HS code 8213: Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore
Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore — heading 8213 of the Harmonized System (HS 2022).
Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal
6-digit code for 8213
- Scissors; tailors' shears, similar shears and blades therefore
Heading 8213 is not split further at the 6-digit level, so the international code is 8213.00. Click a code to copy it.
Common products under 8213
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…
- 8208 Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
- 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)
- 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 8213?
8213 is the HS 2022 heading for Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore. It is in chapter 82 (Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal), section XV, and is not split further: the 6-digit code is 8213.00.
Can I write 8213 on a commercial invoice?
Customs usually need at least the 6-digit subheading (for example 8213.00), 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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