China Ceramic Abrasive Grains: Details of AD/CVD Orders
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The orders, published Sept. 29, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
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In a change from its final AD determination, Commerce no longer will adjust AD cash deposit rates for export subsidies found in the CVD investigation. As a result, the cash deposit rate in effect for the China-wide entity will rise from 72.22% to 83.32%, which is the unadjusted AD rate calculated in the final determination. Commerce said it had "incorrectly applied" the offset in its preliminary and final determinations.
The order details a five-day “gap period” of no CVD liability for subject merchandise entered Sept. 19-23, 2025. Commerce may suspend liquidation for only a four-month period after its preliminary CVD determination, issued May 22, 2025, without an International Trade Commission final affirmative injury determination in place. Commerce will order CBP to liquidate, without regard to CVD, any entries during the gap period. CVD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements resume Sept. 24, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published.
The provisional measures period did not expire for the AD investigation, so suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements remain in place and there is no gap period. Subject merchandise entered during the CVD gap period will only be assessed AD.
CVD Cash Deposit Instructions
Commerce will require importers to pay CVD cash deposits for all entries at the following rates:
| Company | CVD Rate |
|---|---|
| Qingdao SISA Abrasives Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Shandong Imerys Mount Tai Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Futong Industry Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Guangzhou Qianyang Metals & Machine | 165.05% |
| Kumthai Abrasives Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Luoyang Runbao Super Abrasives Co. | 165.05% |
| More Superhard Products Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Qingdao Roy Grinding MaterialCo. | 165.05% |
| Reckel Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. | 165.05% |
| Zhengshou Haixu Abrasives Co. | 165.05% |
| All Others | 165.05% |
AD Cash Deposit Instructions
An AD cash deposit requirement also is in effect for subject merchandise equal to the rates listed below:
| Exporter | AD Rate |
|---|---|
| China-wide Entity (includes all exporters) | 88.32% |
(See the notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 2508150029 for a summary of the final AD determination, and 2508150030 for a summary of the final CVD determination.)