Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets

Every line of heading 8209

• 8209.00.00 Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets: General 4.6%; Special Free (A,AU,BH,CL,CO,D,E,IL,JO,JP,KR,MA,OM,P,PA,PE,S,SG); Column 2 60%.
• 8209.00.00.30 Of sintered metal carbides (under: Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets) (kg).
• 8209.00.00.60 Of other cermets (under: Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets) (kg).

From MFG Calcs data: Cutting tools and inserts

U.S. imports of cutting tools and inserts (headings 8207, 8208, 8209) came to $4.48B in 2025, with $702M in calculated duty: an effective duty of 15.7%, every duty included.

Effective duty in Sep 2026: 14.1%, against 22.1% in Sep 2025.

Largest sources in 2025: Germany $762M at 11.8% effective duty; Japan $617M at 9.8% effective duty; China $530M at 50.7% effective duty; South Korea $311M at 9.7% effective duty; Canada $272M at 2.4% effective duty.

These are family totals from U.S. import statistics published through USITC DataWeb, not this heading's rate alone; effective duty is calculated duty as a share of customs value, an estimate, not a ruling.

• Cutting tools and inserts: tariffs and imports
• Cutting tools and inserts: landed cost by country
• Cutting tools and inserts: reshoring outlook

About these rates

The rates are those printed in the 2026 HTS Revision 23, published by the U.S. International Trade Commission. A 10-digit statistical line takes the rates printed on the 8-digit line above it. Chapter 99 duties (Section 232, Section 301, IEEPA) depend on the product, the origin and the date, are charged on top, and are not included. A code here is a strong lead, not a ruling: confirm it with a customs broker or a CBP binding ruling.