9031.41.00

Analysis

HTS 9031.41.00 covers for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices (including integrated circuits) or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor… under heading 9031 (measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included…). US Customs collects import statistics for it under 3 ten-digit suffixes, reported in number of items.

Within this group the rate runs from duty-free to 1.7%. Compared with 9031.20.00 (measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not…), which pays 1.7%, a misclassification either way moves the duty by 1.7 percentage points.

Goods from countries without normal trade relations pay the column 2 rate of 50% instead of nothing, so origin decides between free entry and a 50% duty.

The normal trade relations rate here is zero, shared by about 73% of the 296 tariff lines in chapter 90, a useful check when a neighbouring dutiable line is a candidate. Duty-free at the general rate does not rule out additional duties under Chapter 99, such as Section 301 or Section 232 measures, which depend on the country of origin.