AD/CVD News: Petition on Silicon Metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand | Customs & International Trade Law Blog

On April 24, 2025, Ferroglobe USA, Inc. and Mississippi Silicon LLC (collectively, “Petitioners”) filed an antidumping and countervailing duties petition on ferrosilicon from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand.

Antidumping obligation investigations are administered by the U.S. Division of Commerce (DOC) and the U.S. Worldwide Commerce Fee (“ITC”). Dumping happens when a international firm sells a product to the USA beneath its regular worth or price of manufacturing. Subsidy is outlined by a international authorities offering monetary help to a international firm for manufacturing or exportation.

The scope of the petition (topic to alter in the course of the investigation) covers:

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All varieties and sizes of silicon metallic, together with silicon metallic powder. Silicon metallic accommodates no less than 85.00 % however lower than 99.99 % silicon, and fewer than 4.00 % iron, by precise weight. Semiconductor grade silicon (merchandise containing no less than 99.99 % silicon by precise weight and classifiable beneath Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the USA (HTSUS) subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded from the scope of this investigation.

Silicon metallic is at the moment classifiable beneath subheadings 2804.69.1000 and 2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. Whereas the HTSUS numbers are supplied for comfort and customs functions, the written description of the scope stays dispositive.

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International producer listing will be discover right here.

Importer listing will be discover right here.

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