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Customs code · HS subheading 8215 99

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Unplated kitchen and table utensils of non-stainless base metal

Not sets

This is a complete 8-digit customs code. Exports and Intrastat use it as it is. For an import into the EU the declaration uses 8215 99 90 00: this code with 00 added.

This covers individual spoons, forks, serving spoons, ladles, cake servers, fish knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or table articles made of a base metal other than stainless steel. They must not be silver-plated, gold-plated or platinum-plated, and sets are excluded.

For example

  • An unplated non-stainless base-metal butter knife
  • An unplated non-stainless base-metal soup spoon
  • An unplated non-stainless base-metal cake server
See the official tariff text

Official tariff text

Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware of base metals other than stainless steel, not plated with precious metal (excl. sets of articles such as lobster cutters and poultry shears)

You are seeing what applies when you export from the EU. Switch above if you import.

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Your answer for export

The full EU export code is 8215 99 90.

You do not pick a 10-digit EU import line for an export declaration or Intrastat. The destination classifies the goods under its own tariff.

8 digits, ready

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

  • Their lines4 Norwegian lines

82.15.9911 Spoons and forks

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

4.0%

  • Their lines1 British line
  • EU originDuty free

8215 99 90 00 Other

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

We do not estimate this one.

The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

Not estimated

  • Their lines14 US lines
  • Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8215.99.01.00 Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

See the 4 Norwegian lines

Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

  • 82.15.9911

    Spoons and forks

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 82.15.9919

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 82.15.9991

    Spoons and forks

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

  • 82.15.9999

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

See the 1 British line

Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

  • 8215 99 90 00

    Other

    Ordinary duty
    4.0%
    Goods of EU origin
    Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

See the 14 US lines

Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

  • 8215.99.01.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, With stainless steel handles, With handles containing nickel or containing over 10 percent by weight of manganese, Valued under 25¢ each, not over 25.9 cm in overall length

    General rate
    0.9¢ each + 15.8%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.05.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, With stainless steel handles, With handles containing nickel or containing over 10 percent by weight of manganese, Other

    General rate
    0.5¢ each + 8.5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.10.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, With stainless steel handles, Other, Valued under 25¢ each

    General rate
    0.5¢ each + 6.3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.15.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, With stainless steel handles, Other

    General rate
    0.4¢ each + 4.8%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.20.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, With rubber or plastic handles

    General rate
    0.5¢ each + 3.2%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.22.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, Other, Without their handles

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.24.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, Other, Table forks (including table serving forks) and barbecue forks with wooden handles

    General rate
    0.3¢ each + 4.5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.26.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Forks, Other

    General rate
    0.2¢ each + 3.1%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.
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  • 8215.99.30.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Spoons and ladles, With stainless steel handles, Spoons valued under 25¢ each

    General rate
    14%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.35.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Spoons and ladles, With stainless steel handles, Other

    General rate
    6.8%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.40.30

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Spoons and ladles, With base metal (except stainless steel) or nonmetal handles, Tablespoons and table ladles

    General rate
    5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.40.60

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Spoons and ladles, With base metal (except stainless steel) or nonmetal handles, Other

    General rate
    5%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.45.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Spoons and ladles, Other

    General rate
    Free
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

  • 8215.99.50.00

    Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware; and base metal parts thereof, Other, Other (including parts)

    General rate
    5.3%
    From the EU
    No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

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On an import declaration

8215 99 90 00

When these goods are imported into the EU, the declaration uses the 10-digit form 8215999000: this code with 00 added. There is no further split under it.

Look this line up in the EU tariff

Exports from the EU and Intrastat normally use the 8-digit code as it is.

EU tariff data of Sept. 13, 2026.

Rates, origin and documents

Read the signals first. Open only the ones you want to check.

Besides the ordinary duty, the EU records these kinds of measure against this code. They are listed as signals only: whether one applies to your goods can depend on where they come from, who produced them, the exact product and the documents you present. No amounts are worked out here.

Data of Sept. 1, 2026

Lower duty for goods from some countries

Possible

Preferential rates exist for goods originating in:

  • Andorra
  • San Marino
  • Türkiye
  • European Union
  • Comoros (excluding Mayotte), Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and dependencies and Zimbabwe
  • Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Namibia
  • Western Sahara
  • European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
  • +46 origins

These rates apply to Economic Partnership Agreements; CARIFORUM except Haiti; GSP-EBA (Special arrangement for the least-developed countries - Everything But Arms); GSP+ (incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance); OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories); GSP - General arrangements except India.

Whether you can use one depends on the origin rules for the goods and on the documentation you can show.

Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

Restrictions and paperwork

Important

Import restrictions are recorded for goods originating in:

  • Ukraine
  • North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)
  • any country

The EU records document conditions on this code. What customs may ask for depends on where the goods come from, exactly what the product is and the customs procedure.

Proof of origin 2 conditions

If you claim a lower rate for goods from a country the EU has a trade agreement with, customs asks for proof of origin, for example a EUR.1 certificate or an origin declaration.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Movement certificate EUR.1
  • Invoice declaration or origin declaration made out by any exporter on invoice or any other commercial document

Sanctions and restricted regions 5 conditions

Some conditions come from EU sanctions rules. They matter when the goods are linked to a country or region the EU restricts trade with.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Goods not originating from or destined to Crimea or Sevastopol (Articles 2 and 2b.1 of Council Regulation (EU) No 692/2014)
  • Goods not originating from or not destined for the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia
  • Travellers' personal effects or goods of a non-commercial nature for travellers' personal use contained in their luggage (Art 10.2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
  • Goods necessary for the official purposes of diplomatic or consular missions of Member States in the DPRK or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law, or to the personal effects of their staff (Art 10.3 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1509)
  • Goods other than those described in Annex VIII (Luxury goods) of Reg. (EU) 2017/1509

Product controls and permits 2 conditions

Depending on the exact product, customs may ask for a licence, a permit or a control certificate before the goods are released.

Show the EU's own wording for these conditions
  • Presentation of the required "CITES" certificate
  • Declared goods do not belong to the Washington Convention (CITES)

Statements that the goods are outside a rule's scope 1 condition

Some conditions are statements that a rule does not cover the goods, for example that the product is not on a controlled list.

Show the EU's own wording for this condition
  • Goods other than those described in the footnotes linked to the measure
Check this code in the official EU TARIC database

EU tariff measure data of Sept. 1, 2026.

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How we got to this code

  1. XV
  2. 82
  3. 8215
  4. 8215 99
  5. 8215 99 90
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