Czochralski Crystal Puller from Germany
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 — Germany → United States
10%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.3910%Section 301 (forced labor) — European Union member state (col1 rate < 10 percent): MFN < 10% → total duty capped at 10%
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