Chapter 82 HSN codes: tools and cutlery

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal. Every heading in chapter 82 with its GST rate; search any 8-digit code below.

Rates checked October 2026 · from the official GST notifications

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Headings in chapter 82 and their GST

HSN	Description	GST
8201	Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry6 tariff items	0%
8202	Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades)11 tariff items	18%
8203	Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe- cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools5 tariff items	18%
8204	Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles5 tariff items	18%
8205	Hand tools (including glaziers' diamonds), not elsewhere specified or included, blow lamps, vices, clamps and the like, other than accessories for and parts of, machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines, anvils, portable forges, hand-or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks17 tariff items	18%
8206	Tools of two or more of the headings 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale2 tariff items	18%
8207	Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring, broaching, milling, turning or screw driving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools16 tariff items	18%
8208	Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances9 tariff items	18%
8209	Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets2 tariff items	18%
8210	Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10 kg. or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink1 tariff item	18%
8211	Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 8208, and blades therefor7 tariff items	18%
8212	Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips)6 tariff items	18%
8213	Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor1 tariff item	18%
8214	Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives), manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)6 tariff items	0% or 18%
8215	Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware4 tariff items	18%

Where a heading shows two rates, its codes or its goods differ: tap the heading to see each 8-digit code and the condition for each rate.

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What chapter 82 covers

Chapter 82 of the tariff is "Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal". It has 15 four-digit headings and 98 eight-digit tariff items, such as 8201 (Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks,), 8202 (Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including), 8203 (Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers,).

GST rates in chapter 82

Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. By tariff item: 86 at 18%, 6 at 0%. For 6 of them the rate depends on how the goods are described or sold (for example the sale price, or whether they are pre-packaged and labelled), so the finder shows each option with its condition.

Questions

What is the GST rate for chapter 82 goods?

Most of its tariff items are taxed at 18%. Of the 98 eight-digit codes in chapter 82, 86 at 18%, 6 at 0%; the rest depend on the description. Check the exact code in the table: some headings have more than one rate.

What is HSN code 8201?

Heading 8201 is "Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry". GST: 0%.