Float Zone Crystal Grower from China
Equipment that uses the float zone method to purify and grow monocrystalline semiconductor boules by melting a narrow zone of polycrystalline rod with RF heating. Classified in HTS 8445.90.00.00 as other machinery for producing 'yarn-like' semiconductor crystals from raw material, per statistical notes for wafer manufacturing.
Duty Rate — China → United States
21.2%
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
9903.88.157.5%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.39, 9903.88.42, 9903.88.44, 9903.88.47, 9903.88.49, 9903.88.51, 9903.88.53, 9903.88.55, 9903.88.57, 9903.88.65, 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(r) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(s)
Import Tips
• Include process flow diagrams showing integration into wafer fab prep line for proper HTS verification
• Label as 'semiconductor crystal growth equipment' to align with statistical note (a)(i)