GrafTech files trade petition with Brazil over graphite electrode imports

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GrafTech Announces Filing of Trade Petition with the Government of Brazil Regarding Unfairly Priced Graphite Electrode Imports

March 13, 2026 8:30 AM EDT

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) ("GrafTech," the "Company," "we," or "our"), a leading manufacturer of high-quality graphite electrode products essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals, today announced that it has filed a petition with the Department of Trade Defense (DECOM) of the Foreign Trade Secretariat, part of Brazils Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, requesting an investigation into whether graphite electrodes from China and India are being exported to Brazil at unfair prices (the "Petition").

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