Stainless Steel Needle Valve for Float Zone Crystal Pullers from China
Precision hand-operated stainless steel needle valve for fine flow control of inert gases in float zone crystal pullers producing semiconductor boules. The stainless steel construction provides corrosion resistance in high-purity wafer manufacturing environments. Falls under 8481.80.50 as a hand-operated valve of other materials for semiconductor processing equipment.
Duty Rate — China → United States
40.5%
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
Import Tips
• Provide end-use statement linking valve to float zone equipment for statistical note compliance in semiconductor chapter
• Label with exact alloy composition (e.g
• 316L stainless) to distinguish from base metal classifications