U.S. International Trade Commission Discontinues Lithium Hexafluorophosphate Investigations
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On April 14, 2026, the U.S. International Trade Commission announced important news. They received a letter from a company called Mexichem Fluor Inc. doing business as Orbia Fluor & Energy Materials. This company is based in Boston, Massachusetts. They decided to take back their requests for investigations.
These investigations were about a chemical called lithium hexafluorophosphate. It comes from China. The investigations were called antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
The Department of Commerce did not start these investigations. They follow rules from a law. This law is called the Tariff Act of 1930. The rules are in sections 702(c) and 732(c).
Because Mexichem Fluor took back their requests, the Commission has stopped their investigations. These investigations had numbers. They were numbers 701-TA-790 and 731-TA-1778. They were at the preliminary stage.
The official end date for these investigations is April 14, 2026. The public can find more information on this matter. They can contact Peter Stebbins at the U.S. International Trade Commission. His phone number is 202-205-2039.
People with hearing issues can get information too. They can call the TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. If someone has difficulty moving, they can contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000 for help.
More details about the Commission can be found online. Their website is https://www.usitc.gov. The public can also look at the electronic records for these cases at https://edis.usitc.gov.
The Commission issued this notice on April 20, 2026. The Supervisory Attorney, Susan Orndoff, signed it. This notice was made official on April 22, 2026. It is part of the Federal Register, Volume 91, Issue 78. The billing code for this is 7020-02-P.
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