HS code 8208: Knives and cutting blades, for machines
Heading 8208 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
8208Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
Place in the nomenclature: 82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal > 8208
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 5
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 5
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 8208
- 8208 10For metalworking
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for metalworking
- 8208 10 00 For metalworking
- 8208 20For woodworking
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for wood-working
- 8208 20 00 For woodworking
- 8208 30For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry
- 8208 30 00 For kitchen appliances or for machines used by the food industry
- 8208 40For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines (excl. those for wood-working)
- 8208 40 00 For agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines
- 8208 90Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances (excl. those for metal or wood-working, kitchen appliances or machines used by the food industry and those for agricultural, horticultural or forestry machines)
- 8208 90 00 Other
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.