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Den gennemsnitlige pris på den kinesiske import i 2011 var desuden på 4,96 EUR/m2, et beløb, som er tæt på prisen i 2012 (4,38 EUR/m2).
In recitals 131, 132 and 133 of the provisional Regulation the Commission concluded that there is a causal link between the material injury suffered by the Union industry and the dumped imports from the PRC.
De samme parter anfægtede, at konklusionen om, at EU-erhvervsgrenens skade bør tilskrives den kinesiske import i 2012, er i modstrid med konklusionen om, at den kinesiske import angiveligt ikke havde nogen negativ indvirkning året før, navnlig hvad angår EU-erhvervsgrenens fortjenstmargen, selv om den gennemsnitlige importpris ikke varierede meget.
This conclusion was contested by several interested parties, which claimed that there is no reasonable and coherent coincidence in time between the injury and the increased imports from the country concerned.
Fra begyndelsen af den betragtede periode til udgangen af undersøgelsesperioden steg importen med 596 % med en stigning på 321 % i markedsandelen.
This is due to the fact that between 2009 and 2011 Chinese imports increased significantly.
Importpriserne faldt med 27,2 % i den betragtede periode.
Furthermore, the average price of Chinese imports in 2011 was 4,96 EUR/m2, an amount near to that of 2012 (4,38 EUR/m2).
Logisk set går der desuden en rum tid, før EU-producenterne mærker de negative virkninger af den øgede dumpingimport (f.eks. tab af kunder, økonomiske tab, mindre investeringsafkast og likviditet mv.).
The same parties contended that the conclusion that the injury suffered by the Union industry should be attributed to the Chinese imports in 2012 is at odds with its findings that the Chinese imports had allegedly no negative impact whatsoever the year before, especially as far as the Union industry’s profit margin is concerned, even though the average import price was very similar.
Kommissionen analyserede også interventionstendenserne i den betragtede periode.
It is correct that the Union industry’s profit margin in 2011 was only slightly lower than in 2010, despite the high increase of imports from the PRC already in 2011.
EU-erhvervsgrenen var ganske rigtigt stadig fortjenstgivende i 2011, mens den kinesiske import allerede steg markant samme år, men dette berører ikke konklusionen om, at der i UP var et tidsmæssigt sammenfald mellem den skade, som forvoldtes EU-erhvervsgrenen, og den kinesiske dumpingimport.
However during 2011 the Union consumption of solar glass increased significantly, that is to say by 20,4 % between 2010 and 2011, while imports from the PRC increased by 150 % over the same period.
Mens forbruget faldt med lidt mere end 19 % i UP
In the IP, whereas consumption dropped by slightly more than 19 %, the volume of Chinese imports further increased by more than 35 % compared to 2011.
øgede de kinesiske eksporterende producenter deres markedsandel med 12,4 procentpoint i forhold til 2011, mens EU-erhvervsgrenens andel faldt med 12,3 procentpoint
This clearly shows the coincidence in time between the material injury suffered by the Union industry in the IP and the strong increase of the dumped Chinese imports.
øgede de kinesiske eksporterende producenter importmængden fra Kina med over 35 % i forhold til et fald på 32 % i EU-erhvervsgrenens salg, og
Also, logically it takes some time before some of the negative effects of the increased dumped imports are felt by the Union producers (for example loss of clients, incur of losses, reduction of return on investments and cash flow, etc.).
reducerede de kinesiske eksporterende producenter deres allerede meget lave eksportpriser med over 10 % og underbød EU-erhvervsgrenens priser med op til 26,7 %, hvorved de bidrog til EU-erhvervsgrenens væsentlige tab i UP.
Therefore, the claim is rejected.
Ud fra ovenstående analyse konkluderer Kommissionen, at tilstedeværelsen af dumpingimporten og den betydelige stigning i dumpingimportens markedsandel til priser, der konstant underbyder EU-erhvervsgrenens priser, har forårsaget den væsentlige skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
After definitive disclosure, the same parties contended that the coincidence in time between the material injury suffered and the dumped Chinese imports cannot be assessed on the basis of the whole period considered from 2009 to the end of the IP, without taking into account the intervening trends observed during this period.
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger til dumpingimportens virkninger, bekræftes betragtning 131, 132 og 133 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
The Commission also analysed the intervening trends during the period considered.
