8208.30.00.60 - Other (including parts)

This HTS category, 8208.30.00.60, encompasses a broad range of "other" cutting blades and parts thereof designed for use with kitchen appliances or machines utilized within the food industry. This includes specialized blades not specifically enumerated in preceding subheadings, as well as any base metal components or accessories for such blades and their associated machinery. The defining characteristic is their application in food processing, preparation, or serving by mechanical means.

This specific classification is distinguished from its sibling, 8208.30.00.30, which is reserved exclusively for blades used in meat-slicing, meat-cutting, or meat-chopping machines. While both fall under the umbrella of cutting tools for the food industry, this category captures those designed for a wider array of kitchen or food processing machinery, such as blenders, food processors, graters, dough mixers, and other similar appliances where cutting actions are performed.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS structure, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, classification within 8208.30.00.60 relies on a process of elimination. If a cutting blade or its part is intended for a kitchen appliance or a food industry machine and does not fit the more specific description of meat-processing blades (8208.30.00.30), it will fall under this "other" residual classification. Careful consideration of the intended end-use machine and the cutting action performed by the blade is crucial for accurate classification.