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HS 8468.80

Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, not elsewhere specified

In short

  • The US imported $20.0M of this product over the 12 months to August 2026, down 20% on the year before.
  • China is the largest supplier, with 41.2% of US imports; United Kingdom is next, with 30.7%.
  • China is the cheapest main supplier before and after freight and duty, landing at $276.39 each.
  • Duty paid averaged 21.7% of the value of imports in August 2026, down 0.8 points on a year earlier.
  • United Kingdom is gaining share: 37.3% over the last 12 months, up from 20.4%.
  • US exports were $9.1M over the last 12 months; the largest market is Canada, with 29.2%.

US imports, Aug 2026

$2.4M

↑ +11% vs Aug 2025

Last 12 months

$20.0M

↓ −20% vs the 12 months before

Average duty paid

21.7%

↓ −0.8 pts vs Aug 2025

Top supplier

China

41.2% of US imports

US imports by month

The last 13 months, so the same month a year ago is on the left. August 2026 is highlighted. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugDuty ↓Duty ↑
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MonthUS imports
August 2025$2.1M
September 2025$1.0M
October 2025$1.1M
November 2025$1.1M
December 2025$2.4M
January 2026$3.7M
February 2026$572K
March 2026$1.2M
April 2026$2.2M
May 2026$1.4M
June 2026$1.4M
July 2026$1.5M
August 2026$2.4M

What changed

  • US imports were $2.4M in August 2026, up 60% from July 2026 and up 11% from August 2025.
  • Over the 12 months to August 2026 they totalled $20.0M, down 20% on the 12 months before.
  • Biggest moves in market share since July 2026: China up from 15.4% to 41.2%, India down from 19.9% to 1.3%.
  • Average price from United Kingdom rose 287% since July 2026, to $66,400 each.
  • Duty paid on imports from Korea, South rose from 7.6% to 12.5% of their value since July 2026.
  • Duty paid on imports from China rose from 35.3% to 37.8% of their value since July 2026.

US trade by year

US imports were $20.0M in the 12 months to Aug 2026, down 8.0% on the 12 months to Aug 2017. US exports were $9.1M, down 77%. In January 2022 the HS 2022 revision moved some goods between this code and 8549.21, 8549.29, 8549.31 and 3 more, so part of a change across the dashed line can be the revision. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026HS 2022China ↑China ↓Duty ↑Duty ↑
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PeriodUS imports
12 months to Aug 2017$21.8M
12 months to Aug 2018$21.0M
12 months to Aug 2019$21.6M
12 months to Aug 2020$16.8M
12 months to Aug 2021$17.6M
12 months to Aug 2022$20.1M
12 months to Aug 2023$25.1M
12 months to Aug 2024$35.5M
12 months to Aug 2025$25.0M
12 months to Aug 2026$20.0M
  • United Kingdom
  • China
  • Korea, South
  • Finland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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PeriodUnited KingdomChinaKorea, SouthFinland
12 months to Aug 201735.3%10.9%5.1%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201821.1%14.5%6.6%0.0%
12 months to Aug 201917.4%19.0%13.0%0.1%
12 months to Aug 202027.2%15.7%13.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202121.3%34.1%7.5%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202228.2%19.8%6.7%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202336.9%8.0%9.4%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202417.0%6.4%8.0%0.2%
12 months to Aug 202520.4%16.4%6.3%0.0%
12 months to Aug 202637.3%21.6%12.3%7.2%
Duty paid, % of value
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PeriodUnited KingdomChinaKorea, SouthFinlandAll countries
12 months to Aug 20170.0%1.1%0.3%n/a0.2%
12 months to Aug 20180.2%2.2%1.0%2.9%0.6%
12 months to Aug 20190.1%14.6%0.0%0.0%3.1%
12 months to Aug 20200.4%21.0%0.0%n/a3.7%
12 months to Aug 20210.0%25.0%0.0%n/a8.6%
12 months to Aug 20220.1%24.7%0.0%n/a5.0%
12 months to Aug 20230.2%25.4%0.0%n/a2.2%
12 months to Aug 20240.1%24.8%0.0%0.0%1.7%
12 months to Aug 20253.1%43.4%4.9%n/a9.3%
12 months to Aug 20267.7%40.2%10.7%10.0%16.1%
PeriodUS importsDuty paidUS exports
12 months to Aug 2026$20.0M−20%16.1%+6.8 pts$9.1M−25%
12 months to Aug 2025$25.0M−30%9.3%+7.6 pts$12.1M−47%
12 months to Aug 2024$35.5M+42%1.7%−0.6 pts$23.0M+39%
12 months to Aug 2023$25.1M+25%2.2%−2.8 pts$16.5M−19%
12 months to Aug 2022HS 2022 revision$20.1M+14%5.0%−3.6 pts$20.4M+8.6%
12 months to Aug 2021$17.6M+5.0%8.6%+4.9 pts$18.7M+14%
12 months to Aug 2020$16.8M−22%3.7%+0.6 pts$16.4M−48%
12 months to Aug 2019$21.6M+2.6%3.1%+2.5 pts$31.7M−5.2%
12 months to Aug 2018$21.0M−3.5%0.6%+0.4 pts$33.4M−15%
12 months to Aug 2017$21.8M0.2%$39.2M

