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Kukri-Style Machete from Japan

A curved Nepalese-inspired kukri machete with a 17-inch blade for chopping wood in horticulture. Despite its unique shape, it functions as a hewing tool similar to axes and bill hooks, falling under tariff item 8201.40.90.

Duty Rate — Japan → Canada

6%
PGA flags (2)Show detailsCBSACBSA FPA Risks (Soil)RequiredHCConsumer Products SafetyMay be required
  • CBSA

    CBSA FPA Risks (Soil) · Required

    Canada Border Services Agency: CBSA CBSA FPA Risks (Soil) requires review / declaration data. CBSA's Single Window matching criteria match this classification number (Within Range 8201101000–8201909900).

  • HC

    Consumer Products Safety · May be required

    May require HC Consumer Products Safety depending on intended use (HC21) and Canadian product category (HC29, HC30, HC31, HC32, HC33, HC34, HC35, HC36, HC37); or intended use (HC22, HC23, HC24, HC26, HC27) and Canadian product category (HC37). Matching criteria: Equal To 8201409000; Equal To 8201409000. Logic: MATCH IF (Valid HS Code) AND (Intended Use Code) AND (Valid Canadian Product Category).

CBSA Single Window matching criteria, unknown

Import Tips

• Describe the product accurately as a hewing tool for horticulture or forestry to support classification

• The steel rat-tail tang construction should be highlighted as a base metal working part

• Be prepared to demonstrate the tool's agricultural or forestry use if questioned by CBSA