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Current tariff classification

Schedule 3 - Section XV

    Section XV - Base metals and articles of base metal

    Chapter 82 - 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 8209.00.00, this Chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working surface or other working part of:

      1. Base metal;

      2. Metal carbides or cermets;

      3. Precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base metal, metal carbide or cermet; or

      4. 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 tool-holders for hand tools (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 or electric hair clippers are to be classified in 8510.

    3. Sets consisting of one or more knives of 8211 and at least an equal number of articles of 8215 are to be classified in 8215.

    8201
    Hand 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
    8202
    Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades)
    8203
    Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools
    8204
    Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles
    ​8205
    Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included; blow lamps; vices, 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
    8206
    Tools of two or more of 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale
    8207
    Interchangeable 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 screw driving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools
    8208
    Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
    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
    8211
    Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of 8208, and blades therefor
    8212
    Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips)
    8213
    Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor
    8214
    Other 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)
    8215
    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware
    Reference
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    8201HAND 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:
    ​8201.10.00 01 ..- Spades and shovelsFree
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    ​8201.30.00 03 ..- Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakesFree View TCOs for 8201.30.00
    ​8201.40.00 04 ..- Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing toolsFree
    View TCOs for 8201.40.00
    View TCOs for 8201.40
    ​8201.50.00 05 ..- Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears)Free View TCOs for 8201.50.00
    View TCOs for 8201.50
    ​8201.60.00 06 ..- Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shearsFree​
    View TCOs for 8201.60.00
    8201.90.00 08 ..- Other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry
    5% View TCOs for 8201.90.00
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    8202HAND SAWS; BLADES FOR SAWS OF ALL KINDS (INCLUDING SLITTING, SLOTTING OR TOOTHLESS SAW BLADES):
    ​8202.10.00 16 No- Hand sawsFree​
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    8202.20.00 10 m- Band saw blades5% View TCOs for 8202.20.00
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    8202.3- Circular saw blades (including slitting or slotting saw blades):
    8202.31.00 36 No-- With working part of steel5% View TCOs for 8202.31.00
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    8202.39.00 37 No-- Other, including parts5% View TCOs for 8202.39.00
    8202.40.00 35 m- Chain saw bladesFree View TCOs for 8202.40.00
    8202.9- Other saw blades:
    ​8202.91.00 39 No-- Straight saw blades, for working metalFree
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    8202.99.00 18 No-- Other5% View TCOs for 8202.99.00
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    8203FILES, RASPS, PLIERS (INCLUDING CUTTING PLIERS), PINCERS, TWEEZERS, METAL CUTTING SHEARS, PIPE-CUTTERS, BOLT CROPPERS, PERFORATING PUNCHES AND SIMILAR HAND TOOLS:
    8203.10.00 81 No- Files, rasps and similar tools5%
    CA:Free
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    View TCOs for 8203.10
    8203.20.00 21 ..- Pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers and similar tools5% View TCOs for 8203.20.00
    View TCOs for 8203.20
    8203.30.00 22 ..- Metal cutting shears and similar tools5% View TCOs for 8203.30.00
    View TCOs for 8203.30
    8203.40.00- Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools5% View TCOs for 8203.40.00
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    23 .. Pipe-cutters and bolt croppers
