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U.S. imports of hand tool sets (two or more subheadings of 8205) and related articles, nesoi (HS 820590) totaled $320K in April 2026, traded with 28 countries.
Last updated: April 2026 dataHeading 8205.90 serves two distinct commercial purposes: it captures specialty items such as anvils, portable forges, and hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks (8205901000), and it provides the classification home for retail tool sets combining articles from two or more subheadings of 8205 (8205906000). The set-classification rule is commercially significant — a kit containing, for example, screwdrivers, a hammer, and pliers must be classified here rather than split across individual subheadings. China leads US imports under this heading, with France, Germany, and Italy supplying premium-branded sets.
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A retail tool set classifies under 8205906000 when it contains tools from two or more subheadings of 8205, is put up for retail sale as a unit, and is presented in packaging (such as a blow-molded case or blister pack) intended for direct sale to the end user. If the tools are simply bundled for shipping convenience rather than retail presentation, each tool may need to be classified individually under its own subheading.
Portable forges and hand- or pedal-operated grinding wheels with frameworks are specifically enumerated in 8205901000 as hand tools of base metal. The distinction from industrial machinery (Chapter 84) rests on the manual or pedal-powered operation: once a grinding wheel or forge is motor-driven, it typically migrates to the appropriate Chapter 84 heading. Power source and operational mechanism are the decisive classification factors.
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