USITC Makes Determinations Concerning Imports of Silicon Metal from Angola, Laos, and Thailand [CORRECTED]
USITC Makes Determinations Concerning Imports of Silicon Metal from Angola, Laos, and Thailand [CORRECTED]
The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of silicon metal from Angola and Laos that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value by Angola and Laos and subsidized by the government of Laos.
The Commission further found that the imports of these products from Thailand that Commerce has determined are subsidized are negligible and voted to terminate the countervailing duty investigation concerning Thailand.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative for Angola and Laos. They made a finding of negligibility with respect to the countervailing duty investigation involving Thailand.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, Commerce will issue antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from Angola and Laos and a countervailing duty order on imports of this product from Laos. As a result of the finding of negligibility, the countervailing duty investigation regarding imports from Thailand will be terminated.
The Commission’s public report on Silicon Metal from Angola, Laos, and Thailand (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-761, 701-TA-763, 731-TA-1743 and 731-TA-1745 (Final), USITC Publication 5720, April 2026) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
The report will be available by April 29, 2026; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website.
Status of proceedings, links to relevant documents, and more information about the investigations can be found at the Commission’s Investigations Database System (IDS).
NOTE: Title has been corrected as of 3:15 p.m. ET on March 17, 2026.