HS Code 8201Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry

What HS code 8201 covers

Picture the tools a farmer, a gardener or a forester carries. You hold them and use your own strength to dig, chop, cut or rake. They are not machines. The working part is made of base metal.

Digging tools sit here. So do striking and breaking tools such as mattocks and picks, and cutting tools such as scythes and hedge shears. These agricultural hand tools and garden tools share one heading because they do the same kind of outdoor work.

The rest of Chapter 82 tools and cutlery holds other hand tools, knives, scissors and tableware.

How to pick the right 8201 subheading

Start with what the tool does. Ask if it digs, breaks soil, chops, or snips plants. Then ask how many hands it needs. Most mistakes happen between the cutting tools, so read those lines twice.

Pruners are sorted by grip and size. A small pair worked with one hand has its own line, and poultry shears share it. A long pair that needs both hands goes on a different line, together with hedge shears.

Hewing tools are tools that cut by chopping. They only count here when they are of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry. A chopping tool made for another trade does not belong.

The last line of the heading is the residual one. Use it only when no named line fits. If a tool matches a named line, use that line and leave the residual line alone.

Customs rules differ by country, so check your national tariff for duty. The classifier below can help you test a product description.

8201 vs nearby Chapter 82 headings

Many hand tools look alike, but each heading has its own job. Use this short guide to rule out the wrong ones.

Saws and saw blades of every kind are not in 8201. They go to 8202. Files, rasps, pliers, pincers, tweezers and metal cutting shears go to 8203.

Hand tools with no better home, such as vices, clamps and anvils, go to 8205. That heading is the general one. Heading 8201 is only for tools of the farm, garden and forest type.

Knives with cutting blades go to 8211, and that includes pruning knives. A pruning knife is a knife, so it is not a secateur. Scissors and tailors' shears go to 8213, so household scissors are not hedge shears.

When the item is a saw, a plier, a knife or a pair of scissors, check those headings first.

Import and export data for HS 8201

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