natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse gjorde den kinesiske regering indsigelse mod den fortrolige behandling og oplysningerne af intervaller for det samlede EU-forbrug og de andre makroøkonomiske skadesindikatordata.
Moreover following disclosure one of the sampled exporting producers suggested that the use of Chinese Taipei was not suited to the economic conditions in the particular province in which they were located, but did not suggest an alternative.
Efter anmodning derom, og når der gives en god begrundelse, har Kommissionen pligt til at respektere de fortrolige data fra de producenter, som ikke var klagere.
It also claimed that physical proximity between the PRC and Taipei should not be considered as a valid criterion for the selection of this particular benchmark but failed to substantiate its claim.
Fremlæggelsen af de nøjagtige makroøkonomiske indikatorer ville gøre det muligt at identificere fortrolige data fra sådanne producenter og ville skade deres interesser.
Given the lack of alternative benchmark suggestions, the use of Chinese Taipei is confirmed.
Påstanden afvises derfor.
Taking all these factors into account, the Commission concluded that land use right prices in the PRC, if market conditions prevailed, for the sampled exporting producers, would be very similar to land prices in Chinese Taipei.
EU-forbruget
Average land prices in Chinese Taipei for 2012 were taken from the Industrial Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and adjusted backwards for inflation and GDP growth to fix a benchmark price for land in each calendar year.
Kommissionen fastsatte EU-forbruget på grundlag af i) EU-erhvervsgrenens salgsmængde på EU-markedet ud fra oplysninger fra APFE og ii) importen fra tredjelande ud fra oplysninger fra Eurostat (Comext).
As land use rights are valid for 50 years and depreciated on this basis, the benefit in the IP will be 1/50 of the difference between the benchmark price and the actual price paid.
EU-forbruget udviklede sig således:
The subsidy rate established for provision of land at less than adequate remuneration is as follows:
Tabel 1
Provision of land at LTAR
EU-forbrug (i ton)
Conclusion on subsidisation
Kilde:
The Commission calculated the amount of countervailable subsidies in accordance with the provisions of the basic anti-subsidy Regulation for the investigated companies scheme by scheme, and added these figures together to calculate a total subsidy amount for each exporting producer for the IP.
Eurostat (Comext)
To calculate the overall subsidy margins below, the Commission first calculated the percentage subsidisation, being the subsidy amount over total company's turnover.
Samlet EU-forbrug
This percentage was then used to calculate the subsidy allocated to exports of the product concerned to the Union during the IP.
700000-750000
The subsidy amount per tonne of product concerned exported to the Union during the IP was then calculated, and the margins below calculated as a percentage of the Costs, Insurance and Freight (‘CIF’) value of the same exports per tonne.
680000-730000
In accordance with Article 15(3) of the basic anti-subsidy Regulation, the total subsidy margin for the cooperating companies not included in the sample is calculated on the basis of the total weighted average subsidy margin established for the cooperating exporting producers in the sample with the exclusion of the Group to which the exporting producer subject to the provisions of Article 28(1) belongs.
710000-760000
Other cooperating companies
720000-770000
D. INJURY
Indeks (2010 = 100)
Union production and Union industry
Mellem 2010 og UP faldt EU-forbruget med 3 %.
The like product was manufactured by eight producers in the Union during the investigation period.
Kommissionen betegnede imidlertid ikke denne stigning som væsentlig, men bemærkede, at forbruget steg i den betragtede periode.
They constitute the ‘Union industry’ within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic anti-dumping Regulation and Article 9(1) of the basic anti-subsidy Regulation.
Import fra det pågældende land
The total Union production during the investigation period was established between 530000 and 580000 tonnes.
Den dumpede og subsidierede imports omfang og markedsandel
The Commission established the figure on the basis of all the available information concerning the Union industry as provided by APFE.
Nedenstående analyse omfatter både den dumpede og subsidierede import, hvor de samme producenter i Kina og den samme UP er anvendt.
As indicated in recital 17, manufacturing plants of three Union producers were selected in the sample representing 52 % of the total Union production of the like product.
