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
Chapter 82 of the Harmonized System has 15 four-digit headings, from 82.01 to 82.15. Each heading is split further into six-digit subheadings, then into national 8- and 10-digit commodity codes.
Headings in chapter 82
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| 82.01 | Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, billhooks 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 |
| 82.02 | Handsaws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades) |
| 82.03 | Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal-cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools |
| 82.04 | Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles |
| 82.05 | Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included; blowlamps; 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 |
| 82.06 | Tools of two or more of headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale |
| 82.07 | 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 |
| 82.08 | Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances |
| 82.09 | Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets |
| 82.10 | Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10 kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink |
| 82.11 | Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades therefor |
| 82.12 | Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips) |
| 82.13 | Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor |
| 82.14 | Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paperknives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) |
| 82.15 | Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware |
Classifying goods in chapter 82
Start with the chapter and section notes: they are legally binding and often decide what is included or excluded. Then choose the heading whose wording best describes your product (GRI 1), and work down to the six-digit subheading before choosing the national commodity code.
The six-digit code is shared internationally. The UK and EU add digits for their own tariffs and statistics, and the US uses its own 10-digit HTS lines, so always confirm the final code in the tariff of the country you are importing into.
Official sources
Check chapter 82 in the UK Trade Tariff, the EU TARIC and the US HTS.