Float Zone Crystal Grower from China
Float zone crystal growers produce monocrystalline semiconductor boules using the float zone method, ideal for high-purity silicon wafers in electronic integrated circuits. Classified under HTS 8486.20.00.00 for its principal role in semiconductor device manufacture. This apparatus minimizes impurities crucial for advanced IC fabrication.
Duty Rate — China → United States
25%
Rate breakdown
9903.88.0225%Except as provided in headings 9903.88.12, 9903.88.17, 9903.88.20, 9903.88.54, 9903.88.59, 9903.88.61, 9903.88.63, 9903.88.66, 9903.88.67, 9903.88.68, 9903.88.69, or 9903.88.70, articles the product of China, as provided for in U.S. note 20(c) to this subchapter and as provided for in the subheadings enumerated in U.S. note 20(d)
9903.03.030%Articles the product of any country, as provided for in subdivision (aa)(ii) of U.S. note 2 to this subchapter
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