    24 .. Other
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    8204HAND-OPERATED SPANNERS AND WRENCHES (INCLUDING TORQUE METER WRENCHES BUT NOT INCLUDING TAP WRENCHES); INTERCHANGEABLE SPANNER SOCKETS, WITH OR WITHOUT HANDLES:
    8204.1- Hand-operated spanners and wrenches:
    8204.11.00-- Non-adjustable5% View TCOs for 8204.11.00
    View TCOs for 8204.11
    25 No Combination open end and ring type
    20 No Open end type; ring type
    28 No Other
    8204.12.00-- Adjustable5% View TCOs for 8204.12.00
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    35 No Spanners and wenches
    32 .. Parts
    8204.20.00- Interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles5% View TCOs for 8204.20.00
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    33 SR In sets
    34 No Other
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    8205HAND TOOLS (INCLUDING GLAZIERS' DIAMONDS), NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; BLOW LAMPS; VICES, 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:
    8205.10.00 01 ..- Drilling, threading or tapping tools5% View TCOs for 8205.10.00
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    ​8205.20.00 04 No- Hammers and sledge hammersFree​
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    ​8205.30.00 02 No- Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working woodFree
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    ​8205.40.00- Screwdrivers
    Free​
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    07 SR In sets
    08 No Other
    8205.5- Other hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds):
    8205.51.00 09 ..-- Household tools5% View TCOs for 8205.51.00
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    8205.59.00 10 ..-- Other5% View TCOs for 8205.59.00
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    8205.60.00 11 No- Blow lampsFree View TCOs for 8205.60.00
    8205.70.00- Vices, clamps and the like5% View TCOs for 8205.70.00
    View TCOs for 8205.70
    47 No Vices and the like
    48 No Clamps and the like
    45 .. Parts
    8205.90.00 01 ..- Other, including sets of articles of two or more subheadings of this heading5% View TCOs for 8205.90.00
    Reference
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    8206.00.00 20 SRTOOLS OF TWO OR MORE OF 8202 TO 8205, PUT UP IN SETS FOR RETAIL SALE5% View TCOs for 8206.00.00
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    8207INTERCHANGEABLE 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 SCREW DRIVING), INCLUDING DIES FOR DRAWING OR EXTRUDING METAL, AND ROCK DRILLING OR EARTH BORING TOOLS:
    8207.1- Rock drilling or earth boring tools:
    8207.13.00 46 No-- With working part of cermets5%
    DCS:4%
    CA:Free
    DCT:5%
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    8207.19.00 47 ..-- Other, including parts5%
    DCS:4%
    CA:Free
    DCT:5%
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    ​​8207.20.00 28 ..- Dies for drawing or extruding metalFree
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    View TCOs for 8207.20
    8207.30.00 29 ..- Tools for pressing, stamping or punching
    5% View TCOs for 8207.30.00
    View TCOs for 8207.30
    8207.40.00- Tools for tapping or threading5% View TCOs for 8207.40.00
    View TCOs for 8207.40.00
    41 No Taps; dies
    33 No Other
    8207.50.00- Tools for drilling, other than for rock drilling5% View TCOs for 8207.50.00
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    01 No Masonry drills
    Twist drills, straight shank:
    02 SR .In sets
    03 No .Other
    04 No Other
    8207.60.00 05 ..- Tools for boring or broaching5% View TCOs for 8207.60.00
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    8207.70.00 06 ..- Tools for milling5% View TCOs for 8207.70.00
    View TCOs for 8207.70
    8207.80.00 07 ..- Tools for turning5% View TCOs for 8207.80.00
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    8207.90.00- Other interchangeable tools5%
    CA:Free
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    08 No Holesaws
    09 No Other
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    8208KNIVES AND CUTTING BLADES, FOR MACHINES OR FOR MECHANICAL APPLIANCES:
    8208.10.00 10 ..- For metal working5% View TCOs for 8208.10.00
    View TCOs for 8208.10
    8208.20.00 11 ..- For wood working5% View TCOs for 8208.20.00
    View TCOs for 8208.20
    8208.30.00 12 ..- For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry5% View TCOs for 8208.30.00
