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Proportional Counter Gas Tube from China

Proportional counters use gas multiplication for precise radiation spectroscopy in nuclear physics. The gas amplification region creates proportional charge pulses, fitting HTS 8540.89.0020 as gas electron tubes.

Duty Rate — China → United States

41.2%

Rate breakdown

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]
9903.05.3112.5%Section 301 (forced labor) — additional 12.5% ad valorem on products of China

Import Tips

Window material (mica typical) and gas gain specs required for declaration

Nuclear regulatory documentation often needed for physics research imports

Distinguish from sealed detectors by providing operating principle docs