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Electric (electrically heated gas) soldering – China

Official title

National Standard of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for welding machines

China notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 19 August 2026. The comment period closed on 18 October 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Arc welding machines, resistance welding machines, laser welding machines

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 851529 Machines for resistance welding of metals, neither fully nor partly automatic
    • 851539 Machines for arc welding of metals, incl. plasma arc welding, neither fully nor partly automatic
    • 851580 Electric machines and apparatus for laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc welding; electric machines…
Notifying member
China
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Consumer information, labelling
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/CHN/2331

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 October 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
12 months after approval

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 October 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/CHN/2331; it can take them up with China.

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What the notification says

This document specifies the energy efficiency grades, energy efficiency limit values and test methods for arc welding machines, resistance welding machines and handheld laser welding machines. This document applies to arc welding machines and resistance welding machines designed for industrial and professional purposes and supplied at voltages not exceeding those specified in GB/T 156, as well as handheld laser welding machines with a rated output laser power not exceeding 3000W. The resistance welding machine covered by this document specifically refers to the resistance welding transformer permanently installed together with the frame, input circuit and secondary circuit of the rack. This document does not apply to AC TIG arc welders, AC/DC dual-purpose TIG arc welders, frequency level rectifier resistance welders, seam welders, resistance butt welders, flash butt welders, energy storage resistance welders, inverter AC resistance welders, separately sold resistance welding transformers and mechanical equipment driven welding machines.

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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