Automatic spot welding machinery
Automatic spot welding machinery, fully or partly automatic
HSN 8515 21 10 (Automatic spot welding machinery) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code, bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other electrical machinery and apparatus within Chapter 85 — particularly certain power-driven hand tools and industrial electronic equipment — may fall under Quality Control Orders that do not extend to this tariff line.
Chapter 85 is one of the most actively regulated chapters in India's Quality Control Order programme, and sibling lines for other welding and cutting apparatus — or for the electrical control and switching equipment commonly integrated with automatic spot welders — may carry distinct compliance obligations. Re-classification on customs examination to a covered tariff line triggers retrospective compliance, including detention pending the relevant licence. Verify the tariff classification against the exact equipment specification — degree of automation, integrated control systems, and intended end-use — before confirming the absence of compliance applies.