Code 8515 90 · Heading 8515

Parts for electric soldering, welding or hot-spraying machines for metal, metal carbides or cermets, not elsewhere specified, excluding semiconductor wire bonders

This code covers parts for machines and apparatus used to solder or weld, or to hot-spray metal, metal carbides or cermets. It excludes wire bonders of the type used to manufacture semiconductor components and does not cover the complete machines listed under the neighbouring codes.

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Official tariff text

Parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or welding or for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets, n.e.s. (excl. wire bonders of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices)

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XVI
85
8515
8515 90

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
Is the product a machine, apparatus or mechanical tool, or is it electrical equipment, a sound recorder or player, or a television image and sound recorder or player?
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Step 2 · Chapter 85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereo… 2 of 2 chapters in section XVI
What is the product: an electrical motor, generator or converter; a transformer or electrical converter; a magnet; a primary cell or battery; an accumulator; a household appliance; a shaver or hair-removal appliance; equipment for an internal-combustion engine, vehicle or bicycle; a portable lamp; an industrial or laboratory heating appliance; soldering or welding equipment; another electrical heating appliance; a telephone or other data-communication device; sound equipment; video equipment or recording media; a display module; a radio, television, radar, navigation or remote-control device; electrical control, switching, lighting, semiconductor, circuit, cable or insulation equipment; another electrical machine or apparatus; or electrical and electronic waste or scrap?
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Step 3 · Heading 8515 Electric, incl. electrically heated gas, laser or o… 15 of 48 headings under chapter 85
Is it a soldering machine or gun, a resistance-welding machine, an arc- or plasma-welding machine, a machine using laser or other light and photon beams, ultrasound, electron beams or induction, an electric metal or cermet thermal-spraying machine, or a part for one of these?
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Step 4 · Subheading 8515 90 Parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or we… 8 of 8 subheadings under heading 8515
Is the part for a wave-soldering machine covered by subheading 8515 19 10?

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Import duty on the codes below: 0.0–2.7%

2 codes below this one

This is the catch-all under 8515: it covers what the sibling codes below do not.

This is where parts for the parent group’s soldering, welding or hot-spraying machines go when no neighbouring code names the part separately, including parts other than those for wave soldering and excluding semiconductor wire bonders.

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Classification decides the rate here: from 0.0% to 2.7%.

8515 11 Soldering irons and guns, electric 2.7%
8515 19 Brazing or soldering machines (excl. soldering irons and guns) 0.0–2.7%
8515 21 Fully or partly automatic machines for resistance welding of metals 2.7%
8515 29 Machines for resistance welding of metals, neither fully nor partly automatic 2.7%
8515 31 Fully or partly automatic machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding 2.7%
8515 39 Machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding, neither fully nor partly automatic 2.7%
8515 80 Electric machines and apparatus for laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc welding; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets (excl. metal spray guns specified elsewhere) 2.7%
8515 90 Parts of machines and apparatus for soldering or welding or for hot spraying of metals, metal carbides or cermets, n.e.s. (excl. wire bonders of a kind used for the manufacture of semiconductor devices) you are here 0.0–2.7%

Selling to Norway, Great Britain and the United States

What they charge on arrival.

Norway, Great Britain and the United States use their own tariff lines under the 6-digit HS code. The rates below are what their customs charge on goods arriving from the EU. Match the goods against each country's own wording before you rely on a rate.

Norway

Duty free

Their lines1 Norwegian line

85.15.9000 Parts

Norwegian tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Great Britain

Duty free

Their lines3 British lines

8515 90 20 00 Of wave soldering machines of subheading 8515|19|10

Northern Ireland follows other rules.

UK tariff data checked Sept. 13, 2026.

United States

We do not estimate this one.

The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.

Not estimated

Their lines2 US lines
Entry dateSept. 17, 2026

8515.90.20.00 Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam

The US importer of record files the entry.

US tariff data checked Sept. 16, 2026.

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Selling to Norway

Norway splits the 6-digit category its own way, so these are Norway's own lines under it, not this EU code. Check your product against their wording; what Norwegian customs charges is shown per line.

85.15.9000

Parts

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains data from Norwegian Customs (data.toll.no), licensed under CC BY 4.0, adapted for display.

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Selling to Great Britain

What UK customs charges when goods like these arrive in Great Britain.

All 3 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

These rates apply in Great Britain. Different rules may apply for goods entering Northern Ireland.

UK tariff data version v4.0.1599, last checked Sept. 13, 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source: UK Department for Business and Trade (data.api.trade.gov.uk).

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Selling to the United States

What US customs charges when goods like these arrive from the EU. The US importer of record files the entry and pays the duty.

8515.90.20.00

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, Parts, Of welding machines and apparatus

General rate

1.6%

From the EU

No single figure Not estimated The published measures for Section 232, metal derivatives have not been read for this line yet, so we do not estimate it. Ask your US importer or broker.
8515.90.40.00

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, Parts, Other parts

General rate

Free

From the EU

10.0% Estimated from published US measures US headings applied: 9903.05.39 Section 301 forced-labour action, 91 FR 47318 (memorandum 91 FR 47717), U.S. note 52 to subchapter III of chapter 99

Worked out for an entry on Sept. 17, 2026.

US tariff schedule 2026HTSRev19, last checked Sept. 16, 2026.

Last change we recorded: Revision 19 (2026), Sept. 16, 2026.

Anti-dumping and countervailing duties, US import taxes and customs fees are not included.

The descriptions above are the US tariff texts, which the United States publishes in English only.

Source: the US International Trade Commission's Harmonized Tariff Schedule (hts.usitc.gov), public domain, and the measures published in the Federal Register.

This is a planning estimate from the US Harmonized Tariff Schedule (revision shown) and the published Federal Register measures as of the date shown, for a shipment of EU origin. It is not a customs entry, legal advice or a broker's opinion, and tariffs.help is not a US-licensed customs broker. The US importer of record or their broker confirms the classification, origin, value and the duty due before filing.

Duty rates shown here are estimates, read from official EU / Danish, Norwegian and UK tariff data for orientation only. Confirm the current rate with Toldstyrelsen, TARIC, Norwegian Customs or the UK Online Trade Tariff before you file. The rate you pay can also depend on the country of origin. These are base customs duties only: import VAT, excise duties, anti-dumping duties and safeguard or quota measures are not included.