    View TCOs for 8208.30
    8208.40- For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines: View TCOs for 8208.40
    8208.40.10 31 ..--- Designed for use with wood chipping machines5% View TCOs for 8208.40.10
    8208.40.90 32 ..--- OtherFree View TCOs for 8208.40.90
    8208.90.00 14 ..- Other5% View TCOs for 8208.90.00
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    8209.00.00 15 NoPLATES, STICKS, TIPS AND THE LIKE FOR TOOLS, UNMOUNTED, OF CERMETSFree​
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    8210.00.00 39 ..HAND-OPERATED MECHANICAL APPLIANCES, WEIGHING 10 kg OR LESS, USED IN THE PREPARATION, CONDITIONING OR SERVING OF FOOD OR DRINK5%
    DCS:4%
    DCT:5%
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    8211KNIVES WITH CUTTING BLADES, SERRATED OR NOT (INCLUDING PRUNING KNIVES), OTHER THAN KNIVES OF 8208, AND BLADES THEREFOR:
    ​8211.10.00 18 SR- Sets of assorted articlesFree View TCOs for 8211.10.00
    8211.9- Other:
    ​8211.91.00 33 ..-- Table knives having fixed bladesFree View TCOs for 8211.91.00
    8211.92-- Other knives having fixed blades: View TCOs for 8211.92
    ​8211.92.10 34 ..--- Kitchen knives, butchers' knives and slaughtermen's knivesFree​
    View TCOs for 8211.92.10
    8211.92.90 35 ..--- Other5%
    DCS:Free
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    42 No-- Knives having other than fixed bladesFree View TCOs for 8211.93.00
    8211.94-- Blades: View TCOs for 8211.94
    ​8211.94.10 25 No--- For table knives, kitchen knives, butchers' knives and slaughtermen's knivesFree
    View TCOs for 8211.94.10
    8211.94.90 26 No--- Other5%
    DCS:Free
    View TCOs for 8211.94.90
    8211.95-- Handles of base metal: View TCOs for 8211.95
    8211.95.10 37 No--- For table knives, kitchen knives, butchers' knives and slaughtermen's knives5% View TCOs for 8211.95.10
    8211.95.90 38 No--- Other5%
    DCS:Free
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    8212RAZORS AND RAZOR BLADES (INCLUDING RAZOR BLADE BLANKS IN STRIPS):
    8212.10.00 40 No- RazorsFree View TCOs for 8212.10.00
    8212.20.00 29 No- Safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in stripsFree View TCOs for 8212.20.00
    8212.90.00 30 ..- Other partsFree View TCOs for 8212.90.00
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    8213.00.00 01 ..SCISSORS, TAILORS' SHEARS AND SIMILAR SHEARS, AND BLADES THEREFORFree View TCOs for 8213.00.00
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    8214OTHER 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):
    8214.10.00 02 ..- Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades thereforFree View TCOs for 8214.10.00
    8214.20.00 03 ..- Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)Free View TCOs for 8214.20.00
    8214.90.00 04 ..- OtherFree View TCOs for 8214.90.00
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    8215SPOONS, FORKS, LADLES, SKIMMERS, CAKE- SERVERS, FISH-KNIVES, BUTTER-KNIVES, SUGAR TONGS AND SIMILAR KITCHEN OR TABLEWARE:
    8215.10.00 05 SR- Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metal5% View TCOs for 8215.10.00
    ​8215.20.00 06 SR- Other sets of assorted articles
    Free
    View TCOs for 8215.20.00
    8215.9- Other:
    8215.91.00 07 ..-- Plated with precious metal5% View TCOs for 8215.91.00
    8215.99.00 08 ..-- OtherFree​
    View TCOs for 8215.99.00
    View TCOs for 8215.99

    Footnote

    V.3

    Operative 1/7/26​

    # Unless otherwise indicated NZ, PG, FI, DC, LDC and SG rates are Free.

    The SG​ rate cannot be used to claim preferential tariff treatment for goods that are the produce or manufacture of Singapore unless the goods were imported before 1 December 2020.

    Unless otherwise indicated general rate applies for CA.

    Unless indicated in the relevant Schedule, rates for originating goods under a free trade agreement are Free.​​

    DCS denotes the rate for countries and places listed in Part 4 of Schedule 1 to the Customs Tariff Regulations 2004.

    DCT denotes the rate for HK, KR, SG and TW.

    If no DCT rate shown, DCS rate applies. If no DCT or DCS rate shown, general rate applies.

    From 25 April 2022 the amount of duty applied to additional duty goods, in accordance with ​section 18A of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, is equal to the general rate of duty plus an amount equal to 35% of the value of the goods.

    From 4 July 2022, goods of Ukraine, in accordance with proposed section 18B of the Customs Tariff Act 1995, are Free.

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