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Den samme EF-producent anmodede også om justering for de særlige omkostninger i forbindelse med udskillelse af visse mængder af den pågældende vare i forbindelse med samme vare.
The same Community producer also requested that the adjustment for special treatment costs to de-cake certain volumes of the product concerned should also apply to the like product.
Men anmodningen blev ikke dokumenteret med yderligere oplysninger om den pågældende EF-producents særlige omkostninger og kunne derfor ikke accepteres.
However, this request was not further substantiated with data concerning the specific costs incurred by this Community producer and, thus, it could not be accepted.
I betragtning af ovenstående bekræftes betragtning 64 i forordningen om midlertidig told hermed endeligt.
In view of the above, recital 64 of the provisional Regulation is hereby definitively confirmed.
Visse interesserede parter hævdede, at Kommissionen ikke havde foretaget en tilbundsgående analyse af alle skadesindikatorer, og at der derfor ikke var etableret en egentlig og fuldstændig årsagssammenhæng mellem EF-erhvervsgrenens situation og importen fra Kina.
Some interested parties claimed that the Commission had not analysed thoroughly all injury indicators and thus, no proper and complete link between the situation of the Community industry and the Chinese imports was established.
Det hævdedes navnlig, at der ikke var foretaget en vurdering af visse skadesindikatorers positive udvikling.
In particular, it was claimed that there had been no assessment of the positive developments of certain injury indicators.
Det skal bemærkes, at selv om visse skadesindikatorer udviser en positiv udvikling, jf. betragtning 79 i forordningen om midlertidig told, peger langt de fleste indikatorer i retning af en forringelse af EF-erhvervsgrenens situation.
It should be noted that even though some injury indicators show a positive development which was acknowledged in recital 79 of the provisional Regulation, the overall picture points to a deterioration of the situation of the Community industry.
Den beskedne forbedring af produktion, produktionskapacitet, kapacitetsudnyttelse, salgsmængde og enhedspriser afspejler sammen med fremskridt med hensyn til omkostningseffektivitet, jf. betragtning 76 i forordningen om midlertidig told, EF-producenternes bestræbelser for at forblive konkurrencedygtige i den betragtede periode og drage fordel af det øgede forbrug.
The moderate improvement of production, production capacity, capacity utilisation, sales volume and unit price levels as well as the increased cost efficiency described in recital 76 of the provisional Regulation reflect the efforts of the Community producers to remain competitive over the period considered and to benefit from the increased consumption.
Men som det fremgår af betragtning 68 i forordningen om midlertidig told, mistede EF-erhvervsgrenen til trods for disse bestræbelser 5 procentpoint af sin markedsandel (svarende til en nedgang fra 54 til 49 %), som hovedsagelig blev overtaget af billige dumpingimportvarer fra Kina.
However, as can be seen in recital 68 of the provisional Regulation, despite these efforts the Community industry lost 5 percentage points (i.e. the market share decreased from 54 % to 49 %) of its market share which was mostly taken by Chinese low-priced, dumped imports.
Som en forværrende omstændighed anføres det endvidere, at EF-erhvervsgrenen kunne have forventet at vinde noget af den markedsandel, som tilhørte de tre EF-citronsyreproducenter, der indstillede driften i 2004.
As an aggravating factor, it is also mentioned that the Community industry could have expected to gain some of the market share hold by those three Community producers of citric acid which closed down as of 2004.
Men EF-erhvervsgrenen kunne tværtimod hverken overtage kunder fra de tre EF-producenter, som indstillede driften, eller drage fordel af det øgede forbrug.
But on the contrary, the Community industry could neither take over customers from the three closed EC producers, nor benefit from the increased consumption.
Det markante tab af markedsandele viser sammen med den entydigt negative udvikling i de finansielle indikatorer, dvs. rentabilitet, investeringsafkast og likviditet, at EF-erhvervsgrenens situation generelt set blev forringet i den betragtede periode og tilsyneladende mest i undersøgelsesperioden.
This significant loss of market share, coupled with the clearly deteriorating financial indicators, i.e. profitability, return on investment and cash flow, show that the overall situation of the Community industry deteriorated over the period considered and appeared to be at its worst during the IP.
Endvidere kan nedgangen i lagerbeholdningerne ikke i dette tilfælde vurderes som en positiv udvikling i EF-erhvervsgrenens situation, for den kan ikke betragtes som en relevant indikator, da varens egenskaber ikke tillader langvarig oplagring.
