High-Speed Ceramic Hybrid Ball Bearing from Mexico
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 — Mexico → United States
34%
Rate breakdown
9903.82.0925%Except as provided for in headings 9903.82.16, 9903.82.20–9903.82.26 and 9903.85.68, articles of copper and derivative aluminum and steel articles, as provided for in subdivisions (c)(vi)–(viii) and (xi) of U.S. note 16 to this subchapter
9903.05.900%Articles of aluminum, of steel or of copper or derivative aluminum or steel articles; passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans and cargo vans) and light trucks; medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; parts of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles; wood products; patented pharmaceutical articles; and semiconductor articles, as provided in subdivision (f) of U.S. note 52 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