Notice2026-02638
Utility Scale Windtowers From Indonesia: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of the Antidumping Duty Admninistrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
February 10, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that utility scale wind towers (wind towers) from Indonesia were not being sold in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to six companies which had no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5911-5914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02638]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-560-833]
Utility Scale Windtowers From Indonesia: Preliminary Results and
Rescission, In Part, of the Antidumping Duty Admninistrative Review;
2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that utility scale wind towers (wind towers) from Indonesia were not
being sold in the United States at prices below normal value during the
period of review (POR), August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024.
Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to
six companies which had no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 10, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Smith, AD/CVD Operations, Office
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0557, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 26, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register an
antidumping duty (AD) order on wind towers from Indonesia.\1\ On August
1, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
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opportunity \2\ to request an administrative review of the AD order on
wind towers from Indonesia.\3\ On September 20, 2024, based on timely
requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i),
Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order.\4\
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\1\ See Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 52546 (August 26, 2020) (Order), as
corrected in Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of
Correction to the Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 56213 (September
11, 2020).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 62714 (August 1,
2024).
\3\ See Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 52546 (August 26, 2020) (Order), as
corrected in Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia, the
Republic of Korea, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Notice of
Correction to the Antidumping Duty Orders, 85 FR 56213 (September
11, 2020).
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
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On December 10, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On July 1, 2025, in accordance
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results by 120 days until December 1, 2025.\6\ Due to the
lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on November
14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings
by 47 days.\7\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS)
during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce
tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21
days.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary results is now
February 5, 2026.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 12, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 1,
2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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On January 12, 2026, Commerce notified interested parties of our
intend to rescind this administrative review with respect to six
companies that have no reviewable suspended entries.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intend to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated January 12, 2026 (Intend to Rescind Memorandum).
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\10\ A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Utility Scale Wind Towers from Indonesia; 2023-2024,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \11\
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\11\ See Order, 85 FR 52547-52548
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The merchandise covered by the scope of this Order is wind towers
from Indonesia.\12\ For a complete description of the scope of the
Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\12\ At the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
Commerce added the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Of the United States
(HTSUS) subheadings 7308.20.0030 and 7308.20.0035 to the scope to
reflect the updates to the HTSUS. See Memorandum, ``Request from
Customs and Border Protection to Update the ACE AD/CVD Case
Reference File,'' dated January 12, 2026.
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Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a company covered by the
review had no recorded entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\13\ Based on our analysis of CBP information, we preliminarily
determine that six companies listed in the Initiation Notice had no
recorded entries of subject merchandise during the POR. On January 12,
2026, Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to rescind
this review, in part, with respect to these six companies.\14\ No
interested party commented on the Intent to Rescind Memorandum. As a
result, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to six
companies listed in Appendix II of this notice. The administrative
review remains active with respect to one company, PT. Kenertec Power
System (Kenertec).
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\13\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
4157 (January 24, 2023).
\14\ See Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. We calculated constructed export
prices and NV in accordance with sections 772 and 773 of the Act,
respectively. For a full description of the methodology underlying our
preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin for the period August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
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PT. Kenertec Power System.................................. 0.00
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results of this
administrative review within five days of any public announcement or,
if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Verification
Commerce received a timely request from the Wind Tower Trade
Coalition (the petitioner) to verify the information submitted in this
administrative review, pursuant 19 CFR 351.307(b)(1)(v).\15\ As
provided in section 782(i) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the
information reported by Kenertec prior to issuing the final results of
this review.
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\15\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,''
dated December 30, 2024.
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Public Comment
Because Commerce intends to conduct verification of the
questionnaire responses of Kenertec, interested parties will be
notified of the deadline for the submission of case briefs at a later
date.\16\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than seven days after the date on which the
verification report is issued in this administrative review. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not
later than five days after the date for filing case
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briefs.\17\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), interested
parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\18\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the executive summary of each issue.
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\18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the requesting
party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of
participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs. If
a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing
at a date and time to be determined.\19\ Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two days before
the scheduled date.
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS.\20\ An electronically
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\21\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\21\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written case briefs, no later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review.
Where a respondent's weighted-average dumping either is zero or de
minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero
percent or de minimis, Commerce's practice is to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\22\ Thus, if Commerce continues to calculate a weighted-average
dumping margin of zero percent for Kernetec in the final results of
this review, it will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of Kenertec's
subject merchandise during the POR without regard to antidumping
duties.
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\22\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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However, if Kenertec's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero
or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the final results of
this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates for
antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total entered value
of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\23\ Where
the respondent did not report entered values, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will calculate importer/customer-specific
assessment rates by dividing the amount of dumping for reviewed sales
to the importer/customer by the total quantity of those sales.\24\
Commerce will calculate an estimated ad valorem importer/customer-
specific assessment rate to determine whether the per-unit assessment
rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use the per-unit assessment
rate where entered values were not reported. Where an importer/
customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the
time of liquidation.
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\23\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\24\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Kenertec
for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation (i.e., 8.53 percent),\25\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\26\
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\25\ See Order, 85 FR 52547.
\26\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the six companies for which the review is rescinded with these
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties
on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of
estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the POR, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP for the rescinded companies no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.\27\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the publication date of the final
results of this review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
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\27\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of final results of
this administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as
provided by 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the
companies listed in
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the final results of this review will be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margins established in the final results of this review, except
if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit
rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise exported by a company not
covered in this review, but covered in a prior segment of the
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate
published for the most recently-completed segment in which it was
reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review or
in the original LTFV investigation, but the producer is, then the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 8.50 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\28\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to the
liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 651.213(d)(3), 19
CFR 351.213(h)(2) and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 05, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies for Which the Administrative Review Has Been
Rescinded
1. GE Indonesia
2. GE Renewable Energy
3. General Electric Indonesia
4. Korindo Wind
5. Nordex SE
6. PT. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
[FR Doc. 2026-02638 Filed 2-9-26; 8:45 am]
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