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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
20 March 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 251/2026
European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain utility scale steel wind towers originating in Chinese Mainland
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 887/2021 of 16 December 2021, the European Commission published notice C/2026/1804 on 20 March 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain utility scale steel wind towers originating in Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202601804.
2.The product concerned is certain 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 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, currently falling under CN codes ex 7308 20 00 (TARIC code 7308 20 00 11), and ex 7308 90 98 (TARIC code 7308 90 98 11) and, when imported as part of a wind turbine, currently falling under CN codes ex 8502 31 00 (TARIC codes 8502 31 00 11 and 8502 31 00 85). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 17 December 2026.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 17 December 2021. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 19.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 7.2% to 14.4%).
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Jenny MOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU comprises 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
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