Chapter 82 · Section XV
82 Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, of base metal
India's exports of chapter 82 2025
US$ 1.17 bn
exported in 2025 , up 3.5% on 2024 , to 185 countries.
Five-year trend
2021: US$ 1.12 bn
2022: US$ 1.13 bn
2023: US$ 1.04 bn
2024: US$ 1.13 bn
2025: US$ 1.17 bn US$ 1.17 bn
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Where India sells it 198 markets
Every market for this product, with its growth, share, ECGC rating and any trade agreement with India. Use it to spot markets that are growing, sizeable and low-risk.
Headings in this chapter 15
8201 Tools, hand; spades, shovels, mattocks, picks, hoes, forks, rakes; axes, bill hooks etc; secateurs and pruners of any kind; scythes, sickles, hay knives, hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry 8202 Tools, hand; saws and blades for saws of all kinds (including slitting, slotting or toothless saw blades) 8203 Tools, hand; files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears, pipe cutters, bolt croppers, perforating punches and similar 8204 Tools, hand; hand-operated spanners and wrenches (including torque meter wrenches but not including tap wrenches), interchangeable spanner sockets, with or without handles 8205 Tools, hand; (including glaziers' diamonds) n.e.c.; blow lamps; vices, clamps etc, other than accessories for and parts of, machine-tools or water-jet cutting machines; anvils; portable forges; hand or pedal operated grinding wheels with frameworks 8206 Tools, hand; two or more of heading no. 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale 8207 Tools, interchangeable; for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine tools (pressing, stamping, punching, drilling etc), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools 8208 Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances 8209 Tools; plates, sticks, tips and the like for tools, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides or cermets 8210 Tools; hand-operated mechanical appliances, weighing 10kg or less, used in the preparation, conditioning or serving of food or drink 8211 Knives; with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading no. 8208, and blades therefore 8212 Razors and razor blades; (including razor blade blanks in strips) 8213 Scissors; tailors' shears and similar shears, and blades therefore 8214 Cutlery; other articles, (e.g. hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives), manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) 8215 Cutlery; spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware
For Indian shipping bills you need 8 digits. These six-digit codes are the international HS 2022. India's ITC(HS) classification (DGFT) and Customs Tariff (CBIC) add two more digits for the national tariff line, so pick the 8-digit line under your 6-digit code there, and confirm with your customs broker for anything borderline.