Court Affirms U.K. Company Circumvented AD Order on Graphite Electrodes From China

The Commerce Department correctly determined that a U.K. company was part of a scheme to circumvent an antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China, the Court of International Trade ruled Aug. 29 (U.K. Carbon & Graphite Co., Ltd. v. United States, Ct. Int’l Trade, 12-00242, 8/29/13).

Judge Gregory Carman determined that Commerce reasonably concluded that U.K. Carbon & Graphite Co.'s (“UKCG”) artificial graphite rod is covered by the orders, and that the merchandise’s finishing in the U.K. was only a minor or insignificant step of its production, which substantially occurred within China. Commerce may continue ...