Since April 24, 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) had been conducting an anti-dumping investigation into graphite electrodes imported from China. As a result of the investigation, on 28 February 2025, METI and MOF issued a provisional determination that presumes the fact of dumping and the substantial damage that such dumping caused to Japanese industries.
After the interested parties submitted evidence for provisional determination and were granted the opportunity to express their views, the MOF’s Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and other Transactions submitted a statement on 12 March 2025 declaring it appropriate to impose anti-dumping duties on graphite electrodes from China on a provisional basis. Therefore, from 29 March 2025 to 28 July 2025, a provisional anti-dumping duty rate (95.2%) will be imposed on graphite electrodes imported from China to Japan. Graphite electrodes imported from Hong Kong and Macau are exempt from such duties.
Announcement dated 25 March 2025
