Sugar Cane Harvesting Machete
A heavy-duty machete with a curved 20-inch stainless steel blade optimized for cutting sugar cane in plantations. Its use in agricultural hewing tasks, similar to forestry and horticulture, places it under tariff item 8201.40.90.
Import Duty Rates by Country of Origin
| Origin Country | MFN Tariff | Surtaxes | Total Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳China | 6% | — | 6% |
| 🇲🇽Mexico | 6% | — | 6% |
| 🇺🇸United States | 6% | — | 6% |
| 🇩🇪Germany | 6% | — | 6% |
| 🇯🇵Japan | 6% | — | 6% |
Alternative Classifications
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Highlight the agricultural use for sugar cane harvesting to support classification under this tariff item
• The stainless steel blade qualifies as a base metal working part
• Ensure the product is not marketed as a weapon to avoid additional scrutiny
Related Products under Tariff item 8201.40.90
Forged Golok Machete
A hand-forged Indonesian golok machete with a 16-inch blade, used for forestry chopping and horticultural pruning. Its bill hook-like hewing action places it under tariff item 8201.40.90 as an 'other' hewing tool similar to axes and bill hooks.
Heavy-Duty Brush Clearing Machete
A heavy-duty machete with a 22-inch thick-spined blade for clearing brush and timber wedging in forestry operations. Its hewing function, similar to axes, classifies it under tariff item 8201.40.90 as an 'other' hewing tool.
Kukri-Style Machete
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.
Lightweight Parang Machete
A Malaysian-style parang machete with a 14-inch leaf-shaped blade for jungle clearing in horticulture. As a machete variant, it serves as a hewing tool similar to bill hooks, classifying under tariff item 8201.40.90.
Traditional Carbon Steel Machete
A classic machete with an 18-inch carbon steel blade and wooden handle, designed for clearing brush and vegetation in agricultural and forestry settings. As a hewing tool similar to bill hooks, it falls under tariff item 8201.40.90.
Trail Clearing Machete with Nylon Sheath
An 18-inch high-carbon steel machete with a black nylon sheath for trail maintenance in forestry and horticulture. Its hewing action, akin to bill hooks, classifies it under tariff item 8201.40.90 as an 'other' hewing tool.