In addition, stocks’ decrease cannot be assessed as a positive development of the Community industry’s situation in this case since it cannot be considered as a meaningful indicator, given the nature of the product which does not allow long-term storage.
En af de interesserede parter hævdede, at investeringerne ikke er konstante på dette område, men følger visse investeringscyklusser.
One interested party argued that investments are not constant in this field but follow certain investments cycles.
Selv under normale markedsforhold kan der bestemt ikke forventes væsentlige investeringer hvert år, men det forhold, at ingen af de to resterende EF-producenter foretog nogen form for væsentlige investeringer i hele perioden, ses som et tegn på, at den lave rentabilitet (som blev til tab i 2006) ikke gjorde noget sådant muligt.
While even under normal market conditions it can certainly not be expected that important investments would be made every year, the fact that over the whole period neither of the two remaining Community producers carried out any important investment is considered as a sign that the low profitability (which turned into loss as of 2006) did not allow any important investment to be made.
Investeringer anses derfor for at være en særlig relevant skadesindikator i dette tilfælde.
It is hence considered that investment is a particularly meaningful injury indicator in this case.
Endelig bør der tages hensyn til EF-producenternes muligheder for at tilvejebringe kapital.
Finally, the Community producers’ ability to raise capital should be considered.
I den forbindelse har undersøgelsen vist, at begge EF-producenter havde svært ved at rejse kapital på grund af den negative udvikling i citronsyresektoren.
In this regard, the investigation has shown that both Community producers, due to the deteriorating citric acid business environment, had difficulties to raise capital.
En af de interesserede parter hævdede, at klageren i det mindste var i stand til at tilvejebringe kapital til andre varer, for i februar 2007 meddelte virksomheden, at den havde til hensigt at opføre et nyt glucoseanlæg.
One interested party claimed that the complainant was at least able to raise capital for other products since it announced in February 2007 the construction of a new glucose plant.
I den henseende skal det bemærkes, at undersøgelsen er begrænset til at omfatte mulighederne for at rejse kapital i forbindelse med den pågældende vare, dvs. citronsyre, og de viste sig at være blevet påvirket negativt af EF-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation.
In this respect it is noted that the scope of the investigation is limited to the ability to raise capital in relation to the product in question, i.e. citric acid, which appeared to have been negatively affected by the financial situation of the Community industry.
På grundlag af ovenstående bekræftes konklusionen i betragtning 72 i forordningen om midlertidig told om EF-erhvervsgrenens investeringer hermed endeligt.
Based on the above, the conclusion set out in recital 72 of the provisional Regulation on the Community industry’s investment is hereby definitively confirmed.
Rentabilitet og udbytte af investeringer
Profitability and return on investment
En af de interesserede parter hævdede, at resultaterne i betragtning 73 i forordningen om midlertidig told ikke kunne afstemmes med de to EF-producenters regnskaber, og navnlig, at ingen af regnskaberne viste de omtalte ekstraordinære omkostninger til omstrukturering.
One interested party claimed that the findings set out in recital 73 of the provisional Regulation could not be reconciled with the accounts of both Community producers, in particular none of the accounts would show the mentioned extraordinary restructuring cost.
I den forbindelse skal det bemærkes, at i hele den betragtede periode blev det ekstraordinære resultat for en af EF-producenterne i stort omfang påvirket dels af omstruktureringstiltag, som enten blev opført i regnskaberne som udgifter eller indtægter afhængigt af, om der var tale om tilførsel eller frigivelse af hensættelser, dels af royalties til moderselskabet i Schweiz.
In this respect, it is noted that throughout the period considered, the extraordinary result of one Community producer has to a large extent been affected by restructuring efforts, which was presented in the accounts either as a cost or a revenue, depending on whether it concerns the addition or the release of a provision and by royalties paid to the mother company in Switzerland.
Derfor blev det anset for mere hensigtsmæssigt at anvende driftsresultatet end nettofortjenesten som grundlag for skadesundersøgelsen.
Therefore, it was deemed more appropriate to use the operating result as a basis for the injury analysis rather than the net profit.
Den samme part hævdede, at den bøde, der i 2005 blev pålagt begge EF-producenternes moderselskaber for konkurrencebegrænsende adfærd, kunne have haft indvirkning på EF-erhvervsgrenens fortjeneste.
