Notice2025-10949
University of Washington et. al; Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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June 16, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25222-25223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10949]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of Washington et. al; Application(s) for Duty-Free
Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended
by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value,
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the
regulations and be postmarked on or before July 7, 2025. Address
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 40005, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy
of those comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#145162753a5f7d795460667570713a737b62"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="27625146096c4e4a67535546434209404851">[email protected]</span></a>.
Docket Number: 25-011. Applicant: University of Washington, 4300
Roosevelt Way NE, Roosevelt Commons West, Seattle, WA 98105-4718.
Instrument: Femtosecond lasers with ultrahigh power. Manufacturer:
Ultronphotonics Co. Ltd, China. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to study two-dimensional materials, which are atomically thin
structures with unique quantum properties. It will also be used to
investigate semiconductors to better understand how they process
information and energy. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to
the applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: March 12, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-012. Applicant: Harvard University, 60 Oxford
Street, Room M01, Cambridge, MA 02138. Instrument: Narrow Linewidth
Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology Co. Ltd., China
Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the construction and
exploration of novel architectures for quantum information processing
via a dual-species (rubidium and ytterbium), continuously reloaded atom
array. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
March 25, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-013. Applicant: South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph St. Rapid City, SD 57701. Instrument: 2D
material transfer stage with an optical microscope. Manufacturer: High
Hope Zhongding Corporation, China. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to control exciton-polariton interactions in 2D material
heterostructures for applications in optoelectronic, electronic devices
such as photodetectors, light-emitting devices. Justification for Duty-
Free Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments of the
same general category manufactured in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 3, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-014. Applicant: William Marsh Rice University,
P.O. Box 1892, MS094, Houston, TX 77251-1892. Instrument: Erbium Vacuum
System. Manufacturer: Limit Vacuum Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.,
China. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to develop quantum
simulation technologies to investigate fundamental quantum mechanical
properties of quantum matter and potentially develop new novel quantum
materials. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the
applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: March 21, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-015. Applicant: California Institute of
Technology, 1200 E California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125.
Instrument:Narrow Linewidth Laser
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System. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology Co. Ltd., China.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to conduct quantum science
experiments with cesium-133 atoms to demonstrate deep quantum circuits
and error-corrected quantum simulation. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments of the same
general category manufactured in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 25, 2025.
Dated: June 9, 2025.
Tyler J. O'Daniel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-10949 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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