Float Zone Crystal Grower for Gallium Arsenide from Japan
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 — Japan → United States
10%
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
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