8214 — Articles of cutlery, n.e.s., e.g. hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives and paperknives of base metal; manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, incl. nail files, of base metal
Articles of cutlery, n.e.s., e.g. hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives and paperknives of base metal; manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, incl. nail files, 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
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Explanatory notes to heading 8214 2 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.
8214 Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, special butchers' knives or special kitchen knives and choppers, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files): 8214 10 – paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades therefor 8214 20 – manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) 8214 90 – other
This heading covers: (1) Paper knives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners (including pocket sharpeners) and blades therefor, but not pencil sharpening machines of heading 8472. (2) Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, including nail files (folding or not). Such instruments also include nail cleaners, corn knives and corn pincers, cuticle knives, cuticle pushers, nail nippers and nail scissors. Manicure or pedicure sets are usually put up in boxes, cases, etc., and may contain scissors, non-metallic nail polishers, depilatory tweezers, etc., which, when presented separately, are classified in their appropriate headings. (3) Hair clippers, hand-operated, non-electric. Electric hair clippers with a built-in electric motor fall in heading 8510; mechanical animal clippers, usually mounted on a stand and fitted with a flexible drive, fall in heading 8436. The heading covers not only spare parts for the hair clippers of this heading, but also cutting grids and heads for the mechanical clippers of heading 8436. (4) Special butchers' knives or special kitchen knives and choppers. These articles differ in shape from ordinary knives and may be designed for use with one hand or with both hands.
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 |
|---|---|
| 8214 10 | Paperknives, letter openers, erasing knives, pencil sharpeners and blades therefor, of base metal (excl. machinery and mechanical appliances of chapter 84) |
| 8214 20 | Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments, incl. nail files, of base metal (excl. ordinary scissors) |
| 8214 90 | Hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers and other articles of cutlery of base metal, n.e.s. |
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