HTS Index

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.

CodeDescriptionGeneral rateUnits
8515Electric (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. 99not stated
8515.11.00.00Soldering irons and guns + Ch. 992.5%No.
8515.19.00.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8515.21.00.00Fully or partly automatic + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8515.29.00.00Other + Ch. 99FreeNo.
8515.31.00.00Fully or partly automatic + Ch. 991.6%No.
8515.39.00Other + Ch. 991.6%
8515.39.00.20AC transformer type + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00)No.
8515.39.00.40Other + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00)No.
8515.39.00.60Rotating type + Ch. 991.6% (inherited from 8515.39.00)No.
8515.80.00Other machines and apparatus + Ch. 99Free
8515.80.00.40Ultrasonic welding machines + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8515.80.00)No.
8515.80.00.80Other + Ch. 99Free (inherited from 8515.80.00)No.
8515.90Parts + Ch. 99not stated
8515.90.20.00Of welding machines and apparatus + Ch. 991.6%No.
8515.90.40.00Other parts + Ch. 99FreeNo.

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.