Importmængden fra Kina af den pågældende vare udviklede sig som følger:
On the basis of the information included in the complaint/request for review where the actual macroeconomic indicators of the complainants/applicants were disclosed, and the fact that only a very limited number of Union producers did not form part of the complainants/applicants, it appears appropriate not to disclose the actual aggregated macroeconomic indicators related to all of the Union producers since it would be feasible for any interested party to discern the missing company-specific figures of the non-complainants/applicants.
Tabel 2
Following the definitive disclosure, the government of the PRC objected to the confidential treatment and the provision of ranges for the total Union consumption and the other macroeconomic injury indicator data.
Importmængde (ton), markedsandel
Following the request to do so and when a good cause was given, the Commission has the obligation to respect the confidential data of the producers which were not the complainants.
Importmængde (ton)
The disclosure of the precise macroeconomic indicators would allow identifying confidential data of such producers and would harm their interests.
Indeks (2009 = 100)
The claim is therefore rejected.
13-18 %
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of (i) the volume of sales of the Union industry on the Union market based on data provided by APFE and (ii) imports from third countries based on data extracted from Eurostat (Comext).
19-24 %
Union consumption developed as follows:
15-20 %
Table 1
Importmængden fra Kina faldt med 14 % i den betragtede periode, og markedsandelen faldt med 17 %.
Union consumption (metric tonnes)
Imidlertid er 2010 ikke et egnet referenceår, og der kan foretages en mere nøjagtig analyse af importtendenserne ved også at tage det foregående år, 2009, i betragtning, jf. ovenstående tabel.
Source:
Importen fra Kina beløb sig til ca. 99000 ton i 2009, mens den i 2010 lå på over 152000 ton og derefter faldt i 2011 til ca. 109000 ton.
Data provided by APFE;
Adskillige parter gentog deres påstande om, at importen fra Kina og dens markedsandel faldt mellem 2010 og udgangen af UP, og at der derfor ikke er påvist en mærkbar stigning i importen som krævet i antidumpingaftalens artikel 3, stk. 2, og SCM-aftalens artikel 15, stk. 2.
Eurostat (Comext).
De hævder desuden, at 2009 ikke er et egnet referenceår af følgende grunde:
Total Union consumption
For så vidt angår den første og den tredje påstand fastsætter antidumpinggrundforordningen og antisubsidiegrundforordningen, som er den gældende lovgivning, ikke nærmere, hvilken periode der skal tages i betragtning for at kunne analysere tendenser.
680000 – 730000
Intet forhindrer derfor, at 2009 kan tages i betragtning for at analysere tendenserne i importen fra Kina.
710000 – 760000
Dette betyder ikke, at analysen ikke er objektiv; det fuldender tværtimod analysen af EU-erhvervsgrenens situation.
720000 – 770000
Kun med hensyn til de specifikke skadesindikatorer for importen fra Kina blev 2009 taget i betragtning ud over den betragtede periode som forklaret i betragtning 219.
Index (2010 = 100)
For de øvrige skadesindikatorer var der ingen objektiv grund til ikke at tage alle år i den betragtede periode fuldt ud i betragtning.
Between 2010 and the IP, the Union consumption increased by 3 %.
For så vidt angår den anden påstand ses virkningen af lageropkøb meget klart i de månedlige importoplysninger fra den database, der er oprettet i overensstemmelse med antidumpinggrundforordningens artikel 14, stk. 6 (jf. figur 1) [34].
Following the definitive disclosure, one user claimed that the union consumption dropped almost 30 % in 2009.
Inden indførelsen af de midlertidige foranstaltninger steg importen af den pågældende vare fra Kina kraftigt i andet og tredje kvartal af 2010 (til forbrug inden udgangen af 2010/begyndelsen af 2011 på grund af den begrænsede holdbarhed).
In that perspective, they claim that a 3 % increase from 2010 is not significant.
Dette indtraf ikke sammen med en tilsvarende stigning i forbruget, hvilket tyder på, at denne import skete med henblik på oplagring i afventning af de foranstaltninger, der skulle indføres.
However, the Commission did not qualify this increase as significant but noted that consumption increased over the period considered.
