L 18/78
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
19.1.2023
(82)
For a number of factors of production the actual costs incurred by the cooperating exporting producers repre­ sented a negligible share of total raw material costs in the review investigation period.
As the value used for these had no appreciable impact on the dumping margin calculations, regardless of the source used, the Commission decided to include those costs into all other raw materials.
In order to establish an undistorted value of all other raw materials and given the absence of cooperation from the exporting producers, the Commission used facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Therefore, based on the data of provided by the applicant, the Commission established the ratio of all other raw materials to the total raw material costs, 4,48 %.
This percentage was then applied to the undistorted value of the raw materials to obtain the undistorted value of other raw materials.
(83)
Normally, domestic transport prices should also be added to these import prices.
However, considering the absence of cooperation as well as the nature of this expiry review investigation, which is focused on finding whether dumping continued during the review investigation period or could reoccur, rather than finding its exact magnitude, the Commission decided that adjustments for domestic transport were unnecessary.
Such adjustments would only result in increasing the normal value and hence the dumping margin.
3.4.1.2.
Labour
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To establish the benchmark for labour costs in the representative country, the Commission used available data published by the Brazilian government agency ‘Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística’ (IBGE).
IBGE (36) publishes detailed information on wages in different economic sectors in Brazil.
The Commission used the available statistics for 2020 for average labour cost in the Metallurgy, steel and manufacturing industries (Category 25 according to the NACE 2.0).
3.4.1.3.
Electricity
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To establish the benchmark for electricity in the representative country, the Commission used the latest available data on electricity industrial prices as charged by one of the largest electricity suppliers in Brazil, the company EDP Brazil.
The Commission used the data on the industrial electricity prices (37) in the corresponding consumption band in Brazilian Real/kWh covering the review investigation period.
3.4.1.4.
Natural gas
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The price of natural gas for companies (industrial users) in Brazil is collected and published by the database Global Petrol Prices in its website (38).
The Commission used the corresponding pricing from the publication covering the review investigation period.
3.4.1.5.
Water
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To establish the benchmark for the cost of water in the representative country, the Commission used the applicable prices in Brazil as charged by the company Sabesp (39) that is responsible for water supply, sewage collection and treatment in the State of Sao Paulo.
3.4.1.6.
Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A, profits and depreciation
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According to Article 2(6a)(a) of the basic Regulation, ‘the constructed normal value shall include an undistorted and reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits’.
In addition, a value for manufacturing overhead costs needs to be established to cover costs not included in the factors of production referred to above.
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In order to establish an undistorted value of the manufacturing overheads and given the absence of cooperation from the exporting producers, the Commission used facts available in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Therefore, based on the data of provided by the applicant, the Commission established the ratio of manufacturing overheads to the total manufacturing and labour costs.
This percentage was then applied to the undistorted value of the cost of manufacturing to obtain the undistorted value of manufacturing overheads, depending on the model produced.
(36) https://www.ibge.gov.br/en/statistics/economic/industry-and-construction/16906-pia-enterprise-pia1.html?=&t=o-que-e (37) http://www.edp.com.br/distribuicao-es/saiba-mais/informativos/tarifas-aplicadas-a-clientes-atendidos-em-alta-e-media-tensao(grupo-a) (38) https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Brazil/ (39) http://site.sabesp.com.br/site/interna/Default.aspx?secaoId=183