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HS heading 82.12: Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips)

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Key facts

Heading
82.12
Description
Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips)
Chapter
82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
Subheadings
3
Edition
HS2022

Summary

HS heading 82.12 covers razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips). 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: 8212.10 (razors), 8212.20 (safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips) and 8212.90 (other parts). National tariff lines under heading 82.12 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country).

What this code covers

HS heading 82.12 covers razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips).

It is split into 3 subheadings: 8212.10 (razors), 8212.20 (safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips) and 8212.90 (other parts).

What it doesn’t cover

Other goods of chapter 82 are classified in its other 14 headings, listed below.

  • 82.01Hand 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
  • 82.02Hand saws; blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades)
  • 82.03Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar hand tools
  • 82.04Hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches); interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles
  • 82.05Hand 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
  • 82.06Tools of two or more of the headings 82.02 to 82.05, put up in sets for retail sale
  • 82.07Interchangeable 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
  • 82.08Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
  • 82.09Plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of cermets
  • 82.10Hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink
  • 82.11Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading 82.08, and blades therefor
  • 82.13Scissors, tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefor
  • 82.14Other 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)
  • 82.15Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter- knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware

How it is structured

Heading 82.12 is one of 15 headings in chapter 82. Its first two digits, 82, are the chapter; the next two, 12, number the heading within it. Its subheadings add two more digits (8212.10, 8212.20, 8212.90).

In other countries

National tariff lines under heading 82.12 are live on border.bot for the United States (4 lines, also used by 1 other country).

Frequently asked questions

What does HS heading 82.12 cover?

HS heading 82.12 covers razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks in strips).

Which chapter is HS heading 82.12 in?

HS heading 82.12 is in chapter 82 (tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal).

How many subheadings does HS heading 82.12 have?

HS heading 82.12 has 3 subheadings: 8212.10 (razors), 8212.20 (safety razor blades, including razor blade blanks in strips) and 8212.90 (other parts).

Which countries’ tariffs list national lines under HS heading 82.12?

National tariff lines under heading 82.12 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.

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