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. THE PLATES CAN BE MADE FROM QUARTZ OR SODA LIME GLASS.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING: GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S 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 ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: EC REGULATION 457/2008 HSENs TO HEADING 3701 (A)