Helium Liquefaction Plant with Plate-Fin HX from China
Industrial system for liquefying helium gas employing multiple brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchangers in a Claude cycle configuration for superconducting applications. HTS 8419.60.10.00 classification applies due to the integral brazed plate-fin exchangers performing the essential gas cooling and liquefaction functions.
Duty Rate — China → United States
41.7%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0225%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.12, 9903.88.17, 9903.88.20, 9903.88.54, 9903.88.59, 9903.88.61, 9903.88.63, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, 9903.88.69, or 9903.88.70, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(d)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Include cycle diagrams showing plate-fin exchanger integration to distinguish from coil-wound helium systems
• Certify purity levels and leak test results as helium systems require extreme vacuum integrity documentation
• Declare as complete machinery, not parts, to avoid separate classification under 8419.90