8203 — Files, rasps, pliers, incl. cutting pliers, pincers and tweezers for non-medical use, metal-cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools, of base metal
Files, rasps, pliers, incl. cutting pliers, pincers and tweezers for non-medical use, metal-cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools, of base metal
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Where it sits in the nomenclature
Section XV. Base metals and articles of base metal
- 82Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
- 8203you are here
Explanatory notes to heading 8203 3 paragraphs
Machine translation from Russian. The original is the EEC explanatory note, and that is what a classification dispute is argued from; the translation is for understanding and has no legal force.
8203 Files, needle files, rasps, pincers (including cutting pliers), flat-nose pliers, combination pliers, tweezers, nippers, metal-cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools: 8203 10 – files, needle files, rasps and similar tools 8203 20 – pincers (including cutting pliers), flat-nose pliers, combination pliers, tweezers, nippers and similar tools 8203 30 – metal-cutting shears and similar tools 8203 40 – pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools
This heading covers the following hand tools: (A) Fillers, rasps and similar tools (including combined rasps) of all shapes (flat, round, semicircular, square, triangular, oval, etc.), of all sizes, for metal, wood or other materials. (B) Ticks (including cutters), pliers, passages, tweezers, pincers and similar tools, including:
(1) Pincers (e.g., sealing pincers, ear-marking pincers for sheep and other animals, gas pipe pincers, split-pin driving or extracting pincers, eyelet punching and closing pincers; sets of pincer-type saws). (2) Tongs (e.g., veterinary and blacksmiths' tongs). (3) Tweezers (e.g., for watchmakers, florists, philatelists, depilation). (4) Nail extractors (of the jaw type, working on the double-grip principle). (C) Metal-cutting shears and similar tools, including tinmen's snips and other shears for cutting sheet metal or wire. (D) Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools, including: (1) Pipe-cutters with cutting wheels, bolt croppers and nippers, and pincer-type chain cutting tools. (2) Perforating punches, e.g., eyelet punches for clothing; ticket punches (other than punches for dating or similar distinctive marks on tickets – heading 9611); saddlers' punches, mattress punches, etc., for perforating leather, felt or fur felt, etc., in the form of pincers or for use with a hammer (but not ordinary nail punches or similar punches). The heading excludes: (a) punches and files (including rotary files) for machine-tools (heading 8207); (b) nail files, nail scissors and nail clippers (heading 8214); (c) sugar tongs (heading 8215); (d) power-operated metal-cutting shears (heading 8462) and office perforating machines with bases for fixing or standing on a table, etc. (heading 8472); (e) perforating devices for marking dates or any other particulars on tickets (heading 9611).
Official text adopted by a Recommendation of the EEC Board
Notes to chapter 82 — Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 3 items
Notes
English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.
1. Apart from blowlamps, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure and pedicure sets, and goods of heading 8209, this chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working surface or other working part of:
(a) base metal;
(b) metal carbides or cermets;
(c) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base metal, metal carbide or cermet; or
(d) abrasive materials on a support of base metal, provided that the articles have cutting teeth, flutes, grooves, or the like, of base metal, which retain their identity and function after the application of the abrasive.
2. Parts of base metal of the articles of this chapter are to be classified with the articles of which they are parts, except parts separately specified as such and tool-holders for hand tools (heading 8466). However, parts of general use as defined in note 2 to Section XV are in all cases excluded from this chapter. Heads, blades and cutting plates for electric shavers or electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading 8510.
3. Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading 8211 and at least an equal number of articles of heading 8215 are to be classified in heading 8215.
Codes inside
Only the ten-digit code carries a duty rate
| Code | Name |
|---|---|
| 8203 10 | Files, rasps and similar hand tools of base metal |
| 8203 20 | Pliers, incl. cutting pliers, pincers and tweezers for non-medical use and similar hand tools, of base metal |
| 8203 30 | Metal-cutting shears and similar hand tools, of base metal |
| 8203 40 | Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools, of base metal |
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