USITC Affirms Wind Tower Trade Cases from Four Countries

ITC News Releases

Filed March 4th, 2026

Detected March 4th, 2026

Summary

The USITC has affirmed existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam. This decision means the current trade remedy orders will remain in place, continuing to affect imports of these products into the United States.

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What changed

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that revoking existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury. Consequently, these existing orders will remain in effect, maintaining trade protections for the domestic industry against allegedly unfairly traded imports.

This decision stems from the five-year (sunset) review process. The affirmative determination by the USITC ensures that the antidumping and countervailing duties previously imposed will continue. Regulated entities involved in the import or manufacture of utility scale wind towers from these countries should be aware that existing duty obligations and trade restrictions persist. No immediate new actions are required by this specific determination, but the continuation of these orders implies ongoing compliance requirements related to these duties.

What to do next

Continue compliance with existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders for utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam.

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USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam

March 4, 2026
News Release 26 - 035
Inv. No(s).

  701-TA-627 and 629,

  731-TA-1458-1461

Contact: Jennifer Andberg, 202-205-1819 USITC Makes Determinations in Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews Concerning Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam

The U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission or USITC) today determined that revoking the existing revocation of the antidumping duty orders on utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam and countervailing duty orders on Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada and Vietnam would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the existing orders on imports of this product from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam will remain in place.

Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative.

Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.

The Commission’s public report, Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-627 and 629 and 731-TA-1458-1461 (Review), USITC Publication 5714, March 2026), will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.

The report will be available by April 9,2026; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website.

BACKGROUND

The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the USITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (USITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.

The Commission’s institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the Commission concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally, within 95 days from institution, the Commission will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the USITC’s notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the Commission conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.

The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determination in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the Commission’s prior injury and review determinations, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the reviews, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.

The five-year (sunset) reviews concerning utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam were instituted on July 1, 2025.

On November 24, 2025, the Commission determined to conduct expedited five-year reviews. Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson and Jason E. Kearns concluded that the domestic interested party group responses were adequate and the respondent interested party group responses were inadequate, and voted for expedited reviews.

A record of the Commission’s vote to conduct expedited reviews is available on the investigations page for Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, South Korea, and Vietnam; Inv. No. 701-TA-627 and 629 and 731-TA-1458-1461 (Review).