# Federal Register #2026-20031

Preliminary Antidumping Determination on Large-Diameter Graphite Electrodes from India

**Buyer:** International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
**Posted:** September 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 2026-20031

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration issued a preliminary antidumping determination on large-diameter graphite electrodes from India; this notice is a trade investigation, not a government procurement opportunity.
- Government agency: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration.
- Products covered by the investigation:
  - Furnace-use graphite electrodes with a nominal or actual diameter greater than 425 mm.
  - Certain graphite pin joining systems with a minimum diameter of 228.6 mm.
- Named producers and exporters: **Graphite India Limited (GIL)**, **HEG Limited**, and other Indian producers and exporters.
- Named petitioners: **Resonac Graphite America Inc.** and **Tokai Carbon GE LLC**. HEG Limited also requested postponement of the final determination.
- Preliminary weighted-average dumping margins and adjusted cash deposit rates:
  - Graphite India Limited: 12.22% margin; 9.88% cash deposit rate.
  - HEG Limited: 4.97% margin; 1.15% cash deposit rate.
  - All other producers and exporters: 6.95% margin; 3.53% cash deposit rate.
- Commerce preliminarily found critical circumstances for Graphite India Limited, HEG Limited, and all other producers and exporters.
- Excluded products include certain thermal energy storage graphite blocks and other specified items. Commerce postponed the final determination and extended provisional measures to no more than six months.

### Description

The U.S. Department of Commerce 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 investigation covers large diameter graphite electrodes and certain graphite pin joining systems, with a period of investigation from January 1 through December 31, 2025. Commerce also preliminarily found critical circumstances and postponed the final determination while extending provisional measures. Interested parties are invited to comment; the notice does not provide a comment closing date.

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