USITC Schedules Final Phase of Investigations Into Active Anode Material Imports From China
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The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has released a notice about the final phase of investigations into imports of active anode material from China. These investigations cover both antidumping and countervailing duties. The aim is to decide if U.S. industries have been harmed or threatened by these imported materials.
The case concerns active anode material, which is an anode-grade graphite material with at least 90% carbon by weight. It can be synthetic, natural, or blended graphite. It is included whether or not it has a coating. The material can come as powder, dry, liquid, or block. It is usually up to 80 microns in powder form. It must have an energy density of 330 milliamp hours per gram or more and graphitization of at least 80%.
The product counts as active anode material even if mixed with silicon-based materials like silicon-oxide, silicon-carbon, or silicon, or with additives such as carbon black or nanotubes. It does not matter if it is imported alone, as part of a compound, in a battery, as a component of an anode slurry, or within a subassembly such as an electrode. But only the anode-grade graphite is covered in these cases.
The Department of Commerce already made preliminary findings that some manufacturers, producers, or exporters in China are getting subsidies, and the material is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The investigation began after petitions were filed on December 18, 2024, by the American Active Anode Material Producers. Its members are Anovion Technologies (Sanborn, NY), Syrah Technologies LLC (Vidalia, LA), NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC (Chattanooga, TN), Epsilon Advanced Materials (Leland, NC), and SKI US, Inc. (Marietta, GA).
The schedule for the final phase is as follows:
- A staff report will go on the nonpublic record on November 14, 2025. A public version will come out after that.
- A hearing is set for December 4, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
- Requests to appear at the hearing are due by November 24, 2025.
- A prehearing conference is set for December 3, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
- Written testimony for the hearing is due by noon on December 3, 2025.
- Prehearing briefs are due by November 21, 2025.
- Posthearing briefs are due by December 11, 2025.
- Final comments may be submitted by December 31, 2025.
Only electronic filings will be accepted. Submissions must be made through the Commission’s Electronic Document Information System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. No in-person paper filings are allowed until further notice.
Business proprietary information (BPI) will be shared only with authorized applicants under an administrative protective order (APO). Applications for access must be made at least 21 days before the hearing date.
All filings must follow the Commission’s rules. Parties and their representatives must be listed in a public service list, which the Secretary to the Commission will maintain. Each document must be served to all other parties with a certificate of service.
Further details on hearing rules, participation as a nonparty, and filing procedures are provided on the USITC’s website at https://www.usitc.gov. The notice was issued by Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission, on August 11, 2025.
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