HS codes for “scissors” — China import tariff lookup

HS codes for “scissors”

39 candidate tariff lines. The list combines official tariff lines whose description contains your term (parsed as: 剪刀 + 剪) with real declared-goods examples grouped by HS code. Rates are reference figures for 2026 — always confirm with the full record.

Official tariff lines most reliable
Codes whose official Chinese customs description directly contains your search term or its formal equivalent.
Official Chinese customs tariff lines matching scissors
Hscode Description MFN rate VAT rate Detail
8213000000 Scissors, tailors’shears and similar shears,and blades therefor matched: 剪刀 7% 13% More
Related headings heading level
Your term appears in the official name of a wider tariff heading rather than in a 10-digit description. The exact 10-digit code depends on the specific product, so these are the codes that sit under that heading.
HS 8213 Scissors, tailor scissors and similar products, scissor blades: 剪刀、裁缝剪刀及类似品、剪刀片:
10-digit codes under heading 8213
Hscode Description MFN rate VAT rate Detail
8213000000 Scissors, tailors’shears and similar shears,and blades therefor 7% 13% More
HS 8203 Steel files, wooden files, pliers (including scissors), tweezers, iron shears, pipe cutters, bolt cutters, punching punches, and similar hand tools: 钢锉、木锉、钳子(包括剪钳)、镊子、白铁剪、切管器、螺栓切头器、打孔冲子及类似手工工具:
10-digit codes under heading 8203
Hscode Description MFN rate VAT rate Detail
8203100000 Files, rasps and similar tools 8% 13% More
8203200010 Pliers, tweezers, and similar tools specifically designed for the manufacture of aircraft structural components or spacecraft structural components, aircraft engines or space engines, or components specifically designed for titanium, aluminum, and their alloys for superplastic forming/diffusion bonding 8% 13% More
8203200090 Other pliers, tweezers, and similar tools 8% 13% More
8203300000 Metal cutting shears and similar tools 8% 13% More
8203400000 Pipe-cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar tools 8% 13% More
HS 8201 Spades, shovels, pickaxes, hoes, forks, and rakes; Axes, hook knives, and similar cutting tools; Various pruning scissors; Sickles, knives, hedge shears, logging wedges, and other hand tools used in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry: 锹、铲、镐、锄、叉及耙;斧子、钩刀及类似砍伐工具;各种修枝用剪刀;镰刀、秣刀、树篱剪、伐木楔子及其他农业、园艺或林业用手工工具:
10-digit codes under heading 8201
Hscode Description MFN rate VAT rate Detail
8201100010 Spades and shovels with vegetable materials 8% 9% More
8201100090 Other spades and shovels 8% 9% More
8201300010 Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes with vegetable materials 8% 9% More
8201300090 Other Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes 8% 9% More
8201400010 Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools with vegetable materials 8% 9% More
8201400090 Other axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools 8% 9% More
8201500010 Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears(including poultry she- ars), with vegetable materials, for agricultural use 8% 9% More
8201500090 Other Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shear(s including poultry shears)for agricultural use 8% 9% More
8201600010 Two-handed shears, with vegetable materials, for agricultural use 8% 9% More
8201600090 Other hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, for agricultural use 8% 9% More
8201901010 Forks with vegetable materials, for agricultural use 8% 9% More
8201901090 Other forks for agriculture use 8% 9% More
Codes used for similar products
Grouped from real Chinese import declarations whose product names contain the same terms. The coverage column shows how many of your search terms a code matched.
HS codes used for products declared as scissors
Hscode Description Matched terms Coverage MFN rate VAT rate Detail
8213000000 Scissors, tailors’shears and similar shears,and blades therefor 剪刀 剪 100% 7% 13% More
8201500090 Other Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shear(s including poultry shears)for agricultural use 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 9% More
8203300000 Metal cutting shears and similar tools 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8510900000 Parts of goods of heading No. 85.10 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8201600090 Other hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, for agricultural use 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 9% More
8214200000 Manicure or pedicure sets and instruments(including nail files) 剪 剪刀 100% 7% 13% More
8467299000 Other tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8448499000 Other parts and accessories of weaving machines (looms) or of their auxiliary machinery 剪刀 剪 100% 6% 13% More
8208900000 Other knives and cutting blades 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8467991000 parts of other tools for working in the hand, With self-contained electric motor 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8510200000 Hair clippers, with self-contained electric motor 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8466940090 Other parts for the machines under Heading No.8462~8463 剪 剪刀 100% 6% 13% More
8452909900 Other parts for sewing machines of non household type(other than rotating shuttles) 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
9018909919 Overall unit instruments and appliances used in other medical, surgical or veterinary sciences 剪 剪刀 100% 4% 13% More
8214900090 Hair clippers and other articles of cutlery 剪 剪刀 100% 7% 13% More
8451500000 Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8205590000 Other hand tools(including glaziers’ diamonds) 剪 剪刀 100% 8% 13% More
8448590000 Other parts and accessories of machines of heading No.84.47 or of their auxiliary machinery 剪刀 剪 100% 6% 13% More
9018500000 Other ophthalmic instruments and appliances 剪 剪刀 100% 0% 13% More
8433909000 Parts of Other machinery of heading No.84.33 剪 剪刀 100% 3% 13% More
How this search works
  • Your term is matched both against the official Chinese customs tariff descriptions (translated to English) and against a large corpus of real import declarations.
  • It is also looked up in the official names of the wider tariff headings — many products, from musical instruments to medical devices, are named only at that level, not in any 10-digit description.
  • Codes are ranked so that generic catch-all headings — “other articles of plastics”, “other parts” — do not crowd out the specific code you are looking for.
  • The result list is a starting point, not a ruling. Final classification is decided by China Customs; use the import duty calculator to estimate the duty on a specific code.