Fused Quartz Optical Fiber Drawing Tubes from China
Precision unworked tubes of fused silica used in optical fiber preform collapse and drawing towers. Their clarity and low impurity levels are critical for single-mode fiber production. HTS 7002.31.00.00 applies to these unworked fused quartz tubes.
Duty Rate — China → United States
35%
Rate breakdown
9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0325%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.13, 9903.88.18, 9903.88.33, 9903.88.34, 9903.88.35, 9903.88.36, 9903.88.37, 9903.88.38, 9903.88.40, 9903.88.41, 9903.88.43, 9903.88.45, 9903.88.46, 9903.88.48, 9903.88.56, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, or 9903.88.69, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(e) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(f)
Import Tips
• Provide OH-content and defect specifications proving suitability only for fiber optics
• Outer diameter tolerances listed but emphasize no precision machining performed
• Customs may challenge large-diameter tubes (200mm+ OD) as 'articles' vs raw material