HS code 8208: Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances — heading 8208 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).
Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal
Subheadings of 8208 (6 digits)
- Tools; knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for metal working
- Tools; knives and cutting blades, for wood working machines or mechanical appliances
- Tools; knives and cutting blades, for kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry
- Tools; knives and cutting blades, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines or mechanical appliances
- Tools; knives and cutting blades, for machines or mechanical appliances, n.e.c. in heading no. 8208
Pick the subheading that describes your product. A subheading marked “n.e.c.” (not elsewhere classified) or “other” covers only what the subheadings before it do not. Click a code to copy it.
Confirm the full code and the duty rate
The first 6 digits are the same in every country that uses HS 2022. Each country adds 2–4 more digits and sets the duty in its own tariff, and the section and chapter notes can include or exclude products, so check the destination’s official tariff before you put the code on the invoice.
Other headings in chapter 82
- 8201 Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and…
- 8202 Tools, hand; saws and blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades)
- 8203 Tools, hand; files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe…
- 8204 Tools, hand; hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap…
- 8205 Tools, hand; (including glaziers' diamonds) n.e.c.; blow lamps; vices, clamps etc, other than accessories for…
- 8206 Tools, hand; two or more of heading no. 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale
- 8207 Tools, interchangeable; for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools (pressing…
- 8209 Tools; plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets
- 8210 Tools; hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or…
- 8211 Knives; with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading no.…
- 8212 Razors and razor blades; (including razor blade blanks in strips)
- 8213 Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore
- 8214 Cutlery; other articles, (e.g. hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives…
- 8215 Cutlery; spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar…
Source: HS 2022 nomenclature, 6-digit level (UN Comtrade). Descriptions are in English, as in the official nomenclature. Digits after the 6th differ by country.
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Common questions
What is HS code 8208?
8208 is the HS 2022 heading for Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances. It is in chapter 82 (Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal), section XV, and has 5 six-digit subheadings, from 8208.10 to 8208.90.
Can I write 8208 on a commercial invoice?
Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 8208.10), and the import declaration uses the destination country’s full code of 8 to 10 digits. Use the subheading that matches your product, and confirm the national digits with the buyer, the customs broker or the official tariff.
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