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JAPAN will launch an anti-dumping probe into Chinese graphite electrodes, said Japan’s trade and finance ministries, reports Reuters.
The electrodes are an industrial material used in electric arc furnace steelmaking.
Tokyo decided to launch the probe in accordance with World Trade Organisation agreements and domestic laws, after receiving an application from Japanese graphite makers SEC Carbon, Tokai Carbon and Nippon Carbon, the ministries said in a statement.
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