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(6) Coolant fluid recycling machines, presented with diamond wire saws designed for slicing square or rectangular monocrystalline silicon ingots (boules) of an initial mass exceeding 400 kg into solar wafers of a thickness not exceeding 200 micrometers, all of the foregoing for use in solar wafer manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.10.0000) (7) Degumming machines designed to remove adhesives from solar wafers (described in statistical reporting number 8486.10.0000) (8) Texturing, etching, polishing, and cleaning machines designed to prepare, repair, clean, etch, polish or texture the solar wafer substrate, whether or not integrated with automation equipment for transferring solar wafers from one process station to the next, all the foregoing for use in solar wafer manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.20.0000) (9) Thermal diffusion quartz-tube furnaces, designed to diffuse dopant impurities into square or rectangular silicon wafers, whether or not integrated with automation equipment for transferring solar wafers from one process station to the next or boat loading or unloading machines, all the foregoing for use in solar cell manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.20.0000) (10) Plasma-enhanced or low-pressure chemical vapor deposition machines designed to deposit amorphous or nanocrystalline layers on one or both surfaces of a solar wafer, whether or not integrated with automation equipment for transferring solar wafers from one process station to the next, all the foregoing for use in solar cell manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.20.0000) (11) Physical vapor deposition (PVD) machines, designed to deposit a thin film of transparent conducting oxide on one or both surfaces of a solar wafer, whether or not integrated with automation equipment for transferring solar wafers from one process station to the next, all the foregoing for use in solar cell manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.20.0000) (12) Screen printing line machines, including sintering furnaces for printing conducting contacts on both surfaces of a solar wafer, whether or not integrated with automation equipment for transferring solar wafers from one process station to the next, and whether or not integrated with equipment for solar cell testing, all the foregoing for use in solar cell manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.20.0000) (13) Machines designed for transporting polysilicon material to growth furnaces and machines designed for transporting monocrystalline ingots (boules) and wafers throughout the solar wafer manufacturing process, including machines for loading or unloading solar wafers during the diamond wire slicing process (described in statistical reporting number 8486.40.0030) (14) Machines designed for lifting, handling, loading, or unloading of solar wafers of a thickness not exceeding 200 micrometers, for use in solar wafer manufacturing (described in statistical reporting number 8486.40.0030) (21)(a) Except as provided in notes 21(u), 21(v), 21(w) and 21(x) of this subdivision, for the purposes of subheadings 9903.89.05 through 9903.89.63, inclusive, and superior text thereto, products of Austria, of Belgium, of Bulgaria, of Croatia, of Republic of Cyprus, of Czech Republic, of Denmark, of Estonia, of Finland, of France, of Germany, of Greece, of Hungary, of Ireland, of Italy, of Latvia, of Lithuania, of Luxembourg, of Malta, of Netherlands, of Poland, of Portugal, of Romania, of Slovakia, of Slovenia, of Spain, of Sweden or of the United Kingdom, as specified in such provisions and this note, shall be subject to additional duties as provided herein. All products of the specified countries that are classified in the subheadings enumerated in this note are subject to the additional duties imposed by subheadings 9903.89.05 through 9903.89.63.The duties imposed by such heading and subheadings shall be in addition to the general duty rates provided for in the applicable provisions of the tariff schedule. [Compiler's note: Duties suspended under terms set forth in notice appearing at 86 F.R. 36313, July 9, 2021. Suspension inapplicable to certain goods entered from foreign trade zones.] Products of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or the United Kingdom that are classified in the subheadings enumerated in this note and that are eligible for temporary duty exemptions or reductions under subchapter II to chapter 99 shall be subject to the additional duties imposed by subheadings 9903.89.05 through 9903.89.63, and any such duty exemption or reduction shall apply only to the permanent general rate prescribed in provisions of chapters 1 through 97 of the tariff schedule. The additional duties imposed by subheadings 9903.89.05 through 9903.89.63 do not apply to goods for which entry is properly claimed under a provision of chapter 98 of the HTSUS, except for goods entered under subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50 and 9802.00.60 and heading 9802.00.80. For subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50 and 9802.00.60, the additional duties apply to the value of repairs, alterations or processing performed in one or more of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or the United Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 15 (2026) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXII 99 - III - 325