Analysis
Subheading 8515.90 covers parts, within heading 8515. The first six digits are shared by every country that uses the Harmonized System, so this part of the code is the same in the US, UK and EU schedules; the 2 US tariff lines below it are national.
1 of its 2 lines with a percentage rate are duty-free at the general rate (50%) and 1 are dutiable, from duty-free up to 1.6%. The median line pays 0.8%.
The US splits it as follows: 8515.90.20 for of welding machines and apparatus (1.6%) and 8515.90.40 for parts: other parts (duty-free).
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.
Goods only reach 8515.90 once they fall within heading 8515 (electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam…). Under General Rule 6, subheadings are then compared only with others at the same level, so a product is matched against its siblings, not against lines elsewhere in the chapter.
Tariff lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 8515.90.20 | Of welding machines and apparatus | 1.6% |
| 8515.90.40 | Parts: other parts | Free |