HTS heading 8515
Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets; parts thereof — 16 codes under this heading, with the duty on each.
| Code | Description | General rate | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8515 | Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets; parts thereof + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8515.11.00.00 | Soldering irons and guns + Ch. 99 | 2.5% | No. |
| 8515.19.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8515.21.00.00 | Fully or partly automatic + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8515.29.00.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
| 8515.31.00.00 | Fully or partly automatic + Ch. 99 | 1.6% | No. |
| 8515.39.00 | Other + Ch. 99 | 1.6% | — |
| 8515.39.00.20 | AC transformer type + Ch. 99 | 1.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00) | No. |
| 8515.39.00.40 | Other + Ch. 99 | 1.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00) | No. |
| 8515.39.00.60 | Rotating type + Ch. 99 | 1.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00) | No. |
| 8515.80.00 | Other machines and apparatus + Ch. 99 | Free | — |
| 8515.80.00.40 | Ultrasonic welding machines + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8515.80.00) | No. |
| 8515.80.00.80 | Other + Ch. 99 | Free (inherited from 8515.80.00) | No. |
| 8515.90 | Parts + Ch. 99 | not stated | — |
| 8515.90.20.00 | Of welding machines and apparatus + Ch. 99 | 1.6% | No. |
| 8515.90.40.00 | Other parts + Ch. 99 | Free | No. |
5 of these lines state no rate of their own and inherit one from the line above, which is how the schedule is read. Each says which line it came from.
Additional duties may apply
16 lines here reference Chapter 99, where Section 301, Section 232 and other additional duties live. Those are charged on top of the general rate and depend on where the goods were made. What those provisions are.
Source: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, U.S. International Trade Commission (public domain). Classification and the duties that finally apply to a shipment are a licensed customs broker's call.