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News Release 21-132
Inv. No(s). 701-TA-660 and 731-TA-1543-1544 (Final)
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of utility scale wind towers from India and Malaysia that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of India.
Chair Jason E. Kearns, Vice Chair Randolph J. Stayin, and Commissioners David S. Johanson, Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, Commerce will issue a countervailing duty order on imports of this product from India and antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from India and Malaysia.
The Commission’s public report Utility Scale Wind Towers from India and Malaysia (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-660 and 731-TA-1543-1544 (Final), USITC Publication 5247, November 2021) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigation.
The report will be available by December 20, 2021; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: http://pubapps.usitc.gov/applications/publogs/qry_publication_loglist.asp.
UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20436
FACTUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Utility Scale Wind Towers from India and Malaysia
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-660 and 731-TA-1543-1544 (Final)
Product Description: Wind towers, whether or not tapered, and sections thereof, designed to support the nacelle and rotor blades in a wind turbine with a minimum rated electrical power generation capacity in excess of 100 kilowatts and with a minimum height of 50 meters (164 feet) measured from the base of the tower to the bottom of the nacelle when fully assembled. A wind tower section consists of, at a minimum, multiple steel plates rolled into cylindrical or conical shapes and welded together (or otherwise attached) to form a steel shell, regardless of coating, end-finish, painting, treatment, or method of manufacture, and with or without flanges, doors, or internal or external components attached to the wind tower section. Several wind tower sections are normally required to form a completed wind tower. Specifically excluded from the scope are: (1) nacelles and rotor blades, regardless of whether they are attached to the wind tower; and, (2) any internal or external components which are not attached to the wind towers or sections thereof, unless those components are shipped with the tower sections.
Status of Proceedings:
1. Type of investigations: Final countervailing duty and antidumping investigations.
2. Petitioners: Arcosa Wind Towers Inc., Dallas, TX; Broadwind Towers, Inc., Manitowoc, WI.
3. USITC Institution Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
4. USITC Hearing Date: Thursday, June 10, 2021.[1]
5. USITC Vote Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2021.
6. USITC Notification to Commerce Date: Monday, November 29, 2021.
U.S. Industry in 2020:
1. Number of U.S. producers: 6.
2. Location of producers’ plants: Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin.
3. Production and related workers: 2,205.
4. U.S. producers’ U.S. shipments: $955 million.
5. Apparent U.S. consumption: $1.8 billion.
6. Ratio of subject imports to apparent U.S. consumption: 2
U.S. Imports in 2020:
1. Subject imports: [2]
2. Nonsubject imports: 2
3. Leading import sources: Malaysia, India, and Spain.
[1] The hearing was cancelled. For more information, please see 86 FR 31730.
[2] Withheld to avoid disclosure of business proprietary information.