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  "summary": "HS code 8515.31 covers machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals, fully or partly automatic. It sits in heading 85.15 (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) in chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles). Other goods of heading 85.15 are classified under 8515.11 (brazing or soldering machines and apparatus, soldering irons and guns), 8515.19 (brazing or soldering machines and apparatus, other), 8515.21 (machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal, fully or partly automatic), 8515.29 (machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal, other) or 3 others.",
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      "question": "What does HS code 8515.31 cover?",
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      "answer": "HS code 8515.31 is in heading 85.15 (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) in chapter 85 (electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles)."
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        "Guidance from published tariff data, not a binding ruling. For a decision customs must follow, apply to the destination’s customs authority for a binding tariff ruling."
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