The same party claimed that the fine for anti-competitive behaviour that was imposed in 2005 on both mother companies of the Community producers could have influenced the profit situation of the Community industry.
Eventuelle følger af bøden (både tilførsel og frigivelse af hensættelser) er opført under ekstraordinære resultater.
Any effects stemming from the fine (both the adding and releasing of provisions) have been recorded under extraordinary result.
Som omtalt i betragtning 50 er driftsresultatet blevet anvendt som en skadesindikator i forbindelse med denne procedure.
As mentioned in recital 50, the operating result has been used as an injury indicator in this proceeding.
Derfor kan bøden, som blev pålagt EF-producenterne, ikke have haft indvirkning på den fortjeneste, der blev anvendt i skadesanalysen.
Therefore, the fine that was imposed on the Community producers, could not have affected the profit situation used in the injury analysis.
Endvidere skal det bemærkes, at EF-erhvervsgrenen havde underskud fra 2006 og indtil udgangen af undersøgelsesperioden.
In addition, it should be noted that Community industry was loss making as of 2006 until the end of IP.
Derfor bekræftes tendenserne som beskrevet i forordningen om midlertidig told hermed endeligt.
Therefore, the trends as presented in the provisional Regulation are hereby definitively confirmed.
Flere interesserede parter fremhævede visse uoverensstemmelser mellem rentabilitetsudviklingen og investeringsafkastet.
Several interested parties pointed to some inconsistency between the trend concerning profitability and the return on investment.
I modsætning til rentabiliteten, der blev fastsat som driftsoverskuddet ved salg af samme vare til ikke-forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder i procent af omsætningen ved nævnte salg, blev investeringsafkastet beregnet som nettofortjenesten i procent af investeringernes bogførte nettoværdi.
Indeed, in contrast to profitability which was established by expressing the operating profit on sales of the like product to unrelated customers as a percentage of the turnover of these sales, return on investment was calculated as the net profit in percentage of net book value of investments.
For at sikre en konsekvent beregning af samtlige skadesindikatorer blev beregningen af investeringsafkastet ændret, baseret på driftsoverskuddet i procent af investeringernes bogførte nettoværdi.
In order to be consistent in the calculation of all injury indicators, the calculation of return on investment was revised, based on the operating profit in percentage of the net book value of investments.
De ændrede tal fremgår af følgende:
The revised figures are as follows:
Afkast af de samlede investeringer
Return on total investments
De ændrede tal følger dog den samme udvikling og ændrer derfor ikke konklusionen i betragtning 74 i forordningen om midlertidig told, som hermed bekræftes endeligt.
The corrected figures however follow the same trend and therefore do not alter the conclusion drawn in recital 74 of the provisional Regulation, which is hereby definitively confirmed.
Da der ikke er fremlagt yderligere nye og underbyggede oplysninger vedrørende produktion, salgsmængde, markedsandele, enhedssalgspris, lagre, likviditet, beskæftigelse, produktivitet, lønninger og dumpingmargenens størrelse, bekræftes resultaterne i betragtning 66-71, 73 og 75-78 i forordningen om midlertidig told hermed endeligt.
In the absence of any new and substantiated information or argument concerning production, sales volume, market shares, unit sales price, stocks, cash flow, employment, productivity, wages and magnitude of the dumping margin, the findings in recitals 66 to 71, 73 and 75 to 78 of the provisional Regulation are hereby definitively confirmed.
Endvidere påvirker de korrigerede tal for investeringsafkast ikke udviklingen som beskrevet i betragtning 73 og 74 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
In addition, the corrected figures given for return on investment leave unaffected the trends as set out in recitals 73 to 74 of the provisional Regulation.
I betragtning af den tydelige forringelse af finansielle indikatorer som rentabilitet, investeringsafkast og likviditet og det væsentlige tab af markedsandele bekræftes konklusionen i betragtning 81 i forordningen om midlertidig told om, at EF-erhvervsgrenen led væsentlig skade, hermed endeligt.
Therefore, considering the clearly deteriorating financial indicators, such as profitability, return on investment and cash flow coupled with the significant loss of market share, the conclusion laid down in recital 81 of the provisional Regulation that that the Community industry suffered material injury is hereby definitively confirmed.
