Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) · Swiss tariff number · HS 8205.30
8205.30.00: planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood
✓ Can be used in a customs declaration Data: Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), in force from 24 October 2026 · checked on 24 October 2026
- 8205 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
- 8205.30.00 planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood
What you pay
Importing into Switzerland
Additional duties and import rules
Charges on top of the customs duty, and rules the goods must meet at the border.
No additional measures recorded for this origin.
Same subheading in other tariffs
8205.30 Planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood
UK 2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
EU 3.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Türkiye 3.7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
USA 5% – 5.7% General (MFN) 2 tariff lines · average 5.4% 
Canada 7% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Mexico Free – 15% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines · average 7.5% 
Brazil 16.2% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Argentina 18% Third-country duty 4 tariff lines 
Peru Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
New Zealand Free Third-country duty 3 tariff lines 
Japan Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Taiwan 10% Third-country duty 2 tariff lines 
GCC 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Norway Free Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
North Macedonia 5% Third-country duty 1 tariff line 
Nigeria 10% Third-country duty 1 tariff line Binding rulings for similar goods
Decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CROSS) and HMRC (Advance Tariff Rulings) on goods classified here. A ruling binds only its holder, but shows how the authorities classify similar goods. The descriptions are the authorities’ own, in English.
- N348706 U.S. CBP
The tariff classification and country of origin of a chisel
Legal notes
In the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares), 8205.30.00 is one of 1 line under subheading 8205.30, planes, chisels, gouges and similar cutting tools for working wood.
The normal tariff rate is free.
For the same subheading, the UK duty is 2%, the EU duty is 3.7%, the Türkiye duty is 3.7%, the US duty is 5%–5.7%, the Canada duty is 7%, the Mexico duty is 0%–15%, the Brazil duty is 16.2%, the Argentina duty is 18%, the Peru duty is free, the New Zealand duty is free, the Japan duty is free, the Taiwan duty is 10%, the GCC duty is 5%, the Norway duty is free, the North Macedonia duty is 5% and the Nigeria duty is 10%.
Switzerland imported goods of subheading 8205.30 worth US$1m in 2024.
Questions and answers
What is the Switzerland import duty for Swiss tariff number 8205.30.00?
The normal tariff rate in the Swiss Customs Tariff (Tares) is free. This page shows the rate as published by the national source and, where the source publishes them, preferential rates: choose the country of origin to see them. Trade defence duties and VAT are not covered.
Typical products
Everyday names, not part of the legal text.