Andre faktorers indvirkning
The fact that indeed in 2011 the Union industry was still profitable even though Chinese imports already strongly increased in that year, does not affect the conclusion that in the IP there was a coincidence in time between the injury suffered by the Union industry and the dumped Chinese imports.
Import fra tredjelande
In the IP, whereas consumption dropped by slightly more than 19 %, the Chinese exporting producers:
Som følge af den korrektion, der blev foretaget i EU-erhvervsgrenens salgsdata (se betragtning 62) blev markedsandelen for importen fra tredjelande også korrigeret en anelse (se tabel 11).
increased their market share by 12,4 percentage points compared to 2011 while the Union industry’s share dropped by 12,3 percentage points,
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger, bekræfter Kommissionen betragtning 134-137 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
increased the volumes of Chinese imports by more than 35 % against a drop of 32 % in the sales of the Union industry, and
Tabel 11
reduced further their already very low export prices by more than 10 % and undercut the Union industry prices by up to 26,7 % thereby contributing to the losses suffered by the Union industry in the IP.
Import fra tredjelande (i 1000 m2)
Based on the above analysis, the Commission concludes that the presence of dumped imports and the considerable increase of their market share at prices constantly undercutting those of the Union industry have caused the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Kilde: Glass for Europe, klageren og spørgeskemabesvarelserne fra EU-producenterne
In the absence of any other comments as regards the effect of the dumped imports, the Commission confirms recitals 131, 132 and 133 of the provisional Regulation.
Tredjelande
Effect of other factors
EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportresultater
Imports from third countries
En part anfægtede Kommissionens konklusioner i betragtning 139 i forordningen om midlertidig told om, at faldet i de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters eksportsalg i UP med stor sandsynlighed skyldtes de meget lave kinesiske priser ved eksport til EU-erhvervsgrenens største eksportmarkeder (nemlig USA og Canada).
Due to the correction made in Union industry sales data (see recital 62 above), the market share of the imports from third countries slightly changed (see corrected Table 11 below).
Parten påstod således, at faldet i EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportsalg i UP i yderligere grad bidrog til skaden.
In the absence of any other comments, the Commission confirms recitals 134 to 137 of the provisional Regulation.
De stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters eksportsalg udgjorde 20 % af deres samlede salg udtrykt i mængde i 2009 (etableringsfasen), i 2010 11 % og som det højeste kun 14 % i 2011.
Table 11
I 2012 faldt eksportsalget yderligere til 5 %.
Imports from third countries (1000 m2)
Efter fremlæggelsen af de endelige konklusioner påstod den samme part, at undersøgelsen vedrørte EU-markedet og ikke behandlede angiveligt uretfærdig prisfastsættelsespraksis på tredjelandsmarkeder.
Third Countries
I EU-institutionernes konklusioner — selv ud fra den antagelse, at de var korrekte — blev den skade, der forvoldtes af andre faktorer, desuden tilskrevet dumpingimporten til Unionen.
Export performance of the Union industry
Den påståede lavpriseksport eller subsidierede eksport fra Kina til tredjelandene var derfor ikke dumpingimport til EU, og udgjorde således en anden faktor, hvis skadevoldende virkninger ikke kunne tilskrives dumpingimporten.
One party contested the Commission’s findings in recital 139 of the provisional Regulation that the drop of export sales of the sampled Union producers during the IP was most probably due to very low prices of Chinese exports to the Union industry’s major destinations of exports (namely US, Canada).
Kommissionen undersøgte ligeledes faldet i de kinesiske importpriser til tredjelande som en separat faktor og tilskrev det ikke dumpingimporten til Unionen.
Consequently, the party claimed that the drop in export sales of the Union industry during the IP further contributed to the injury suffered.
Selv i de bedste år, nemlig 2010 og 2011, foregik over 85 % af EU-erhvervsgrenens salg på EU-markedet.
2012 showed a further decrease to 5 %.
Derfor bekræftes konklusionen i betragtning 140 i forordningen om midlertidig told om, at de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters forværrede eksportresultater ikke kan bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten og den væsentlige skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen påførtes.
The Commission rejects these claims for the following reasons.
Udviklingen i forbruget, kapaciteten og kapacitetsudnyttelsen
The Union market, being one of the largest in the world, has always been and is still the main market for the Union industry and not third country markets.
En part påstod, at EU-erhvervsgrenens skade skyldtes faldet i EU-forbruget.
Also, the fact that solar glass is relatively heavy and fragile translates into additional costs when transported over a distance (due to breakage and corrosion).