Who supplies the US

August 2026. Small figures under each value are the change from August 2025. Landed cost by origin, below, adds freight and duty to the price.

CountryUS importsShareAverage priceDuty paidLast 13 months
China$981K41.2%+15.3 pts$241.06 each+42%37.8%−17.3 pts
United Kingdom$730K30.7%−7.3 pts$66,400 each+3619%10.1%0.0 pts
Korea, South$460K19.3%new$115,105 each12.5%
Switzerland$84K3.5%new$20,996 each12.5%
Germany$45K1.9%−4.9 pts$2,638 each+343%10.0%−0.9 pts
India$30K1.3%−17.2 pts$690.14 each−100%11.1%+1.1 pts
Taiwan$20K0.8%−0.3 pts$4.88 each−7.8%10.0%−2.9 pts
Poland$8K0.4%new$95.04 each10.0%
Other countries (4)$21K0.9%−8.2 pts$1,305 each−73%7.7%−8.9 pts
All countries$2.4M100.0%$288.51 each+14%21.7%−0.8 pts

The 3 largest suppliers had 71.2% of US imports over the last 12 months.

Landed cost by origin

What importers paid to land this product at a US port from each main supplier, June–August 2026: the price, freight and insurance to the first US port, and duty, per unit. Suppliers with 3% or more of these imports, cheapest landed first. Small figures under landed cost are the change from the same months a year earlier.

  • Price
  • Freight and insurance
  • Duty
CountryPriceFreight and insuranceDutyLanded costMake-up
China$193.76 each$11.96 each6.2% of price$70.67 each36.5% of price$276.39 each−46%
Canada$598.09 each$6.53 each1.1% of price$2.35 each0.4% of price$606.96 each−92%
India$7,113 each$301.91 each4.2% of price$720.00 each10.1% of price$8,135 each−67%
United Kingdom$21,600 each$579.08 each2.7% of price$2,194 each10.2% of price$24,373 each+958%
Switzerland$20,996 each$999.83 each4.8% of price$2,406 each11.5% of price$24,402 each
Korea, South$105,817 each$0.71 each0.0% of price$11,269 each10.6% of price$117,087 each+170%
All countries$272.45 each$10.13 each3.7% of price$53.41 each19.6% of price$336.00 each−32%

Landed at a US port, China was cheapest, at $276.39 each: 54.5% below Canada.

Landed cost from United Kingdom rose 958% on a year earlier, to $24,373 each, mostly on price: $2,030 each then, $21,600 each now.

