Cast Iron Compressor Housing for Wafer Slicing Saw Vacuum Systems from China
Heavy-duty cast iron housing for the vacuum compressor that maintains pressure during diamond wafer slicing saws cutting semiconductor boules into wafers. HTS 8414.90.41.65 covers this as a compressor part for wafer preparation equipment under statistical note (a)(ii)(B).
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
• Provide specifications showing vibration-dampening properties required for precision wafer slicing operations
• Include photos/drawings showing mounting interfaces specific to wafer saw vacuum systems
• Avoid misclassification by documenting exclusion from Chapter 84 headings for cutting tools