Notice2025-17902
Utah State University et. al; Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44632-44633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17902]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Utah State University 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 October 6, 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#602516014e2b090d2014120104054e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9ac9f88c7a28084a99d9b888d8cc78e869f">[email protected]</span></a>.
Docket Number: 25-028. Applicant: Utah State University, 4415 Old
Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322. Instrument: Energy Dispersive
spectroscopy (EDS) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) system.
Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments America, Inc., United Kingdom.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to identify the chemical
composition and atomic arrangments of materials such as biological
cells and tissues, 3D printed metals, geological samples, metal-organic
frameworks, components in medical devices, and semiconductors and
optical 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: May 12, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-036. Applicant: Purdue University, 2550
Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, Indiana 47906. Instrument:
Electron Probe Microanalyzer (EPMA) Manufacturer: Jeol USA Inc, Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the
chemical composition of geologic and synthetic 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: June 3, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-037. Applicant: University of Illinois Chicago,
845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607. Instrument: JEM-
Z200MF: Monochromated-MARS NEOARM and EM-Z072152MONO: Field Emission
Gun W/Monochromator. Manufacturer: Jeol Ltd. Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study magnetic, superconducting,
quantum, biological and 2-D materials, where the presence of a magnetic
field otherwise affects their structural, optical, electronic or
transport properties. 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: June 3, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-038. Applicant: Northwestern University, 633
Clark Street, Evanston, Illinois 60208. Instrument: X-Ray Photoelectron
Spectroscopy (XPS) Lab System Package. Manufacturer: Scienta Omicron,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study
chemical functionalization of borophene. 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: June 5, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-040. Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology,
Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030. Instrument: EasySpec
SHG Second Harmonic Generation Microspectroscopy Testing System.
Manufacturer: Metatest Corporation, China. Intended Use:The instrument
is intended to be used to study crystal lattice direction in 2D
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: June 10, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-041. Applicant: Hampton University, 100 E Queen
Street, Hampton, Virginia 23668. Instrument: JEM-2100PLUS--Transmission
Electron Microscope and JB-29510VET Vacuum Evaporator. Manufacturer:
JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use:The instrument is intended to be used to
advance understanding and development of semiconductors,
nanostructured, opto-electronic and biomaterials. 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: June 17, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-042. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
2515 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712. Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator
with Superconducting Magnets and Cold-Insertable Probes. Manufacturer:
Leiden Cryogenics B.V., Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study topological quantum physics in two-
dimensional semiconductors such as graphene and transition-metal
dichalcogenides. 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: June 3, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-043. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
2515 Speedway, Austin, Texas 78712. Instrument: Low-temperature
nanopositioners, scanners and controllers for high-vacuum environment.
Manufacturer: Attocube Systems AG, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study topological quantum physics
and strongly correlated electron physics in two-dimensional
semiconductors such as graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides.
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: June
18, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-044. Applicant: Cornell University, 142 Sciences
Drive, Ithaca, New York 14853. Instrument: Optical Elements.
Manufacturer: FOCtek Photonics Inc., China. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study the efficiency of quantum
algorithms using trapped ion systems and utilizing trapped ion systems
as precision probes for search of new physics. 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
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Commissioner of Customs: June 17, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-045. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, 9700 S Cass
Avenue, Lemon, Illinois 60439. Instrument: CITIUS 280k Camera System.
Manufacturer: KAI Scientific Limited, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study advanced materials and
nanostructures, biological and soft matter systems and dynamic
phenomena that are typical of modern Advanced Photon Source (APS)
experiments. 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: June 9, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-047. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, 9700 S Cass
Avenue, Lemon, Illinois 60439. Instrument: NAP-XPS System in
Backfilling Configuration. Manufacturer: Specs TII Inc., Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to further the
understanding of different materials and material properties (chemical
state, defects and electronic structures) and their changes under
different environments. 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: June 11, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-048. Applicant: Bartelle Memorial Institute 902
Battelle Blvd., Richland, Washington 99354. Instrument: Betatron
System--cyclic particle accelerator for electrons. Manufacturer: JME
Advanced Inspection Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to for both imaging and radiation
effects testing in a variety of materials ranging from standard
construction like materials (concrete and metals) to electronics. The
instrument will also be used to test radiological detection instruments
and commercial items (Cameras, robots) to determine how well they will
work for radiological uses. 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: June 5, 2025.
Docket Number: 25-049. Applicant: Stanford University, 348 Via
Pueblo Rd., Stanford, California 94305. Instrument: Polarization
maintaining, large mode-area hollow-core photonic crystal fiber.
Manufacturer: NKT Photonics, Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to conduct experiments involving multimode optical cavities
coupled to degenerate quantum gases of Dysprosium and will be used to
study various classes of many-body Hamiltonians by exploiting
Dysprosium's large magnetic dipole moment, stable and abundant
fermionic and bosonic isotopes, large tensor polarizability, and the
degenerate cavity's unique photon-mediated interactions. 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: June 3, 2025.
Dated: September 12, 2025.
Tyler J. O'Daniel,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-17902 Filed 9-15-25; 8:45 am]
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