Float Zone Crystal Grower for Gallium Arsenide from China
Equipment employing the float zone method to produce high-purity monocrystalline gallium arsenide boules for semiconductor wafers. Classified under HTS 8455.21.00.00 as a hot rolling mill due to the hot zone melting and zone refinement process simulating hot rolling of semiconductor material into boule form.
Duty Rate — China → United States
37.5%
Rate breakdown
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]
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
Import Tips
• Include process flow diagrams showing float zone operation for semiconductor boule production
• Ensure labeling specifies material compatibility (e.g
• GaAs) to distinguish from steel rolling mills