U.S. Department of Commerce Starts Investigation Into Wind Turbine Imports

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The U.S. Department of Commerce has begun an investigation about wind turbines and their parts coming into the United States. The purpose is to find out how these imports may affect national security. The investigation started on August 13, 2025. It is being managed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).

How the Public Can Comment

The Department of Commerce wants to hear from the public. People and companies can send in comments, facts, or studies related to the investigation. Comments are due by September 9, 2025. You must submit comments through the Federal rulemaking website, www.regulations.gov. Use the ID BIS-2025-0191 and refer to XRIN 0694-XC133 when you comment.

If you want to keep information private, you must clearly mark which parts are confidential. You should also provide a public version without the secret details. This information will be made public unless you follow the correct steps for business confidentiality.

What Topics Should Comments Cover?

  • How much wind turbines and their parts the United States needs now and will need in the future.
  • If companies in the United States can make enough of these items.
  • How much the United States depends on other countries to supply these items.
  • If many wind turbines or parts come from just a few countries or suppliers, which could be risky.
  • Whether foreign governments help their companies with unfair subsidies or trade practices.
  • If foreign companies make prices too low because of unfair actions or because their governments make too many wind turbines.
  • If other countries might limit exports or use their control over wind turbines as a weapon.
  • How possible it is to make more wind turbines in the United States and buy fewer from other countries.
  • If current trade policies are helping or hurting U.S. companies.
  • If new measures, like tariffs or limits on imports, are needed for national security.
  • Risks that come from letting foreign companies or countries control parts of the supply chain.
  • If foreign wind turbines or parts can be used in ways that could harm the United States.

How to Protect Confidential Information

If your comments have confidential business information:

  • Mark those pages “BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL.”
  • Give a public version for sharing.
  • Make sure the confidential file name starts with “BC,” and the public file starts with “P.”

If you submit comments without using “BC” or “P,” the information may become public on regulations.gov.

More Information

If you have questions, you can contact Stephen Astle, Director at the Defense Industrial Base Division of BIS, at (202) 482-4506 or by email (provided in the original notice).

Details about the investigation and regulations are at www.bis.doc.gov/232. For FOIA requests and to see related records, visit https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/.

The notice was signed by Robby S. Saunders, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security.


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