How the market is shifting

United Kingdom gained the most share: 37.3% of US imports over the last 12 months, up from 20.4% in the 12 months before. Germany lost the most: 2.4%, down from 29.0%. The charts show September 2024 to August 2026 for the 4 largest suppliers over the last 12 months. Dotted lines mark lasting changes in duty paid, labelled with the supplier, or "Duty" when several moved; the tariff timeline lists each one with its notices.

  • United Kingdom
  • China
  • Korea, South
  • Finland
  • All countries
Share of US imports
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MonthUnited KingdomChinaKorea, SouthFinland
September 202425.3%8.3%12.6%0.0%
October 202411.4%2.6%10.5%0.0%
November 202427.9%33.0%17.3%0.0%
December 20245.0%20.6%3.5%0.0%
January 202535.1%10.6%0.0%0.0%
February 202514.2%5.3%0.0%0.0%
March 202552.9%6.4%0.0%0.0%
April 202516.2%3.7%0.1%0.0%
May 20251.9%55.0%1.6%0.0%
June 202528.1%15.7%36.3%0.0%
July 202513.6%46.6%12.5%0.0%
August 202537.9%25.9%0.0%0.0%
September 202545.9%41.2%10.9%0.0%
October 202559.1%15.1%0.0%0.0%
November 202520.5%14.3%0.0%0.0%
December 202545.2%4.5%23.1%0.0%
January 202671.7%9.8%6.9%0.0%
February 202624.8%61.0%0.0%0.0%
March 202649.2%23.2%0.0%0.0%
April 20267.9%16.2%8.1%64.7%
May 20265.1%10.1%43.8%0.0%
June 202624.0%53.3%0.0%0.0%
July 202621.8%15.4%18.8%0.0%
August 202630.7%41.2%19.3%0.0%
Duty paid, % of value
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MonthUnited KingdomChinaKorea, SouthFinlandAll countries
September 20240.1%25.9%0.0%n/a2.2%
October 20240.0%18.5%0.0%n/a0.5%
November 20240.1%25.1%0.0%n/a8.4%
December 20240.3%25.0%0.0%n/a5.2%
January 20250.1%25.9%n/an/a3.1%
February 20250.2%26.0%n/an/a1.4%
March 20250.0%44.1%n/an/a2.9%
April 20250.3%66.9%2.9%n/a4.5%
May 202512.5%59.1%10.0%n/a36.7%
June 202510.0%55.4%10.0%n/a17.2%
July 202510.4%55.1%10.0%n/a31.1%
August 202510.1%55.1%n/an/a22.4%
September 202510.0%55.2%15.0%n/a29.0%
October 202510.0%55.0%n/an/a22.0%
November 202510.0%39.6%n/an/a17.1%
December 202510.0%45.4%8.7%n/a10.5%
January 20263.7%41.9%15.0%n/a9.5%
February 202610.0%41.4%n/an/a30.1%
March 20268.8%37.7%n/an/a15.7%
April 202610.4%35.6%10.0%10.0%14.2%
May 202610.1%35.2%10.1%n/a12.6%
June 202610.2%35.2%n/an/a23.3%
July 202610.4%35.3%7.6%n/a12.8%
August 202610.1%37.8%12.5%n/a21.7%

Tariff actions touching this product

When the duty paid on this product changed and stayed changed, for its main suppliers and all countries, newest first, with the Federal Register notices that named the product in the 3 months before. Rates are medians of the 4 months either side, less any usual seasonal swing. A change shows what happened to duty paid, not why; read each notice for what it did.

  1. April–June 2026 · Duty paid: China 41.5% → 35.4%, all countries 15.0% → 21.4%.
  2. November 2025 · Duty paid: China 55.0% → 41.5%, all countries 25.5% → 13.7%.
  3. March–July 2025 · Duty paid: United Kingdom 0.2% → 10.1%, China 25.3% → 55.1%, India 0.0% → 10.2%, all countries 3.1% → 26.7%.
  4. December 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 11.0% → 4.7%. This is around the January 2022 HS revision, which moved goods in or out of this code.
  5. May 2021 · Duty paid: all countries 3.9% → 11.4%.
  6. April 2020 · Duty paid: China 13.4% → 24.9%.
  7. November 2019 · Duty paid: China 26.6% → 13.4%.
  8. June 2019 · Duty paid: China 10.5% → 26.6%.
  9. September 2018 · Duty paid: China 3.1% → 15.6%.