Som anført i betragtning 42 konkluderes det endeligt, at i undersøgelsesperioden lå gennemsnitspriserne på import fra Kina under EF-erhvervsgrenens gennemsnitspriser.
As mentioned in recital 42, it is definitively concluded that during the IP, the average prices of imports from the PRC undercut the average Community industry prices.
Efter en mindre ændring i beregningerne viste den gennemsnitlige prisunderbudsmargen sig at være på 16,54 %.
Following a minor revision in the calculations, the average undercutting margin was found to be 16,54 %.
Denne beskedne ændring i nedadgående retning kan ikke påvirke konklusionerne vedrørende dumpingimportens virkning, jf. betragtning 83, 84 og 85 i forordningen om midlertidig told, som hermed bekræftes endeligt.
This slight downwards revision cannot affect the conclusions on the effect of the dumped imports set out in recitals 83 to 85 of the provisional Regulation, which are hereby definitively confirmed.
Nogle importører hævdede, at EF-erhvervsgrenen påførte sig selv skade, fordi den fokuserede på »pris-over-mængde«, dvs. solgte kun til de øvre markedssegmenter og afstod fra at producere og sælge varer til de lavere segmenter.
Some importers claimed that the Community industry self-inflicted the injury as it followed a ‘price-over-volume’ strategy, i.e. to serve only the high-end segment of the market, abstaining from producing and selling the low-end product.
Ifølge samme importører kunne EF-erhvervsgrenen derfor ikke udnytte den stigende efterspørgsel efter citronsyre inden for de lavere markedssegmenter. Erhvervsgrenen mistede således markedsandele, og de økonomiske resultater forringedes.
According to the same importers the consequence was that the Community industry could not benefit from the increased demand of low-end citric acid, and thereby lost market share and deteriorated its financial performance.
Ifølge undersøgelsen har den pågældende vare og samme vare stort set samme anvendelsesformål og konkurrerer hovedsagelig inden for de samme segmenter (jf. betragtning 9) med undtagelse af et enkelt nichemarked, som tegner sig for en beskeden del af europæisk citronsyres markedsandel, og som hidtil kun er blevet forsynet af EF-erhvervsgrenen.
The investigation, however, showed that both the product concerned and the like product are basically used in the same applications and compete mainly in the same segments (see recital 9), with the exception of one niche market representing a small portion of the European citric acid market share, which was supplied so far solely by the Community industry.
Endvidere anså visse interesserede parter den totale mangel på investeringer i den betragtede periode og navnlig i de år, hvor EF-erhvervsgrenen opnåede bedre resultater, dvs. 2004-2005, for at have medvirket til tab af markedsandele og dermed forringelse af EF-erhvervsgrenens situation.
Moreover, some interested parties considered the lack of any investment during the period considered and in particular during the years when the Community industry achieved better results, i.e. 2004-2005, as a factor which contributed to the market share loss and consequently to the deterioration of its situation.
Ifølge undersøgelsen udnyttede EF-erhvervsgrenen ikke sin kapacitet fuldt ud, og kapacitetsudnyttelsen var stabil i hele den betragtede periode.
The investigation showed the Community industry did not operate at full capacity and that its capacity utilisation was stable throughout the period considered.
I tilfælde af større efterspørgsel ville det derfor have været muligt at øge produktionen i et vist omfang uden yderligere investeringer.
Therefore, some production increase would have been possible in case of stronger demand without further investments.
Da EF-erhvervsgrenen var kendetegnet ved utilstrækkelig rentabilitet i hele den betragtede periode, dvs. opnåede ikke den tilsigtede fortjeneste, og tilmed negativ rentabilitet, anses det for en økonomisk velfunderet forretningsbeslutning ikke at have investeret betydelige beløb i produktion af samme vare.
Moreover, given that the profitability of the Community industry was insufficient, i.e. below target profit, throughout the period considered and even turned into negative, it is considered to be an economically justifiable business decision not to invest significant amounts in the production of the like product.
Argumentet er derfor ikke overbevisende og bør afvises.
This argument is therefore not convincing and should be rejected.
Stigende omkostninger til råmaterialer, stigende energipriser
Rise in the costs of raw materials, rising energy prices
Næsten alle interesserede parter gentog deres påstand om, at alle konstaterede skader skyldtes reformen af markedsordningen for sukker og den efterfølgende afskaffelse af produktionsrestitutioner i 2006 og/eller stigende energipriser.
