Wafer Slicing Saw for Monocrystalline Boules from China
High-precision saw designed to slice thin wafers from monocrystalline semiconductor boules like silicon, as specified in statistical notes for wafer preparation equipment under HTS 8451.80.00.00. Classified here as 'other machinery' analogous to textile cutting or pinking machines due to precise slicing function.
Duty Rate — China → United States
38.5%
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
• Submit boule material specs (e.g
• silicon, gallium arsenide) to confirm statistical note applicability
• Document cleanroom compatibility to prevent reclassification as general saws