Where it enters the US

Main ports of entry over the 12 months to August 2026: US imports and share.

  1. Newark, NJ$4.0M · 19.8%
  2. Charleston, SC$2.6M · 12.8%
  3. Los Angeles, CA$2.2M · 11.1%
  4. Long Beach, CA$1.9M · 9.6%
  5. Chicago, IL$1.8M · 9.1%

Where US exports go

US exports were $550K in August 2026, down 85% from August 2025, and $9.1M over the last 12 months, down 25% on the 12 months before. Fastest-growing market with 3% or more of US exports: Germany, up 791%.

MarketLast 12 monthsSharevs 12 months before
Canada$2.6M29.2%+44%
Mexico$839K9.3%−75%
Dominican Republic$728K8.0%+513%
Turkey$707K7.8%+163%
Costa Rica$604K6.7%+170%
Germany$299K3.3%+791%
Sweden$240K2.6%new
Australia$211K2.3%−27%
Other countries (64)$2.8M30.8%−45%
All countries$9.1M100.0%−25%

Markets abroad

Each country's own import figures for this product, from UN Comtrade: the 8 biggest importers outside the US in the latest year each has reported, what they bought from the US, and the change from the year before. Values usually include freight and insurance to the importer's border, so they run a little above US export figures. Countries report a year or more late; 122 have reported 2025 so far.

MarketImportsvs year beforeFrom the USUS share
Belgium$82.1Min 2025+19%$15K0.0%
China$18.3Min 2025−21%$281K1.5%
India$16.0Min 2025+20%$54K0.3%
Korea, South$12.6Min 2025+82%$86K0.7%
Malaysia$9.6Min 2025−26%$191K2.0%
Poland$8.6Min 2025−20%$149K1.7%
Canada$8.0Min 2025+20%$1.3M16.2%
Thailand$7.9Min 2025+23%$509K6.5%

The biggest market outside the US is Belgium, which imported $82.1M of this product in 2025, under 0.1% of it from the US.

Of these, imports into South Korea grew fastest: up 82% from 2024 to 2025.

Other products under heading 8468: machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, nonelectric; gas-operated surface tempering machines and appliances; parts thereof. US trade over the 12 months to August 2026.

ProductUS importsUS exports
Parts of machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, not elsewhere specifiedHS 8468.90$54.5M$35.5M
Hand-held blow torchesHS 8468.10$46.8M$9.5M
Gas operated machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding, other than hand-held blow torchesHS 8468.20$9.3M$9.1M
About these figures
  • Source: US Census Bureau international trade data, not seasonally adjusted, in US dollars. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
  • US imports are general imports at customs value, which excludes freight and insurance. Exports are at free-alongside-ship value.
  • Average price is customs value divided by quantity (number of items), across all of the product's 10-digit lines.
  • Duty paid is the duty Census calculates on each country's imports for consumption, as a share of their value. It moves with tariff changes, exemptions and the mix of goods within the product.
  • Landed cost adds Census's import charges (freight, insurance and other costs of bringing the goods to the first US port) and calculated duty to the customs value, per unit, across the product's 10-digit lines. It leaves out antidumping and countervailing duties, customs fees and transport inland. Prices are averages across the goods within the code, so a lower one can mean cheaper goods, not the same goods for less.
  • Markets abroad are each country's imports as it reports them to UN Comtrade, in US dollars, usually including freight and insurance. Countries report a year or more late and in their own edition of the HS codes, so one still on an older edition is missing for codes that changed in 2022.
  • Census revises recent months, so figures can change slightly. These are estimates for research and planning, not customs or legal advice.

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