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News Release 25-070
Inv. No(s). 701-TA-760-763, 731-TA-1743-1746
Contact: Jennifer Andberg, 202-205-1819
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of silicon metal from Australia, Laos, and Norway that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of Australia, Laos, and Norway. The Commission also determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of silicon metal from Angola that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and imports of silicon metal from Thailand that are allegedly subsidized by the government of Thailand.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue its investigations of imports of silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand, with its preliminary antidumping duty determinations for Angola, Australia, Laos, and Norway, due on or about October 1, 2025, and its preliminary countervailing duty determinations for Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand due on or about July 18, 2025.
The Commission’s public report, Silicon Metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-760-763 and 731-TA-1743-1746 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 5639, June 2025), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
The report will be available by July 14, 2025; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website.