Code 8515 80 · Heading 8515

Electric machines for laser, light, ultrasonic, electron-beam or induction welding, and electric equipment for hot-spraying metal or cermets

This covers electric machines and equipment for welding with laser or other light and photon beams, ultrasound, electron beams or induction, as well as electric machines and equipment for hot-spraying metal or cermets. It does not include resistance, arc or plasma welding equipment, or separate metal-spraying guns.

For example

Electric laser welding machine for metals
Electric ultrasonic welding machine for thermoplastic materials

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Official tariff text

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)

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Step 1 · Section XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equ…
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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 80 Electric machines and apparatus for laser or other … 7 of 8 subheadings under heading 8515
Is the machine for welding or hot-spraying metals, excluding resistance, arc and plasma welding and separate metal-spraying guns, or is it for welding thermoplastic materials, excluding wire-bonding equipment used to make semiconductor components?

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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 No rate on file
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) you are here 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) 0.0–2.7%

Export to Norway

What Norwegian customs charges when goods like these are imported into Norway.

85.15.8000

Other machines and apparatus

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU origin to use this rate.

Norwegian tariff data version 1.5/1.2, last checked Aug. 9, 2026.

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

Export to the United Kingdom

What UK customs charges when goods like these are imported into the UK.

All 2 UK lines under this code

They all have the same duty rates shown here.

Ordinary duty

Duty free

Goods of EU origin

Duty free You need documentation of EU preferential origin to use this rate.

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

UK tariff data version v4.0.1576, last checked Aug. 9, 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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