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Cutting tools and inserts: statutory & effective tariff rates

Statutory HTS duty rates for 30 cutting tools and inserts tariff lines (MFN Free–8.4%), from USITC. Effective rate May 2026: 14.03%; monthly history since 2014.

Statutory rates from the schedule

  • Interchangeable tooling — drills, end mills, taps, dies, machine knives, and carbide inserts. This family covers HTS headings 8207, 8208, 8209: 30 eight-digit rate lines with MFN (column 1, general) rates of Free–8.4% in the 2026 schedule.
  • Chapter 99 flags on individual lines mark Section 301/232 overlay provisions (e.g. 9903.88.03) that apply on top of the MFN column.

What importers actually paid

  • Latest month on record (2026-05): 14.03% effective on $457.6M of imports, versus 16.89% in the same month a year earlier. The monthly archive holds 149 observations from 2014-01 through 2026-05.
  • In 2025, U.S. imports for consumption in this family totaled $4.5B in customs value and paid $701.7M in calculated duties: an effective tariff rate of 15.67%. The effective rate captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and special-program use that the statutory column cannot.
  • A year earlier the effective rate was 6.17%, so the duty burden rose 9.5 points.
  • Top source countries in 2025: Germany ($762.3M at 11.76%), Japan ($616.5M at 9.81%), China ($529.5M at 50.7%), South Korea ($311.4M at 9.73%), Canada ($272.4M at 2.42%).

Representative rate lines

  • 8207.13.00.00: With working part of cermets — MFN 3.6%
  • 8207.19.30: With cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungst — MFN 5%
  • 8207.19.60: Other — MFN 2.9%
  • 8207.20.00: Dies for drawing or extruding metal, and parts thereof — MFN 3.9%
  • 8207.30.30: Suitable for cutting metal, and parts thereof — MFN 5.7%
  • 8207.30.60: Not suitable for cutting metal, and parts thereof — MFN 2.9%
  • 8207.40.30.00: With cutting part containing by weight over 0.2 percent of chromium, molybdenum, or tungst — MFN 5.7%
  • 8207.40.60.00: Other — MFN 4.8%

About this data

  • Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.