Det er rigtigt, at forbruget faldt i 2012 i forhold til de tidligere år.
On the basis of the information at the Commission’s disposal from the questionnaire replies of the sampled exporting producers, the prices of the Chinese exports to the Union industry’s main export destinations were indeed very low and decreased even further during the IP in comparison with 2011.
Kommissionens analyse strækker sig imidlertid fra starten af den betragtede periode i 2009 til udgangen af UP, og i denne periode steg EU-forbruget samlet set med 65 %.
This shows that the reduced export performance of the Union industry is mainly due to the increasingly low priced Chinese exports, also in third country markets as confirmed during the investigation.
I den betragtede periode faldt EU-erhvervsgrenens markedsandel konstant betydeligt, nemlig med 25,7 %, mens markedsandelen for den kinesiske import steg med 321 %.
After definitive disclosure, the same party claimed that the investigation concerned the Union market and did not assess any alleged unfair pricing in third country markets.
Stigningen i den kinesiske import var på 596 % i den betragtede periode.
In addition, the findings by the EU institutions, even assuming they were correct, allegedly attributed injury caused by other factors to the dumped imports into the Union.
Desuden var EU-forbruget i UP på stort set samme niveau som 2010, mens 2010, jf. tabel 10 i forordningen om midlertidig told, var det år, hvor EU-erhvervsgrenen opnåede en rimelig fortjeneste.
Thus the alleged low-priced or subsidised Chinese exports to third countries were not the dumped imports into the EU and, as such, qualified as another factor, the injurious effects of which could not be attributed to the dumped imports.
Derfor kan faldet i EU-forbruget i UP ikke i sig selv have forårsaget de tab, der påførtes EU-erhvervsgrenen i UP.
It did not investigate whether prices of imports of the PRC to third countries are dumped and/or subsidised.
Desuden faldt EU-erhvervsgrenens markedsandel med 26,6 % mellem 2010 og 2012, mens markedsandelen for den kinesiske import steg med 318 % i samme periode.
It merely established, on the basis of export prices to third countries which were submitted by the sampled exporting producers, that those prices have been constantly decreasing in the recent years.
Dette er dog tydeligvis ikke tilfældet.
Indeed, this fact was only used as a possible explanation for the reduced Union industry’s exports to its main third countries destinations in the context of the fact that those markets were not and have never been the main markets for the Union industry.
Tværtimod steg den kinesiske import betydeligt i UP, både udtrykt i mængder og markedsandel.
Even in its peak years 2010 and 2011, more than 85 % of the Union industry sales were sold on the Union market.
Kommissionen afviser derfor denne påstand og bekræfter konklusionerne i betragtning 141 og 142 i forordningen om midlertidig told.
Therefore, the conclusion in recital 140 of the provisional Regulation that the deteriorated export performance of the sampled Union producers cannot break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry is confirmed.
Hvad angår EU-erhvervsgrenens produktionskapacitet, jf. tabel 4 i forordningen om midlertidig told, er det Kommissionens opfattelse, at stigningen i produktionskapaciteten tydeligvis fulgte den stigende tendens i EU-forbruget indtil 2011.
Development of consumption, capacity and capacity utilisation
Kommissionen fastslog også, at den vigtigste årsag til stigningen på 12,5 % i produktionskapaciteten mellem 2011 og udgangen af UP var, at en virksomhed kom ind på markedet for solcelleglas, mens produktionskapaciteten for alle andre virksomheder på markedet faldt lidt i samme periode.
One party claimed that the injury suffered by the Union industry was due to the drop in Union consumption.
Kommissionen mener derfor, at tendensen i EU-erhvervsgrenens kapacitetsudvikling generelt fulgte udviklingen i EU-forbruget.
This is allegedly the only factor which appeared to drop for the first time in 2012 and to which the injury can be reasonably linked, while the Chinese imports started already in 2011 at prices comparable to those in 2012.
Kommissionen finder således, at EU-erhvervsgrenens høje produktionskapacitet, som allerede var høj i starten af den betragtede periode og forblev høj i hele UP, ikke kan bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten og den skade, der forvoldtes EU-erhvervsgrenen.
After definitive disclosure, the same party reiterated its claim.
Efter fremlæggelsen af de endelige konklusioner påstod en række parter, at Kommissionen ikke tog højde for den påståede overkapacitet som en vigtig årsag til skaden.