Almost all interested parties reiterated their claims that any injury found would be due to the reform of the sugar market and the consequent abolition of the production refunds in 2006 and/or the rising energy prices.
En af de interesserede parter hævdede, at ifølge årsrapporten for 2007 fra en EF-producent var udbuddet af råmaterialer begrænset på grund af den europæiske markedsordning for sukker, hvilket medførte højere omkostninger.
One interested party claimed that in the annual report of one Community producer relating to 2007, it was stated that the raw material availability was limited due to the European sugar regime which resulted in higher cost.
I den forbindelse skal det bemærkes, at omtalte EF-producent ikke anvender sukker, men derimod melasse som vigtigste råmateriale, og producenten har derfor som forklaret i betragtning 89 i forordningen om midlertidig told aldrig været omfattet af produktionsrestitutioner.
In this respect, it is noted that the mentioned Community producer does not use sugar as main raw material, but molasses and as explained in recital 89 of the provisional Regulation was thus never subject to production refunds.
Stigningen i omkostningerne til melasse var dog ikke af væsentligt omfang og svarede til stigningen i verdensmarkedspriserne for sukker.
The cost increase for molasses was however not substantial, but corresponding to the increase of world market prices for sugar.
Der blev hverken modtaget nye dokumenterede oplysninger eller påstande om den anden EF-producents situation, som blev nærmere beskrevet i betragtning 90-94 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
As concerns the situation of the other Community producer which was described in detail in recitals 90 to 94 of the provisional Regulation, no new or substantiated information or argument was received.
Den overordnede konklusion i betragtning 93 om, at reformen af markedsordningen for sukker ikke havde nogen væsentlig indvirkning på EF-erhvervsgrenens omkostninger, bekræftes hermed endeligt.
The overall conclusion laid down in recital 93 that the reform of the sugar market had no considerable impact on the cost situation of the Community industry is hereby definitively confirmed.
Samme interesserede part hævdede, at der måtte være en sammenhæng mellem sukkerpriser og produktion af biobrændsel, for det fremgik af en undersøgelse, som Kommissionen havde foretaget af årsagerne til fødevarepriskrisen [4].
The same interested party claimed that there would indeed be a link between sugar prices and biofuel production as this was acknowledged in a study of the Commission on ‘The causes of the food price crisis’ [4].
I den forbindelse skal det bemærkes, at Kommissionen havde adgang til begge EF-producenters omkostningsdata, jf. betragtning 98 i forordningen om midlertidig told, og kunne derfor analysere begge EF-producenters faktiske omkostninger til råmaterialer i forbindelse med produktion af citronsyre.
In this respect it is noted that the Commission, as already stated in recital 98 of the provisional Regulation, had access to the cost data of both Community producers and was therefore in a position to analyse the concrete cost of raw materials for both Community producers concerning the production of citric acid.
Enhver sammenhæng mellem sukkerpriser og produktion af biobrændsel er derfor blevet undersøgt og taget med i betragtning ved vurderingen af følgerne af reformen af Fællesskabets markedsordning for sukker og den stigende produktion af biobrændsel.
Any link between sugar prices and biofuel production has therefore been investigated and taken into account in assessing the impact of EU sugar market reform and the increasing biofuel production.
På grundlag heraf kunne det konkluderes, at disse forhold ikke havde en væsentlig indvirkning på den konstaterede skade for EF-erhvervsgrenen, og det bekræftes hermed endeligt.
Based on this, it could be concluded and is hereby definitively confirmed that these factors had no considerable impact on the injury found and suffered by the Community industry.
Endvidere skal det anføres, at stigninger i omkostningerne til melasse, sukker eller glucose eller energi, som blev konstateret i forordningen om midlertidig told (jf. dennes betragtning 93 og 96), ikke er kilden til EF-erhvervsgrenens skade, for i en normal markedssituation kunne EF-erhvervsgrenen i det mindste i et vist omfang have overført disse øgede omkostninger til kunderne.
In addition, it has to be stated that any cost increase concerning molasses, sugar or glucose or energy which was acknowledged in the provisional Regulation (see recitals 93 and 96 thereof) are not the source of the injury of the Community industry as in a normal market situation, the Community industry could have passed on these increased costs at least to a certain extent to its customers.