Sewing and knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, embroidery stilettos and similar articles, for use in the hand, of iron or steel; safety pins and other pins of iron or steel, not elsewhere specified or included
In plain English
This category includes hand-held tools like sewing and knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, and embroidery stilettos made of iron or steel, as well as safety pins and other unspecified pins of the same materials. The classification separates these items into two groups based on their specific type. One group covers all safety pins and other pins made of iron or steel. The other group contains the remaining hand-held sewing and knitting tools not listed elsewhere.
6-digit subheadings (2)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
Chapter 73 classification notes
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Stainless steel articles should be classified under the specific stainless steel headings, not general iron/steel. Alloy steel has its own subheadings.
Classification certainty
The 6-digit level shown here is the internationally harmonised layer. Duty rates attach to national 8-10 digit tariff lines, which differ by country — use the duty calculator for lane estimates. For binding certainty, request a ruling from the destination customs authority.
Binding tariff ruling databaseOther headings in Chapter 73
- 7301 — Iron or steel sheet piling, whether or not drilled, punched or made fr…
- 7302 — Railway or tramway track constructions of iron or steel; rails, check …
- 7303 — Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron
- 7304 — Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast i…
- 7305 — Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes and pipes (e.g. welded, riv…
- 7306 — Iron or steel (excluding cast iron); tubes, pipes and hollow profiles …
- 7307 — Tube or pipe fittings (e.g. couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or st…
- 7308 — Structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, s…
- 7309 — Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers; for any material (excl…
- 7310 — Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any mater…
- 7311 — Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel
- 7312 — Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of i…
- 7313 — Barbed wire of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed…
- 7314 — Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron o…
- 7315 — Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7316 — Anchors, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7317 — Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (not those of he…
- 7318 — Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotte…
- 7320 — Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel
- 7321 — Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (those with subsidiary boilers for cen…
- 7322 — Radiators for central heating, not electrically heated and parts there…
- 7323 — Table, kitchen, other household articles and parts, of iron or steel; …
- 7324 — Sanitary ware and parts thereof, of iron or steel
- 7325 — Iron or steel; cast articles
- 7326 — Iron or steel; articles, n.e.c. in chapter 73