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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-012543
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190304

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000931148
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
		IRS NUMBER:				272496053
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		982 KEYNOTE CIRCLE
		CITY:			BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2166762000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		982 KEYNOTE CIRCLE
		CITY:			BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941011
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;4, 2019</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIA EDGAR</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tim Buchmiller<br> Office of Electronics and Machinery <br> Division of Corporation Finance<br> Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 F Street, NE <br> Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 63.0pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b>GrafTech International Ltd. <br> Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-230056)</b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Buchmiller:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, GrafTech International Ltd. (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended, be accelerated so that it will be declared effective by 4:40 p.m., Eastern Time, on March&nbsp;6, 2019 (the &#147;<u>Effective Date</u>&#148;), or as soon as possible thereafter. We ask, however, that the Registration Statement not be declared effective until you speak to our counsel on the Effective Date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please contact Sandra L. Flow of Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Company, at (212) 225-2494, prior to declaring the Registration Statement effective on the Effective Date, or if you have any other questions or concerns regarding this matter.</font></p>
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