EN
L 17/84
Official Journal of the European Union
19.1.2023
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/131 of 18 January 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand, and subjecting imports of tube or pipe cast fittings originating in the People’s Republic of China to surveillance
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union (1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code (2), and in particular Article 56(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
By Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259 (3), the European Commission imposed definitive antidumping duties on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, excluding bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid, originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the PRC’) and Thailand (‘the product concerned’).
(2)
The main input raw materials for the product concerned are metal scrap, coke/electricity/gas, sand (for moulding) and zinc (for galvanisation).
The first step of the manufacturing process is the melting of metal scrap.
This is followed by the moulding process and the casting of various shapes which are then separated into single pieces.
The products have to go through a lengthy annealing process to ensure that they are sufficiently malleable to be used in applications where, for example, shock and vibration resistance are required and to withstand rapid temperature changes.
Subsequently, fittings can be galvanized.
Then final manufacturing steps including the threading and other machining take place.
(3)
According to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259, the Chinese exporting producer Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd (‘Jinan Meide’), TARIC (4) additional code B336, is subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259.
(4)
In the course of 2021 and 2022, the Union industry of the like product submitted information to the Commission regarding the acquisition of Odlewnia Zawiercie S.A., a producer of the like product located in Poland, by Meide Group Co., Ltd.
(‘Meide Group’), a company established in the PRC.
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1. (3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1259 of 24 July 2019 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron and spheroidal graphite cast iron, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Thailand, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 197, 25.7.2019, p. 2).
(4) The Integrated Tariff of the European Union.