Chapter 83 — Miscellaneous articles of base metal

Nepal Customs Tariff 2026/27 import duty rates and 41 HS code lines for Miscellaneous articles of base metal (Section XV — Base metals and articles of base metal). Each code shows the general and SAARC customs duty; tap a code to open the full breakdown and landed-cost estimate.

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83.01 — Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing articles, of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8301.10.00	Padlocks	nos	10%	7.25%
8301.20.00	Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles	nos	15%	7.25%
8301.30.00	Locks of a kind used for furniture	nos	10%	7.25%
8301.40.00	Other locks	nos	10%	7.25%
8301.50.00	Clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks	nos	10%	7.25%
8301.60.00	Parts	nos/kg	10%	7.25%
8301.70.00	Keys presented separately	nos/kg	10%	7.25%

83.02 — Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like; base metal hat-racks,hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8302.10.00	Hinges	kg	10%	10%
8302.20.00	Castors	kg	10%	10%
8302.30.00	Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for motor vehicles	kg	10%	10%
8302.41.00	Suitable for buildings	nos/kg	10%	10%
8302.42.00	Other mountings, fittings and similar articles — Other, suitable for furniture	nos/kg	10%	10%
8302.49.00	Other mountings, fittings and similar articles — Other	nos/kg	10%	10%
8302.50.00	Hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures	nos/kg	10%	10%
8302.60.00	Automatic door closers	nos/kg	10%	10%

83.03 — Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8303.00.00	Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal.	kg	15%	7.25%

83.04 — 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 94.03

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8304.00.00	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 94.03.	kg	30%	11.25%

83.05 — Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files, letter clips, letter corners, paper clips, indexing tags and similar office articles, of base metal; staples in strips (for example, for offices, upholstery, packaging), of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8305.10.00	Fittings for loose-leaf binders or files	kg	5%	5%
8305.20.00	Staples in strips	kg	5%	5%
8305.90.00	Other, including parts	kg	5%	5%

83.06 — Bells, gongs and the like, non-electric, of base metal; statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal; photograph, picture or similar frames, of base metal; mirrors of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8306.10.10	Bicycle bells	nos/kg	5%	5%
8306.10.90	Bells, gongs and the like — Other	nos/kg	10%	7.25%
8306.21.10	Statuettes	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.21.20	Medals and Trophy	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.21.90	Plated with precious metal — Other	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.29.10	Statuettes	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.29.20	Medals and Trophy	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.29.90	Statuettes and other ornaments — Other	nos/kg	15%	9.5%
8306.30.00	Photograph, picture or similar frames; mirrors	kg	20%	20%

83.07 — Flexible tubing of base metal, with or without fittings

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8307.10.00	Of iron or steel	kg	15%	7.25%
8307.90.00	Of other base metal	kg	15%	7.25%

83.08 — Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for clothing or clothing accessories, footwear, jewellery, wrist-watches, books, awnings, leather goods, travel goods or saddlery or for other made up articles; tubular or bifurcated rivets, of base metal; beads and spangles, of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8308.10.00	Hooks, eyes and eyelets	kg	5%	5%
8308.20.00	Tubular or bifurcated rivets	kg	5%	5%
8308.90.00	Other, including parts	kg	5%	5%

83.09 — Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, of base metal

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8309.10.00	Crown corks	kg	20%	20%
8309.90.00	Other	kg	20%	9.5%

83.10 — Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of Heading 94.05

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8310.00.00	Sign-plates, name-plates, address-plates and similar plates, numbers, letters and other symbols, of base metal, excluding those of Heading 94.05.	kg	10%	7.25%

83.11 — Wire rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides, coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal spraying

HS code	Description	Unit	General duty	SAARC duty
8311.10.00	Coated electrodes of base metal, for electric-arc-welding	kg	10%	6%
8311.20.00	Cored wire of base metal, for electric-arc-welding	kg	5%	5%
8311.30.00	Coated rods and cored wire, of base metal, for soldering, brazing or welding by flame	kg	5%	5%
8311.90.00	Other	kg	5%	5%

Chapter 83 legal notes

Notes. 1.- For the purposes of this Chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading 73.12, 73.15, 73.17, 73.18 or 73.20, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this Chapter. 2.- For the purposes of heading 83.02, the word “castors” means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheel or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.

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