[Brazil makes preliminary anti-dumping ruling on China-related graphite electrodes] On October 21, the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services issued Announcement No. 98 of 2026 on October 19, 2026, regarding graphite electrodes originating in China and India (Portuguese: eletrodos de Grafite) made an affirmative preliminary ruling on anti-dumping, recommending that the investigation continue, not implement temporary anti-dumping measures, and extend the time limit for making a final ruling on this case to 18 months from the filing of the case. This case involves products under Mercosur tax number 8545.11.00. On March 12, 2026, the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services issued Announcement No. 18 of 2026, in response to an application submitted by the Brazilian domestic enterprise Graftech Brasil Participações Ltda. on July 31, 2025, to initiate an anti-dumping investigation into graphite electrodes originating in China and India. The dumping investigation period of the case is from April 2024 to March 2025, and the damage investigation period is from April 2020 to March 2025.