Tariff monitor · Electrical & Wiring
Welding equipment: statutory & effective tariff rates
Statutory HTS duty rates for 9 welding equipment tariff lines (MFN Free–2.5%), from USITC. Effective rate May 2026: 10.97%; monthly history since 2014.
Statutory rates from the schedule
- Arc, resistance, and laser welding and soldering machinery and parts. This family covers HTS heading 8515: 9 eight-digit rate lines with MFN (column 1, general) rates of Free–2.5% in the 2026 schedule.
- Chapter 99 flags on individual lines mark Section 301/232 overlay provisions (e.g. 9903.88.01) that apply on top of the MFN column.
What importers actually paid
- Latest month on record (2026-05): 10.97% effective on $128.3M of imports, versus 11.03% in the same month a year earlier. The monthly archive holds 149 observations from 2014-01 through 2026-05.
- In 2025, U.S. imports for consumption in this family totaled $1.7B in customs value and paid $189.2M in calculated duties: an effective tariff rate of 10.84%. The effective rate captures Section 301/232 overlays, exclusions, and special-program use that the statutory column cannot.
- A year earlier the effective rate was 2.78%, so the duty burden rose 8.1 points.
- Top source countries in 2025: Japan ($316.0M at 8.09%), Germany ($288.7M at 9%), Canada ($238.3M at 1.01%), China ($155.1M at 47.66%), South Korea ($132.0M at 4.49%).
Representative rate lines
- 8515.11.00.00: Soldering irons and guns — MFN 2.5%
- 8515.19.00.00: Other — MFN Free
- 8515.21.00.00: Fully or partly automatic — MFN Free
- 8515.29.00.00: Other — MFN Free
- 8515.31.00.00: Fully or partly automatic — MFN 1.6%
- 8515.39.00: Other — MFN 1.6%
- 8515.80.00: Other machines and apparatus — MFN Free
- 8515.90.20.00: Of welding machines and apparatus — MFN 1.6%
About this data
- Reference statistics derived from USITC published data. Not a customs ruling; verify rates with a licensed customs broker before relying on them.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.