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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 7659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01495]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-191]

Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic Abrasive Grains From the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 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 countervailing duty (CVD) 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: Suresh Maniam, Office I, AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 14, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
initiation notice of the CVD 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 Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 90 FR 3175 (January 14, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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Correction

    In the Federal Register of January 14, 2025, in FR Doc. 2025-
00545,\2\ on page 3178, in the third 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 702 
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. 2025-01495 Filed 1-21-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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