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Crystal Defect Etcher from Mexico

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 — Mexico → United States

10%

Rate breakdown

9903.05.5510%Except for products described in headings 9903.05.85–9903.05.92 and 9903.05.94, articles the product of Mexico, 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