ITA to Issue AD/CV Orders on Wind Towers from China & Vietnam After ITC Finds Injury
The International Trade Administration is set to issue antidumping duty orders on utility scale wind towers from China and Vietnam, and a countervailing duty order on utility scale wind towers from China, following a Jan. 18 vote by the International Trade Commission that imports of the merchandise are injuring U.S. industry. Chairman Irving Williamson was joined by two commissioners in finding injury or threat of injury. Three commissioners opposed the final affirmative injury determination.
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In December, the ITA found AD rates of 44.99 to 70.63 percent, and CV rates of 21.86 percent to 34.81 percent, for wind towers from China. For wind towers from Vietnam, the ITA found AD rates of 51.5 percent to 58.49 percent. The value of imports of wind towers from the two countries totaled $265.9 million in 2011.
(See ITT’s Online Archives 12122130 and 12122129 for summaries of the ITA’s final AD and CV determinations for wind towers from China, respectively. See ITT’s Online Archives 12122131 for summary of the ITA’s final AD determination for wind towers from Vietnam.)