Aluminum Alloy Compressor Housing for Semiconductor Wafer Crystal Pullers from China
This precision-machined aluminum alloy housing encases the compressor in Czochralski crystal pullers used to grow monocrystalline silicon boules for semiconductor wafers. It falls under HTS 8414.90.41.65 as a dedicated part of gas compressors in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, providing structural integrity and gas containment during high-vacuum crystal growth processes.
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
9903.88.0125%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.05, 9903.88.06, 9903.88.07, 9903.88.08, 9903.88.10, 9903.88.11, 9903.88.14, 9903.88.19, 9903.88.50, 9903.88.52, 9903.88.58, 9903.88.60, 9903.88.62, 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(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(b) [to this subchapter]
Import Tips
• Verify the housing is specifically designed for compressors in semiconductor crystal growth equipment to qualify under statistical note provisions
• Provide engineering drawings and end-use statements confirming application in wafer manufacturing to avoid misclassification as general machinery parts