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Utility Scale Wind Towers From Malaysia: Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is amending the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on utility scale wind towers from Ma...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 16, 2025, Commerce published in the
Federal Register
the final results of the administrative review of the CVD order on utility scale wind towers from Malaysia.[]
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.224(b), Commerce disclosed its calculations and provided interested parties with the opportunity to submit ministerial error comments.[]
On June 17, 2025, CS Wind Corporation and CS Wind Malaysia Sdn Bhd (collectively, CS Wind) filed a timely ministerial error allegation concerning the application of the exchange rate in the calculation of a benefit under the import duty exemption program.[]
Legal Framework
Section 751(h) of the Act defines a “ministerial error” as including “errors in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical errors resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional error which the administering authority considers ministerial.” With respect to final results of administrative reviews, 19 CFR 351.224(e) provides that Commerce “will analyze any comments received and, if appropriate . . . correct any ministerial error by amending . . . the final results of review.”
Ministerial Error
Commerce has determined that the error alleged by CS Wind constitutes a ministerial error within the meaning of section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(f).[]
Specifically, we find that we made an inadvertent error in the application of the exchange rate in the benefit calculation for the import duty exemption program. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), Commerce is amending the
Final Results
to reflect the correction of the ministerial error. The revised net subsidy rate is provided below.
For a detailed discussion of the aforementioned ministerial error allegation, as well as Commerce's analysis of CS Wind's comments,
see
the Ministerial Error Memorandum.[]
Amended Final Results of Review
As a result of the correction of the ministerial error, we determine that the countervailable subsidy rate for CS Wind is as follows:
| Producer/exporter |
Subsidy rate
(percent
ad
valorem) |
| CS Wind Malaysia Sdn. Bhd |
1.95 |
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in connection with these amended final results of review to interested parties within five days after public announcement of the amended final results or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of the notice of amended final results in the
Federal Register
, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the amended final results of this review for the above-listed company at the applicable
ad valorem
assessment rate. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of the amended 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 statutory injunction has expired (
i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount shown for CS Wind on shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date of publication of the final results of this administrative review. The cash deposit requirement, effective upon publication of the final results of this review, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an APO of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(h) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.224(e).
Dated: July 15, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.