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  "summary": "Screwdrivers are usually classified under HS code 8205.40 when it is a hand screwdriver. It sits in heading 82.05, “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”.",
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      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/820540"
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      "label": "Chapter",
      "value": "82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal",
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      "url": "https://border.bot/hs-codes/82"
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      "value": "1",
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    {
      "label": "HS edition",
      "value": "HS2022",
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    {
      "question": "What is the HS code for screwdrivers?",
      "answer": "Screwdrivers are usually classified under HS code 8205.40 when it is a hand screwdriver. It sits in heading 82.05, “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”."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does the motor change the HS code for screwdrivers?",
      "answer": "Yes. Use 8205.40 when it is a hand screwdriver. Use 8467.29 when it is a power tool for working in the hand with a self-contained electric motor, such as an electric screwdriver."
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      "id": "choose",
      "title": "How to choose the right code",
      "text": [
        "Is it a hand screwdriver, or a power screwdriver with its own motor? Use 8205.40 when it is a hand screwdriver. Use 8467.29 when it is a power tool for working in the hand with a self-contained electric motor, such as an electric screwdriver.",
        "Some similar goods are classified elsewhere: 8467.29 applies when it is a power tool for working in the hand with a self-contained electric motor, such as an electric screwdriver."
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    },
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      "id": "codes",
      "title": "Codes for screwdrivers",
      "text": [
        "Each code is listed with its legal text from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, quoted as published, and the condition under which it applies to screwdrivers."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "similar",
      "title": "Similar products",
      "text": [
        "Products in the same category as screwdrivers, or classified under the same headings."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "countries",
      "title": "Duty rates by country",
      "text": [
        "National tariff lines for screwdrivers are live for the United States. Each page lists the lines under the codes above, with their duty rates where they are live."
      ]
    },
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      "id": "check",
      "title": "Check your exact product",
      "text": [
        "Describe your product, or paste its page, and the classifier suggests the code with its reasons."
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    },
    {
      "id": "note",
      "title": "Classification depends on the exact product",
      "text": [
        "The right code depends on what the product is made of, how it is made and what it is for, so two products sold as screwdrivers can fall under different codes.",
        "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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      "text": [
        "The legal texts are from the HS2022 Harmonized System release, live on border.bot since 11 October 2026.",
        "The conditions and questions on this page were written for screwdrivers by border.bot and checked against those legal texts; the page changes when a new release goes live or the topic is reviewed again."
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        "code": "820540",
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      {
        "code": "US",
        "name": "United States",
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  "attribution": "border.bot tariff reference (border.bot), compiled from the official publishers named on each page.",
  "terms": "https://border.bot/legal/terms",
  "notice": "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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