PHOTOMASK BLANK. A PLATE, COVERED WITH A FILM OF CHROMIUM AND COATED WITH A PHOTOSENSITIVE OR ELECTRON-SENSITIVE RESIN.THE PLATE/BLANK IS IMAGED USING LASER WRITING TOOLS WITH BESPOKE CIRCUIT DIAGRAM PATTERNS, THEN PROCESSED USING DEVELOP AND ETCHANT TYPE CHEMICALS TO MAKE A PHOTOMASK.PACKAGING OF THE BLANKS INVOLVES LIGHT SENSITIVE MULTICARRIERS WHICH SIT INSIDE CUSHIONED CARDBOARD CONTAINERS OFTEN SHIPPED ON PALLETS TO PROTECT FROM EXCESS VIBRATION. THESE BLANKS ARE AVAILABLE IN SIZES FROM 3 INCHES TO 14 INCHES. THEY CAN BE MADE FROM QUARTZ OR SODA LIME GLASS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRS) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 3701 – PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND FILM IN THE FLAT, SENSITISED, UNEXPOSED, OF ANY MATERIAL OTHER THAN PAPER, PAPERBOARD OR TEXTILES; INSTANT PRINT FILM IN THE FLAT, SENSITISED, UNEXPOSED, WHETHER OR NOT IN PACKS GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 370199 – OTHER THAN ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED TARIC CODE 3701990010 – PLATE OF QUARTZ OR OF GLASS, COVERED WITH A FILM OF CHROMIUM AND COATED WITH A PHOTOSENSITIVE OR ELECTRON-SENSITIVE RESIN, OF A KIND USED FOR GOODS OF HEADING 8541 OR 8542 ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH EC REGULATION 457/2008 HSENs TO 3701