8207.40.60.00 - Other 🖩

This HTS category, 8207.40.60.00, encompasses "Other" interchangeable tools specifically designed for tapping or threading operations, along with their base metal parts. This broad classification covers a variety of tools used in metalworking and manufacturing processes that involve creating internal or external threads. Examples include dies for cutting external threads, taps for creating internal threads, and specialized threading inserts that are not explicitly covered by other more specific subcategories. The defining characteristic is their function in thread formation and their interchangeability with hand tools or machine tools.

This category serves as a residual classification, meaning it captures tapping and threading tools that do not meet the specific material composition requirements of its sibling category, 8207.40.30.00. The sibling category specifically covers tools where the cutting part contains a significant percentage of certain alloying elements like chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, or vanadium. Therefore, if an interchangeable tapping or threading tool does not contain these specified alloys above the stated thresholds in its cutting portion, it would generally fall under this "Other" classification.

As this HTS code represents a leaf node, there are no further subcategories within 8207.40.60.00. Classification at this level is final, and importers and exporters should ensure that the tools in question are indeed intended for tapping or threading, are interchangeable with power-operated or non-power-operated hand tools or machine tools, and do not qualify for a more specific heading or subheading based on material composition. The emphasis remains on the tool's function and its compatibility within a tool holding system.