Trade Compliance Monthly · September 2026
NORTH AMERICA TRADE COMPLIANCE BRIEF
Commerce Issues Preliminary LTFV Determinations on Graphite Electrodes from China and India
This issue covers September 1 to September 30, 2026. During this period, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued preliminary affirmative less-than-fair-value determinations on large diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China and from India. In the China investigation, Commerce also made a preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances. In the India investigation, the period of investigation ran from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Both determinations are preliminary; they are not final determinations, and no final duty rates have been established. The direction of these actions is continued use of the AD/CVD preliminary process to examine imports of a single product from two separate countries, with the China case proceeding on a critical-circumstances track alongside the LTFV track.
China Graphite Electrodes Preliminary LTFV Determination
Section summaryCommerce preliminarily determined that large diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. In the same action, Commerce made a preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances. The determination is preliminary only; it is not a final determination, and no final rate has been set. The critical-circumstances finding is likewise preliminary at this stage.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）Official09.29Commerce issues preliminary affirmative LTFV determination on large diameter graphite electrodes from China
Commerce preliminarily determines that large diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, applicable September 30, 2026, for a period of investigation of July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Commerce also made a preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determination.
India Graphite Electrodes Preliminary LTFV Determination
Section summaryCommerce preliminarily determined that large diameter graphite electrodes from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. The period of investigation ran from January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. The determination is preliminary only; it is not a final determination, and no final rate has been set. The action remains at the preliminary stage of the AD/CVD proceeding.
Federal Register · Commerce ITA（AD/CVD）Official09.29Commerce issues preliminary affirmative LTFV determination on large diameter graphite electrodes from India
Commerce preliminarily determines that large diameter graphite electrodes from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less-than-fair-value, with a period of investigation of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025, applicable September 30, 2026. Commerce also made a preliminary affirmative determination of critical circumstances and postponed the final determination, extending provisional measures. Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary determination.