The merchandise covered by this order is ground, pulverized or refined brown artificial corundum, also known as brown aluminum oxide or brown fused alumina, in grit size of 3/8 inch or less. Excluded from the scope of the order is crude artificial corundum in which particles with a diameter greater than 3/8 inch constitute at least 50 percent of the total weight of the entire batch. The scope includes brown artificial corundum in which particles with a diameter greater than 3/8 inch constitute less than 50 percent of the total weight of the batch. The merchandise under investigation is currently classifiable under subheadings 2818.10.20.00 and 2818.10.20.90. Although the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise covered by the order is dispositive.
Scope Rulings Completed Between October 1, 2008, and December 31, 2008
Requestor: 3M Company; semi-friable aluminum oxide and heat-treated aluminum oxide are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; October 1, 2008.
Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 2005, and March 31, 2005
Requestor: Cometals Division of Commercial Metals Company; black aluminum oxide is excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty order; February 7, 2005.
Scope Rulings Completed Between April 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004
Requestors: Cometals Division of Commercial Metals Company, Wester Mineralien SA (Pty) Ltd., and Polmineral Sp.zo.o.; crude brown aluminum oxide, in which particles with a diameter greater than 3/8 inch constitute at least 50 percent of the total weight of the entire batch, that is purchased from the People's Republic of China and then refined in a country other than the People's Republic of China is outside the scope of the order; February 3, 2004. |