Office equipment; filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays and rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and the like, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading no. 9403
6-digit subheadings (1)
Official HS 2022 subheading texts. National tariff schedules subdivide these further (8-10 digit lines) and set the actual duty rates.
8304.00
Office equipment; filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading no. 9403
Chapter 83 classification notes
Chapter 83 covers consumer hardware; personal-quantity import clears as routine.
Frequent misclassification in this chapter
Door locks (8301.40) vs. cabinet locks (8301.50) — application-specific.
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 83
- 8301 — Padlocks and locks (key, combination, electrically operated) of base m…
- 8302 — Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doo…
- 8303 — Safes; armoured or reinforced, strong-boxes, doors and safe deposit lo…
- 8305 — Stationery; fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, le…
- 8306 — Bells, gongs and the like; non-electric, statuettes, other ornaments, …
- 8307 — Tubing; flexible, with or without fittings, of base metal
- 8308 — Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyele…
- 8309 — Stoppers, caps, lids (including crown corks, screw caps, pouring stopp…
- 8310 — Sign plates, name plates, address plates and similar plates, numbers, …
- 8311 — Wires, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes of base metal or metal carbides…