Crystal Defect Etcher from Japan
Automated wet bench station using chemical etching to reveal and measure bulk defects in semiconductor crystals before wafering, ensuring material quality. Includes thickness mapping. Under HTS 8479.79.00.00 as quality preparation equipment.
Duty Rate — Japan → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.4912.5%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92, articles the product of Japan, with an ad valorem (or ad valorem equivalent) rate of duty under column 1 less than 12.5 percent, as provided for in U.S. note 52 to this subchapter
Import Tips
• Chemical handling safety data mandatory; etch rate uniformity specs
• Pitfall: chemical apparatus under 8419