The European Fee has acquired a criticism alleging that imports of sure graphite electrode methods originating within the Individuals’s Republic of China are being dumped and are thereby inflicting damage to the Union trade. The criticism was lodged on 4 January 2021 by Graphite Cova GmbH, Showa Denko Carbon Holding GmbH and Tokai ErftCarbon GmbH. All events wishing to submit info on the product scope should achieve this inside 10 days of the date of publication of this discover on 17 February 2021

The product topic to this investigation is graphite electrodes of a form used for electrical furnaces, with an obvious density of 1.5 grams per centimetre or extra and {an electrical} resistance of seven.0 p.Q.m or much less and nipples used for such electrodes, whether or not imported collectively or individually They’re presently categorized beneath CN codes ex 8545 11 00 and ex 8545 90 90, TARIC codes 8545110010, 8545110015, 8545909010 and 8545909015.

EC had beforehand imposed anti-dumping restrictions on electrode imports. Again in 2004, the measure began being utilized to merchandise from India, with the present responsibility set at 7% for Hindustan Electro Graphite and 15.7% for Graphite India Restricted. But, a earlier EC anti-dumping investigation into Chinese language imports in 2010 was dropped.

India eliminated its personal anti-dumping duties on Chinese language electrode imports in 2018 following a petition by the Indian metal trade; the duties had been in place since 2015. The USA continues to use its anti-dumping responsibility on small diameter electrodes (400mm or much less in diameter) from China