8468

Analysis

Heading 8468 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule covers machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, whether or not capable of cutting, other than those of heading 8515; gas-operated surface tempering machines and appliances; parts thereof. It divides into 4 six-digit subheadings and 7 eight-digit tariff lines, with 7 ten-digit statistical suffixes below them.

3 of its 7 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (43%) and 4 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 3.9%. The median line pays 2.9%.

The largest subheadings are 8468.20 (other gas-operated machinery and apparatus, 2 lines), 8468.80 (other machinery and apparatus, 2 lines), 8468.90 (parts, 2 lines) and 8468.10 (unnamed, 1 line).

Its median rate of 2.9% sits at the 74th percentile of the headings in chapter 84.

By Census's concordance, most of its statistical lines are made by Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (333992). Those are the NAICS industries a US producer of these goods would report under.