Graphite Electrodes originating in the People’s Republic of China (excluding the regions of Hong Kong and Macao)

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1. Product subject to the investigation

Name	Graphite Electrodes
Description and Model	graphite electrodes classified under subheading 8545.11 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
Characteristics	of poles, mainly used in electric arc furnaces to melt steel scrap with an electric current

2. Status of the investigation

Status of the investigation	Date	Remarks
Application for an anti-dumping duty investigation	February 26,2024	－
Initiation of the investigation	April 24,2024	Press release(English) Notice of the Ministry of Finance (No. 119, 2024) (Japanese)

3. Others

　For interested parties, etc. including exporters and importers, regarding the product subject to the investigation

A. Documents including Questionnaires for the investigation

　The table below lists documents, including Questionnaires, which were sent to the interested parties, etc. from the Minister of Finance upon the initiation of the investigation.
　For inquiries about the listed documents, please contact the Ministry of Finance (for Nos.1 to 3) or the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (for Nos.4 and 5).

NO	Parties concerned	Documents	Download
1	Foreign suppliers (China)	Request for cooperation in the anti-dumping duty investigation (common to all interested parties, etc.), Questionnaires① (Basic Questions) and Questionnaires② (Detailed Questions) to producers and exporters of the product subject to the investigation	[Zip file(Japanese)]
2	Producers of the product subject to the investigation (China)	Request for cooperation in the anti-dumping duty investigation (regarding facts that the market economy conditions regarding production and sale of the product subject to the investigation prevail in China), Questionnaires③ (Basic Questions) and Questionnaires④ (Detailed Questions)	[Zip file(Japanese)]
3	Importers	Request for cooperation in the anti-dumping duty investigation (common to all interested parties, etc.), Questionnaires① (Basic Questions) and Questionnaires⑤ (Detailed Questions) to importers of the product subject to the investigation	[Zip file(Japanese)]
4	Domestic producers	Request for cooperation in the anti-dumping duty investigation (common to all interested parties, etc.), Questionnaires① (Basic Questions) and Questionnaires⑥ (Detailed Questions) to domestic producers of the like product	[Zip file(Japanese)]
5	Industrial users	Request for cooperation in the anti-dumping duty investigation (common to all interested parties, etc.), Questionnaires① (Basic Questions) and Questionnaires⑦ (Detailed Questions) to industrial users of the product subject to the investigation	[Zip file(Japanese)]

　For interested parties, etc. who have not received Questionnaires and other documents within seven days from the day of the Notice of the Ministry of Finance (No.119, 2024), please contact the Ministry of Finance (see below) with written evidence showing you are the interested parties, within fourteen days of the day of the said Notice. In addition, such interested parties are recommended to fill in the above documents including Questionnaires and submit them to the Ministry of Finance by the respective deadlines.

　If the interested parties do not respond to the Questionnaires, etc. by the due date without any justification, the investigating authorities will make a final determination vis-à-vis such interested parties on the basis of the facts available in accordance with Article 6.8 and Annex II of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994, paragraph 4 of Article 10 of the Cabinet Order Relating to Anti-Dumping Duty (hereinafter referred to as “the Cabinet Order“) and 10 of the Guidelines for Procedures Relating to Anti-Dumping Duty.

B. Procedures for presenting evidence, etc.

　Parties concerned listed in the right column of the table below are allowed to present evidence, as well as replying to the Questionnaires above.
　In that case, please present the respective documents to the Minister of Finance by submitting them to the “Address for submission“ below, by the respective deadlines referred to in the middle column of the table below. Please confirm the number of copies of the documents to be submitted to the “Contact information“ below.

Procedures regarding the investigation	Deadlines of the procedures	Parties concerned
Presentation of evidence, etc.	July 24, 2024	Interested parties (foreign suppliers,* importers and domestic producers, etc.)
Request of meeting with parties with adverse interests	August 26, 2024	Interested parties (foreign suppliers,* importers and domestic producers, etc.)
Presentation of views	August 26, 2024	Interested parties (foreign suppliers,* importers and domestic producers, etc.), Industrial users
Provision of information	August 26, 2024	Industrial users
Inspection of the evidence	Date of the Notice of the Ministry of Finance published in the Official Gazette as provided for in Article 16 of the Cabinet Order	Interested parties (foreign suppliers, importers and domestic producers, etc.)

Address for submission
Office of Trade Remedy Affairs
Tariff Policy and Legal Division
Customs and Tariff Bureau
Ministry of Finance
3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8940, Japan
E-mail:ad06@mof.go.jp

Contact information of the procedures regarding the anti-dumping duty investigation
Office of Trade Remedy Affairs
Tariff Policy and Legal Division
Customs and Tariff Bureau
Ministry of Finance
3-1-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8940, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-3581-8236
E-mail:ad06@mof.go.jp

Office for Trade Remedy Investigations
Trade Control Department
Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8901, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-3501-3462
E-mail:bzl-qqfcbk@meti.go.jp