Indeed, in 2012 consumption dropped in comparison with the previous years.
I den betragtede periode var stigningen i kapaciteten angiveligt ikke begrundet i stigningen i forbruget, idet EU-erhvervsgrenen konstant havde en stor forskel mellem produktionskapaciteten og forbruget, hvilket efter disse parters opfattelse ikke er økonomisk bæredygtigt.
However, the Commission’s analysis runs from the start of the period considered in 2009 to the end of the IP and in this period Union consumption increased in overall by 65 %.
En part påstod desuden, at den kendsgerning, at der kom en ny konkurrent på markedet mellem 2011 og udgangen af UP, bidrog til skaden, idet det medførte en stigning i forbruget.
During the period considered the market share of the Union industry constantly and considerably decreased, that is to say by 25,7 % in overall, while the market share of the Chinese imports increased by 321 %.
Det blev desuden påstået, at det faldende EU-forbrug og den stigende produktionskapacitet kombineret med et fald i eksportsalget resulterede i en lav kapacitetsudnyttelse.
The increase of Chinese imports was 596 % during the period considered.
Den lave kapacitetsudnyttelse forårsagede høje faste omkostninger, hvilket efter partens opfattelser i voldsom grad på virkede EU-erhvervsgrenen for solcelleglas.
In addition, in the IP the Union consumption was still at a comparable level as in 2010, while, as indicated in table 10 of the provisional Regulation, 2010 was the year when the Union industry achieved a reasonable profit.
Kommissionen bemærker, at den samlede EU-erhvervsgrens kapacitetsniveau konstant var højere end det samlede EU-forbrug i hele den betragtede periode.
Therefore, the drop in the Union consumption during the IP cannot, in itself, have led to the losses suffered by the Union industry in the IP.
Dette har dog ikke forhindret de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenter i at opnå fortjeneste i de to år forud for UP, hvorimod de havde væsentlige tab på 14,5 % i UP alene.
In addition, the Union industry’s market share dropped by 26,6 % between 2010 and 2012, while the market share of the Chinese imports increased by 318 % during the same period.
Desuden steg kapaciteten hos de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenter kun med 4 % mellem 2010 og 2011 og med 2,6 % mellem 2011 og UP, hvilket resulterede i en beskeden samlet stigning på 6,7 % mellem 2010 og UP.
Finally, if the drop in consumption during the IP should have inflicted the injury suffered by the Union industry, then the drop should have also affected the Chinese imports.
Der var således en forskel mellem forbruget og kapaciteten i hele den betragtede periode, og selv om forskellen var lidt større i UP, kan den ikke forklare de store tab, som virksomhederne i stikprøven påførtes i UP.
However, this was clearly not the case.
Kommissionen afviser derfor påstanden om, at EU-erhvervsgrenens kapacitetsniveau ikke skulle være økonomisk bæredygtigt.
On the contrary, during the IP the Chinese imports significantly increased both in volume and in market share.
Hvad angår påstanden om, at den nye konkurrent i 2012 bidrog til EU-erhvervsgrenens skade, bemærker Kommissionen, at den nye konkurrent, selv om den havde installeret en høj kapacitet, havde meget begrænsede produktions- og salgsmængder på ca. 2 % af det samlede EU-salg i UP.
Consequently, the Commission rejects this claim and confirms the conclusions reached in recitals 141 and 142 of the provisional Regulation.
Den nye konkurrent havde således næsten ingen indvirkning på EU-erhvervsgrenens resultater som helhed, bortset fra at den øgede erhvervsgrenens kapacitet og kapacitetsudnyttelse betydeligt.
Regarding the production capacity of the Union industry contained in Table 4 of the provisional Regulation, the Commission is of the view that its increase clearly followed the trend in the increase of Union consumption up until 2011.
Uden denne virksomheds data ville alle de andre EU-producenters kapacitet faktisk være faldet mellem 2011 og 2012.
The Commission also established that the main reason for the increase by 12,5 % of the production capacity between 2011 and end of the IP was the entry into the solar glass market of one company, whereas the production capacity of all other companies on the market slightly decreased during the same period.
Undersøgelsen bekræftede desuden ikke, at erhvervsgrenen for solcelleglas blev markant påvirket af de faste omkostninger.
Consequently, the Commission is of the view that, in overall, the trend in the Union industry’s capacity development followed the development of Union consumption.
De stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters gennemsnitlige faste omkostninger var nemlig på 25-35 % af de samlede produktionsomkostninger i UP.
The Commission thus considers that the high production capacity of the Union industry, which was already high at the start of the period considered and which remained high during the IP, cannot break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
I de foregående år, 2010 og 2011, udgjorde de faste omkostninger en lavere procentdel, som dog stadig lå inden for samme interval.
After definitive disclosure, several parties argued that the Commission failed to take into account the alleged overcapacity as an important cause of injury.
Dette viser klart, at den høje kapacitet i UP tydeligvis havde en indvirkning på produktionsomkostningerne, men indvirkningen var ikke væsentlig og kan ikke forklare de store tab i UP, navnlig i forhold til fortjenesten i de foregående år.
During the period considered the increase in capacity was allegedly not justified by the increase in consumption as the Union industry experienced a constant huge gap between production capacity and consumption which is, in their opinion, not economically viable.
Desuden faldt de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters kapacitetsudnyttelse i forhold til de foregående år, men var stadig på 65 % i UP.
One party further claimed that the fact that there was a new entrant on the market between 2011 and the end of the IP contributed to the injury suffered as it increased domestic competition.
Endelig tog Kommissionen i forbindelse med analysen også højde for, at den installerede produktionskapacitet kan tilpasses til andre typer glas, som ikke hører under varedækningen i denne undersøgelse.
It was also claimed that the decreasing Union consumption, the increasing production capacity, combined with a drop in export sales, resulted in a low capacity utilisation rate.
Kommissionen er også på grund af dette element uenig med den interesserede part i, at den høje installerede kapacitet ikke er økonomisk bæredygtig.
This low utilisation rate caused high fixed costs, which, in its opinion, severely impacted the Union solar glass industry.
Ud fra ovenstående afviser Kommissionen partens påstand og gentager, at udviklingen i forbruget, kapaciteten og kapacitetsudnyttelsen i den betragtede periode, som blev analyseret både separat og kumulativt, ikke er af et sådant omfang, at den kan bryde årsagssammenhæng mellem den væsentlige skade, som forvoldtes EU-erhvervsgrenen, og dumpingimporten.
The Commission observes that the level of capacity of the whole Union industry has constantly been higher than the total Union consumption during the whole period considered.
Tendenser for solcellemoduler
Nevertheless, this has not prevented the sampled Union industry companies to achieve profits during the two years prior to the IP, while they incurred significant losses of 14,5 % only in the IP.
De samme argumenter blev gentaget af en part efter fremlæggelsen af de endelige konklusioner.
In addition, the capacity of the sampled Union producers increased only by 4 % between 2010 and 2011 and by 2,6 % between 2011 and the IP, resulting in a modest overall increase by 6,7 % between 2010 and the IP.
I betragtning 143 i forordningen om midlertidig told konstaterede Kommissionen ganske rigtigt, at de observerede tendenser for solcellemoduler har en afgørende indvirkning på forbruget af solcelleglas, da 80-85 % af salget af solcelleglas foregår til producenter af solcellemoduler (fotovoltaiske moduler af krystallinsk silicium og fotovoltaiske tyndfilmsmoduler).
Consequently, the difference between the consumption and the capacity existed during the whole period considered and, even though slightly higher in the IP, cannot explain the huge losses incurred by the sampled companies during the IP.
Ud fra ovenstående konkluderer Kommissionen, at faldet i forbruget af solcellemoduler i 2012 ikke alene kan betragtes som en faktor af et omfang, der kan bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten af solcelleglas fra Kina og den væsentlige skade, der forvoldtes EU-erhvervsgrenen.
As a result, the Commission rejects the claim that the Union industry’s level of capacity is not economically viable.
Da efterspørgslen efter solcellemoduler ligeledes var forholdsvis stor i perioden 2009-2012, og da efterspørgslen efter solcelleglas steg med 65 % i samme periode, kan indvirkningen af den forværrede økonomiske situation hos producenterne af solcellemoduler ved årsskiftet 2011/2012 på forbruget af solcelleglas ikke alene betragtes som en faktor af et omfang, der kan bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten af solcelleglas fra Kina og den væsentlige skade, som forvoldtes EU-producenterne.
Regarding the argument that the new entrant in 2012 contributed to the injury suffered by the Union industry, the Commission observes that this new entrant, even though it had installed a high capacity, had very limited production and sales volumes, in the range of 2 % of total EU sales, during the IP.