# HS heading 82.04: Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles > HS heading 82.04 covers hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles. It is in chapter 82 (tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal). It is split into 3 subheadings: 8204.11 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, non-adjustable), 8204.12 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, adjustable) and 8204.20 (interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles). National tariff lines under heading 82.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country). Source: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8204 Last updated: 11 October 2026 [HS codes](https://border.bot/hs-codes) / [Chapter 82](https://border.bot/hs-codes/82) / [82.04](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8204) ## Key facts - Heading: 82.04 - Description: Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles - Chapter: 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal - Subheadings: 3 - Edition: HS2022 ## What this code covers HS heading 82.04 covers hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles. It is split into 3 subheadings: 8204.11 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, non-adjustable), 8204.12 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, adjustable) and 8204.20 (interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles). - [8204.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/820411) Hand-operated spanners and wrenches: Non-adjustable - [8204.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/820412) Hand-operated spanners and wrenches: Adjustable - [8204.20](https://border.bot/hs-codes/820420) Interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles ## What it doesn’t cover Other goods of chapter 82 are classified in its other 14 headings, listed below. - [82.01](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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 forestry - [82.02](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8202) Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades) - [82.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8203) Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools - [82.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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 frameworks - [82.06](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8206) Tools of two or more of the headings 82.02 to 82.05, put up in sets for retail sale - [82.07](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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 tools - [82.08](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8208) Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances - [82.09](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8209) Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets - [82.10](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8210) Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink - [82.11](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8211) Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 82.08, and blades therefor - [82.12](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8212) Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips) - [82.13](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8213) Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor - [82.14](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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) - [82.15](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8215) Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter- knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware ## How it is structured Heading 82.04 is one of 15 headings in chapter 82. Its first two digits, 82, are the chapter; the next two, 04, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (8204.11, 8204.12, 8204.20). ## In other countries National tariff lines under heading 82.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country). - [United States](https://border.bot/countries/united-states/hs-codes/82): 4 lines, used by 1 other country - Previous heading: [82.03](https://border.bot/hs-codes/8203) Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools - Next heading: [82.05](https://border.bot/hs-codes/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 frameworks ## Frequently asked questions ### What does HS heading 82.04 cover? HS heading 82.04 covers hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles. ### Which chapter is HS heading 82.04 in? HS heading 82.04 is in chapter 82 (tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal). ### How many subheadings does HS heading 82.04 have? HS heading 82.04 has 3 subheadings: 8204.11 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, non-adjustable), 8204.12 (hand-operated spanners and wrenches, adjustable) and 8204.20 (interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles). ### Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 82.04? National tariff lines under heading 82.04 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country). ## Sources and updates The Harmonized System legal text comes from border.bot release 2 (edition HS 2022), imported from a file, and has been live since 11 October 2026. This page was last updated on 11 October 2026. Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling. Machine-readable: https://border.bot/hs-codes/8204.json