High-Speed Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearing from China

Ceramic hybrid ball bearings with steel races and ceramic balls for float zone crystal pullers in semiconductor wafer manufacturing, offering extreme purity and heat resistance. Under HTS 8482.10.5068 as other ball bearings, they enable contamination-free rotation during monocrystalline boule growth via Czochralski methods. Essential for slicing ultra-flat wafers without defects.

Duty Rate — China → United States

44%

Rate breakdown

9903.03.0110%Except for products described in headings 9903.03.02–9903.03.11, articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
9903.88.0125%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.05, 9903.88.06, 9903.88.07, 9903.88.08, 9903.88.10, 9903.88.11, 9903.88.14, 9903.88.19, 9903.88.50, 9903.88.52, 9903.88.58, 9903.88.60, 9903.88.62, 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(a) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(b) [to this subchapter]

Import Tips

Certify ceramic material composition to distinguish from all-steel bearings in tariff notes

Use cleanroom packaging and declare vacuum compatibility if applicable

Monitor Section 301 tariffs if sourced from China, common for hybrid bearings