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 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal and sits within Section XV: Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal.
About Chapter 82
Chapter 82 contains 189 10-digit statistical lines grouped under 11 4-digit headings. Brokers, importers, and customs counsel use these codes to declare tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal on entry summaries (CBP Form 7501) and to look up the published Column 1, Special, and Column 2 rate notation.
General (Column 1) duty rates for ad-valorem lines in Chapter 82 range from 1.6% to 14%, with a median of 5%. About 26% of the chapter's lines (50 of 189) enter duty-free under the general rate. Special-rate notation (including USMCA, KORUS, AGOA, and GSP when authorized) and Chapter 99 measures can modify these base rates for qualifying shipments.
Product-code pages link into the Tandom Tariff Calculator with the base HTS code prefilled. Chapter 99 provision pages instead show mapped base codes and send you to a dated calculator scenario, which determines whether a measure applies from the entry facts. Tandom's data refreshes daily from USITC HTSUS, CBP CSMS, the Federal Register, and the Department of Commerce — the same authoritative sources the trade community files against.