Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations of Active Anode Material from China
Preliminary Affirmative Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations of Active Anode Material from the People’s Republic of China
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of active anode material from the People’s Republic of China (China). Commerce is also conducting concurrent antidumping duty (AD) investigation of active anode material from China.
Preliminary Subsidy Rates
| Exporter/Producer | Subsidy Rate (percent) |
|---|---|
| Huzhou Kaijin New Energy Technology Corp., Ltd.1 | 712.03* |
| Panasonic Global Procurement China Co., Ltd. / Panasonic Corporation of China2 | 6.55 |
| Shanghai Shaosheng Knitted Sweat | 721.03* |
| All Others | 6.55 |
*Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
1 Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.304(c)(2), the bracketing of business proprietary information in the original business proprietary document or, if a corrected version is timely filed, the corrected business proprietary document will become final. Once bracketing has become final, Commerce will not accept any further corrections to the bracketing of information in a submission, and Commerce will treat non-bracketed information as public information. As the name of Huzhou Kaijin New Energy Technology Corp., Ltd. was unbracketed in the public version of Panasonic’s supplemental questionnaire response, Commerce is treating this name as public information. See Panasonic’s Letter, “1st Supplemental Section III Questionnaire Response,” dated May 1, 2025, at Exhibit S-4a (i.e., ACCESS barcode 4754928-01); see also the Federal Register notice and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8-9.
2 Panasonic is a trading company that sold subject merchandise produced by an unaffiliated supplier BTR New Material Group Co., Ltd., BTR (Jiangsu) New Energy Material Co., Ltd., and BTR New Material Group Sales Co., Ltd. (collectively, BTR) and BTR’s affiliates. We are preliminarily cumulating the benefits received by BTR and BTR’s affiliates with the benefits received by Panasonic into one rate for Panasonic. For further details, see the Federal Register notice and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 2-4 and 28-29.
Case Calendar
| EVENT | CVD INVESTIGATION |
|---|---|
| Petition Filed | December 18, 2024 |
| Commerce Initiation Date | January 7, 2025 |
| ITC Preliminary Determinations | February 3, 2025 |
| Commerce Preliminary Determinations | May 19, 2025 |
| Commerce Final Determinations | September 29, 2025 |
| ITC Final Determination* | November 13, 2025 |
| Issuance of Order** | November 20, 2025 |
NOTE: Commerce’s preliminary and final determination deadlines are governed by statute. For CVD investigations, the deadlines are set forth in sections 703(b) and 705(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
* This will take place only in the event of a final affirmative determination from Commerce.
** This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations from Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC).
Import Statistics
| China | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volume (KG) | 60,988,257 | 103,508,617 | 84,290,595 |
| Value (USD) | $143,290,236 | $380,172,162 | $347,108,288 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, accessed through S&P Global Trade Atlas (Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 2504.10.5000 and 3801.10.5000). Imports of active anode material enter under HTSUS subheadings that cover subject and non-subject merchandise; therefore, the above imports may be overstated.
Other Case Information
- The petitioner is the American Active Anode Material Producers, which is an ad hoc coalition comprised of 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).
- For general information and next steps, please refer to a list of preliminary FAQs.
Additional case information, including the scope of the investigations, is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). Once you log in, please refer to the following case number:
Trading Partner Countervailing Duty Case Number China C-570-195 - For more information on subsidy programs, please refer to the subsidies enforcement library.
- To date, Commerce maintains 742 AD and CVD orders that provide relief to American companies and industries impacted by unfair trade.