[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 7657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01494]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-190]
Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic Abrasive Grains From the People's
Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation;
Correction
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published notice in
the Federal Register of January 14, 2025, in which Commerce initiated
the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation on sol gel alumina-based
ceramic abrasive grains (ceramic abrasive grains) from the People's
Republic of China (China). This notice contained an appendix that
included a typographical error with respect to the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings in the scope of the
investigation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Cloyd, Office VII, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1246.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 14, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
initiation notice of the LTFV investigation on ceramic abrasive grains
from China.\1\ In the Initiation Notice, Commerce inadvertently made a
typographical error with respect to one of the relevant HTSUS
subheadings in the appendix, ``Scope of the Investigation.''
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\1\ See Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic Abrasive Grains from the
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation, 90 FR 3179 (January 14, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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Correction
In the Federal Register of January 14, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-
00544,\2\ on page 3183, in the second column, correct the first HTSUS
referenced in the fifth paragraph of the section ``Appendix--Scope of
the Investigation'' as follows:
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\2\ Id.
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The merchandise subject to this investigation is properly
classified under subheadings 2818.10.2010 and 2818.10.2090 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Other
merchandise subject to the current scope, including when incorporated
into the abovementioned downstream articles, may be classified under
HTSUS subheadings 2818.10.1000, 2818.20.0000, 2818.30.0000,
3824.99.1100, 3824.99.1900, 6805.10.0000, 6805.20.0000, 6805.30.1000,
6805.30.5000, 6804.22.1000, 6804.22.4000, 6804.22.6000, 8204.12.0000,
8474.90.0010, 8474.90.0020, 8474.90.0050, and 8474.90.0090. Although
the HTSUS statistical reporting numbers are provided for convenience
and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
For a full description of the scope of this investigation, revised
to reflect the correction specified above, see the appendix to this
notice.
Notice to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 732
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR
351.203(c).
Dated: January 16, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Investigation
The merchandise covered by this investigation is sol gel
alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains which are comprised of minimum
94% aluminum oxide (Al2O3), and may contain other compounds,
including, but not limited to, titanium dioxide, silicon dioxide,
calcium oxide, sodium superoxide, ferric oxide, magnesium oxide, di-
aluminum magnesium tetroxide, lanthanum oxide, lanthanum magnesium
oxide, zirconium dioxide, or zirconium carbonate. Grain sizes of sol
gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains range from 0.85 mm to
0.0395 mm (which corresponds to American National Standards
Institute (ANSI) grit sizes from 20 to 280).
Shapes include but are not limited to angular, sharp, extra
sharp, blocky, splintery, round stripped, triangular or shaped like
extruded rods or stars.
Ceramic abrasive grains have unique crystalline structures that
impart certain advanced properties, such as their extreme hardness
and strength ranging between 16 and 22 gigapascals by the Vickers
Diamond Indent Method, high melting point (2050 [deg]C), and a
single- or multi-phase microstructure, which may contain multiple
phases, having crystalline sizes ranging from 0.05 to 30 [mu]m.
These ceramic abrasive grains include but are not limited to blue,
white, white-translucent, or off-white opaque colors.
Sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains are covered by the
scope of this investigation, whether or not incorporated into
downstream articles, including but not limited to, abrasive papers,
grinding wheels, grinding cylinders, and grinding discs. When
incorporated into downstream articles, only the sol gel alumina-
based ceramic abrasive grains component of such articles is covered
by the product scope, and not the downstream product as a whole.
The merchandise subject to this investigation is properly
classified under subheadings 2818.10.2010 and 2818.10.2090 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Other
merchandise subject to the current scope, including when
incorporated into the abovementioned downstream articles, may be
classified under HTSUS subheadings 2818.10.1000, 2818.20.0000,
2818.30.0000, 3824.99.1100, 3824.99.1900, 6805.10.0000,
6805.20.0000, 6805.30.1000, 6805.30.5000, 6804.22.1000,
6804.22.4000, 6804.22.6000, 8204.12.0000, 8474.90.0010,
8474.90.0020, 8474.90.0050, and 8474.90.0090. Although the HTSUS
statistical reporting numbers are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is
dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2025-01494 Filed 1-21-25; 8:45 am]
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