Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 22, 2025 / Notices 7659 

1See 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). 

2 Id. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to an administrative 

protective order (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 

continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or destruction 

of APO materials, or conversion to 

judicial protection order, is hereby 

requested. Failure to comply with the 

regulations and terms of an APO is a 

violation subject to sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: January 14, 2025. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

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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. 

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.’’ 

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: 

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 aluminabased 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 °C), 

and a single- or multi-phase microstructure, 

which may contain multiple phases, having 

crystalline sizes ranging from 0.05 to 30 mm. 

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. 

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