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EU Combined Nomenclature CN2026

HS code 8201: Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks

Heading 8201 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 82, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.

Official description

8201Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes; axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry

Place in the nomenclature: 82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal > 8201

Explanatory note (Eurostat)

Hand tools, the following: spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks and rakes, of base metal; axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools, of base metal; poultry shears, secateurs and pruners of any kind, of base metal; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry, of base metal

Subheadings (6 digits)
6
CN codes (8 digits)
6

Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8201

  • 8201 10Spades and shovels

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Spades and shovels, with working parts of base metal

    • 8201 10 00 Spades and shovels
  • 8201 30Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes, with working parts of base metal (excl. ice axes)

    • 8201 30 00 Mattocks, picks, hoes and rakes
  • 8201 40Axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools, with working parts of base metal (excl. ice axes)

    • 8201 40 00 Axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools
  • 8201 50Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears)

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears, incl. poultry shears, with working parts of base metal

    • 8201 50 00 Secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears (including poultry shears)
  • 8201 60Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears, with working parts of base metal

    • 8201 60 00 Hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears
  • 8201 90Other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry

    Explanatory note (Eurostat): Scythes, sickles, hay knives, timber wedges and other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry, with working parts of base metal (excl. spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, rakes, axes, billhooks and similar hewing tools, poultry shears, secateurs and similar one-handed pruners and shears, hedge shears, two-handed pruning shears and similar two-handed shears)

    • 8201 90 00 Other hand tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry

The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.

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Source

Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.