• Effective Date: Sep 26, 2025
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
  • Cite as: 90 FR 22465 • Cite date: May 28, 2025
1. In accordance with section 703(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. Section 1671b(d)), Commerce is instructing CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of entries concerning the countervailing duty investigation of active anode material from the People's Republic of China effective 09/26/2025, which is the day after provisional measures in this proceeding has been in place for 120 days. 2. The merchandise covered by this investigation has changed. The scope of this investigation covers active anode material (AAM), which is an anode grade graphite material with a graphite minimum purity content of 90 percent carbon by weight, whether containing synthetic graphite, natural graphite, or a blend of synthetic and natural graphite; with or without coating. Subject merchandise may be in the form of powder, dry, liquid, or block form and is covered irrespective of the form in which it enters. Subject merchandise typically has a maximum size of 80 microns when in powder form. Subject merchandise has an energy density of 330 milliamp hours per gram or greater and a degree of graphitization of 80 percent or greater, where graphitization refers to the extent of the graphite crystal structure. Subject merchandise is covered regardless of whether it is mixed with silicon based active materials, e.g., silicon-oxide (SiOx), silicon-carbon (SiC), or silicon, or additives such as carbon black or carbon nanotubes. Subject merchandise is covered regardless of the combination of compounds that comprise the graphite material. Subject merchandise is covered regardless of whether it is imported independently, as part of a compound, in a battery, as a component of an anode slurry, or in a subassembly of a battery such as an electrode. Only the anode grade graphite material is covered when entered as part of a mixture with silicon based active materials, as part of a compound, in a battery, as a component of an anode slurry, or in a subassembly of a battery such as an electrode. Active anode material subject to the investigation may be classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 2504.10.5000 and 3801.10.5000. Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS subheadings 2504.10.1000 and 3801.90.0000. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the investigation is dispositive. 3. This proceeding has been assigned case number C-570-195. 4. CBP shall discontinue the suspension of liquidation for countervailing duty purposes on all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 09/26/2025 (the first day provisional measures is no longer in effect). The suspension of liquidation will not be resumed unless and until a final affirmative determination on this case is published in the Federal Register by the ITC. 5. These discontinuation instructions do not apply to subject merchandise subject to suspension of liquidation and imposition of cash deposits, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or before 09/25/2025 (the date provisional measures expired in this proceeding). 6. These discontinuation instructions do not affect the requirements of a cash deposit on entries subject to the suspension of liquidation announced in Commerce's preliminary determination in the companion antidumping duty investigation of this merchandise. 7. If there are any questions by the public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OII:BN.) 8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur