Posted on 06 Mar 2025
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of graphite electrodes of 520-650mm diameter originating from China, Kallanish learns from a Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) announcement.
The object of the investigation are electrodes used in furnaces, graphitised with a round cross-section of 520-650mm diameter or another cross-section with an area of more than 2,700 cm2, but not more than 3,300 cm2. These fall under custom code 8545 11 002 0 TN VED EAEU.
The probe petitioner was El 6 company, which accounted for 100% of the production volume of these electrodes in the EAEU from 1 January 2021 to 30 September 2024.
In 2022, the EAEU imposed anti-dumping duties for five years on graphite electrodes originating in China that have a circular cross-sectional diameter not exceeding 520mm (see Kallanish passim).
Earlier, the EEC recommended that graphite electrode consumers and manufacturers in the EAEU rebuild the supply chain and re-sign supply contracts. The obligation for manufacturers to sign a long-term supply contract is included as an attachment in this anti-dumping duty resolution.
Source:Kallanish
