Czochralski Crystal Puller from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
12.5%
Rate breakdown
9903.05.5510%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 10% ad valorem on products of Mexico
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