Silicon Metal Trade War Targets Five Random Countries Simultaneously
Published Date: 11/26/2025
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Summary
The U.S. is wrapping up investigations into whether cheap or unfairly subsidized silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand is hurting American businesses. This could lead to new duties (extra taxes) on these imports to protect U.S. industries. Keep an eye out for final decisions around late 2025 that might impact prices and trade.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Final-phase probe of silicon metal imports
The U.S. International Trade Commission scheduled the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand. The Department of Commerce preliminarily found subsidies for silicon metal from Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand and preliminarily found sales at less-than-fair-value from Angola and Laos; Commerce's preliminary findings about less-than-fair-value sales for Australia and Norway are pending.
Which silicon metal is covered
The investigations cover silicon metal that contains at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon and less than 4.00 percent iron (HTSUS subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50). Semiconductor-grade silicon (containing at least 99.99 percent silicon, classifiable under HTSUS 2804.61.0000) is explicitly excluded from these investigations.
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