HS chapter 82
Tools and cutlery
Chapter 82 has 15 headings with 98 EU tariff lines and 83 Mercosur tariff lines. Duty-free from entry into force: 85 EU and 0 Mercosur lines. Ten years or more, a quota or excluded: 0 EU and 83 Mercosur lines.
Official chapter title: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal · Data last updated 18 October 2026
How fast duties fall
Tariff lines of the chapter by staging category, in each schedule.
| Treatment | EU lines | Mercosur lines |
|---|---|---|
| Duty-free from entry into force (0) | 85 | 0 |
| Phased out over 4 to 8 years | 13 | 0 |
| Phased out over 10 years | 0 | 74 |
| Phased out over 15 years (15, 15V) | 0 | 6 |
| Excluded (E) | 0 | 3 |
Headings in this chapter
Headings with a product page are linked. For the others, open the calculator. Heading descriptions are the English HS nomenclature.
| Heading | Description | Into the EU | Into Brazil | Calculate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8201 | Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry | base 1.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8202 | Tools, hand; saws and blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades) | base 1.7–2.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8203 | Tools, hand; files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar | base 1.7% | base 18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 8204 | Tools, hand; hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles | base 1.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8205 | Tools, hand; (including glaziers' diamonds) n.e.c.; blow lamps; vices, clamps etc, other than accessories for and parts of, machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal operated grinding wheels with frameworks | base 1.7–3.7% | base 18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 8206 | Tools, hand; two or more of heading no. 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale | base 3.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8207 | Tools, interchangeable; for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools (pressing, stamping, punching, drilling etc), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools | base 2.7% | base 18–25%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 8208 | Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliancesExcluded lines | base 1.7% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8209 | Tools; plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets | base 2.7% | base 16%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8210 | Tools; hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink | base 2.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8211 | Knives; with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading no. 8208, and blades therefore | base 2.7–8.5%zero by 2033 | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8212 | Razors and razor blades; (including razor blade blanks in strips)Excluded lines | base 2.7% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8213 | Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore | base 4.2% | base 18%zero by 2036 | Calculate |
| 8214 | Cutlery; other articles, (e.g. hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives), manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) | base 2.7% | base 18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |
| 8215 | Cutlery; spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware | base 4.7–8.5%zero by 2033 | base 18%zero by 2041 | Calculate |