Czochralski Crystal Puller from China
A machine used to produce monocrystalline silicon boules by the Czochralski method, pulling a seed crystal from molten silicon to grow semiconductor ingots. It falls under HTS 8479.89.95 as specialized semiconductor manufacturing equipment not classified elsewhere in Chapter 84. Crystal growers and pullers are explicitly noted for wafer production.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40%
Rate breakdown
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)
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China
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