82.05, put up in sets for retail salekg20%freefreefree20%8%
82.07Interchangeable tools for hand tools, 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:
8207.1Rock drilling or earth boring tools:
8207.13.254Bits (excluding those of a diameter exceeding 100 mm but not exceeding 385 mm incorporating hemispherical shaped inserts of tungsten carbide, those of a kind used for raise boring and chisel blanks for rock drills)kg20%free15%free18%6%
8207.13.270Conical shaped cutter picks, with tungsten carbide insertskg20%freefreefreefreefree
8207.13With working part of cermets:
8207.13.904Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8207.19.155Conical shaped cutter picks, without tungsten carbide insertskg20%freefreefreefreefree
8207.19Other, including parts:
8207.19.104Parts of bits (excluding parts used for raise boring and other parts not incorporating cermets)kg20%free15%free18%6%
8207.204Dies for drawing or extruding metalkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8207.19.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8207.309Tools for pressing, stamping or punchingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8207.40.100Screwing taps, of alloy steel or high speed steelkg20%free20%free18%8%
8207.40Tools for tapping or threading:
8207.40.909Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8207.508Tools for drilling (excluding rock drilling)kg20%freefreefree18%8%
8207.60Tools for boring or broaching:
8207.60.150Reamers, tipped with tungsten carbide or of high speed steelkg20%free20%free18%8%
8207.60.908Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8207.70Tools for milling:
8207.70.155Milling cutters, tipped with tungsten carbide or of high speed steelkg20%free20%free18%8%
8207.70.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8207.80Tools for turning:
8207.80.109Cutting tools, tipped with tungsten carbidekg20%free20%free20%8%
8207.80.907Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8207.906Other interchangeable toolskg20%freefreefreefreefree
82.08Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances:
8208.103For metal workingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8208.208For wood workingkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8208.302For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industrykgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8208.40.104Lawn mower bladeskg20%freefreefree20%8%
8208.40For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines:
8208.40.902Otherkg20%freefreefree20%free
8208.906Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8209.00.207Other tungsten carbide tipskg15%free15%free13,5%6%
8209.00Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets:
8209.00.100Tungsten carbide tips for cutting tools for use with machine tools for working metal or metal carbideskg20%free20%free18%8%
8209.00.908Otherkg20%freefreefreefreefree
8210.002Hand-operated mechanical appliances, of a mass of 10 kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drinkkg20%free20%free20%8%
82.11Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), (excluding knives of heading 82.08), and blades therefor:
8211.10Sets of assorted articles:
8211.10.205Identifiable for use solely or principally by mechanics or artisans and knives for other industrial purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.10.108Identifiable for use solely or principally for agricultural purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.10.302Table knives, not plated with precious metalu20%free20%free20%8%
8211.10.809Other, plated with precious metalu20%free20%free20%8%
8211.10.906Otheru20%free15%free20%6%
8211.9Other:
8211.913Table knives having fixed bladesu15%free15%free15%6%
8211.92.204Identifiable for use solely or principally by mechanics or artisans and knives for other industrial purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.92Other knives having fixed blades:
8211.92.107Identifiable for use solely or principally for agricultural purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.93.200Identifiable for use solely or principally by mechanics or artisans and knives for other industrial purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.93.251Folding knives incorporating five or more auxiliary toolsufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.93Knives (excluding those having fixed blades):
8211.93.308Other folding knives with one or more blades with a cutting edge of 25 mm or more but not exceeding 100 mm, not plated with precious metalu20%freefreefree20%8%
8211.92.808Other, plated with precious metalu20%free20%free20%8%
8211.92.905Otheru20%free15%free20%6%
8211.93.103Identifiable for use solely or principally for agricultural purposesufreefreefreefreefreefree
8211.94.108For table knives (excluding bread, carving and similar knives)kg20%free20%free20%8%
8211.93.804Other, plated with precious metalu20%free20%free20%8%
8211.93.901Otheru20%free15%free20%6%
8211.94Blades:
8211.95.300For other knives, whether or not plated with precious metalkg20%free20%free20%8%
8211.95Handles of base metal:
8211.95.106For table knives having fixed blades, not plated with precious metalkg15%free15%free15%6%
8211.94.908Otherkg20%free15%free18%6%
82.12Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips):
8212.104Razorsufreefreefreefreefreefree
8212.209Safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in stripsufreefreefreefreefreefree
8212.900Other partskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8213.003Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades thereforkgfreefreefreefreefreefree
82.14Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files):
8214.101Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades thereforkg15%free15%free15%6%
8214.206Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)kg20%free20%free18%8%
8214.90Other:
8214.90.105Cutters for clippers for shearing animalskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8214.90.202Parts (excluding cutters) for hand-operated, non-electrical clippers for shearing animalskgfreefreefreefreefreefree
8214.90.903Otherkg15%free15%free15%6%
82.15Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware:
8215.105Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metalkg30%free30%free30%12%
8215.201Other sets of assorted articleskg30%free30%free30%12%
8215.9Other:
8215.918Plated with precious metalkg30%free30%free30%12%
8215.999Otherkg30%free30%free30%12%

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