EU Imposes Antidumping Duties on Utility Scale Steel Wind Towers From China
The European Union is imposing an antidumping duty on certain utility scale steel wind towers from China, the European Commission said in a Dec. 15 implementing regulation. The investigation was initiated following a complaint from the European Wind Tower Association, which alleged that these towers were harming the domestic European industry. After looking into the matter, the commission deemed this allegation is correct and that a corrective antidumping duty was warranted.
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The duties will cover "utility scale wind towers of steel, whether or not tapered, and sections thereof, whether assembled or not, whether or not including an embedded tower foundation section, whether or not joined with nacelles or rotor blades, and that are designed to support the nacelle and rotor blades for use in wind turbines that have electrical power generation capacities -- either in onshore or offshore applications -- equal to or in excess of 1,00 megawatt (‘MW’) and with a minimum height of 50 meters measured from the base of the tower to the bottom of the nacelle (i.e. where the top of the tower and nacelle are joined) when fully assembled (‘SWT’)," from China.
The following rates apply: Chengxi Shipyard Co., 7.5%; Penglai Dajin Offshore Heavy Industry Co., 7.2%; Suzhou Titan New Energy Technology Co., 14.4%; other cooperating companies, listed in Annex, 11.2%; and all other companies, 19.2%.