Importers of graphite electrodes who were named as possibly circumventing U.S. anti-dumping duties have adamantly denied the charges.

A letter sent to the U.S. Commerce Department's Import Administration by Washington law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP had claimed there was "strong evidence" that four importers—Ameri-Source Specialty Products of Bethel Park, Pa.; Ceramark Technology Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia; Fedmet Resources Corp., East Amherst, N.Y.; and Starex Inc., Lincolnshire, Ill.—were attempting to...