Da foranstaltningerne blev sat ned i den endelige fase (i marts 2011), steg den månedlige import igen til et stabilt niveau.
Imports from the country concerned
Figur 1
Volume and market share of dumped and subsidised imports
Import af den pågældende vare fra Kina (månedlig mængde)
The below analysis encompasses both the dumped and the subsidised imports following the identical sampled producers in the PRC and the identical IP period.
Databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
The volume of the imports from the PRC of the product concerned developed as follows:
Priser på dumpingimporten og den subsidierede import
Table 2
Priserne på importen fra Kina (ekskl. gældende antidumpingtold) udviklede sig som følger:
Import volume (metric tonnes), market share
Tabel 3
Volume of imports (tonnes)
Gennemsnitlig cif-pris i EUR/ton
Market share
Dette udgør et fald på 8 % i løbet af den betragtede periode.
19 % - 24 %
Den kinesiske regering og en bruger hævdede, at det var misvisende at sammenligne de gennemsnitlige importpriser uden at analysere varesammensætningen.
15 % - 20 %
Den kinesiske regering hævdede endvidere, at størstedelen af importen fra Kina bestod af den billigste varetype, dvs. rovings.
The volume of imports from the PRC decreased by 14 % over the period considered and their market share by 17 %.
I modsætning til påstanden blev der taget fuldt hensyn til varesammensætningen i analysen, da Kommissionen sammenlignede de kinesiske eksporterende producenters salgspriser med de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters salgspriser for hver varetype.
However, 2010 is not a suitable reference year and import trends would be more accurately analysed when also looking at the preceding year 2009, as shown in the table above.
Den samme fremgangsmåde blev fulgt i den oprindelige undersøgelse.
2010 was characterised by significant Union importers' stockpiling of Chinese filament glass fibre products prior to the imposition of the provisional duties in September 2010.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse anmodede den kinesiske regering om, at der blev anvendt priser på importen fra Kina pr. varetype i tabel 3, eftersom der blev anvendt data pr. varetype til underbuds- og skadesberegningerne.
Indeed the investigation revealed that during the first nine months of 2010 much larger quantities than usual were imported from the PRC.
Den gennemsnitlige pris på importen fra Kina fra tabel 3 anvendes til at vise tendensen i den betragtede periode.
Imports from the PRC amounted to around 99000 tonnes in 2009, whereas in 2010 they were above 152000 tonnes and then dropped in 2011 to around 109000 tonnes.
Til dette formål (at vise tendenser) er det passende at anvende gennemsnitlige priser.
The trend shows a clear increase in imports from 2009 onwards.
Til bestemmelsen af underbuds- og skadesmargenerne blev der anvendt data pr. varetype.
As from 2011 Chinese imports increased by 20 % in volume terms which resulted in regained market share of 2 percentage points.
For at bestemme prisunderbuddet i UP blev de vejede gennemsnitlige salgspriser for hver varetype, som EU-producenterne i stikprøven solgte til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder på EU-markedet, justeret til ab fabrik, sammenlignet med de tilsvarende vejede gennemsnitlige priser pr. varetype for import fra de kinesiske producenter i stikprøven ved salg til den første uafhængige kunde på EU-markedet, som fastsat på cif-basis, med passende justeringer for told, antidumpingtold og omkostninger efter import.
Several parties reiterated their claims that imports from the PRC and its market share decreased between 2010 and the end of the IP, and that therefore no significant increase in imports has been demonstrated as required by Article 3(2) of the ADA and Article 15(2) of the ASCM.
Prissammenligningen blev foretaget for de enkelte varetyper for transaktioner i samme handelsled.
Furthermore, they claim that 2009 is not an appropriate reference year for the following reasons:
Det viste, at en kinesisk storeksportør til Unionen havde en underbudsmargen på 2 % på trods af de gældende antidumpingforanstaltninger (og toldafgifter), der blev lagt til importprisen.
As to the first and the third claim, the basic anti-dumping Regulation and basic anti-subsidy Regulation, being the applicable law, do not detail which period should be considered in order to analyse trends.
Langt størstedelen af den øvrige import blev foretaget til priser, der svarede til EU-priserne.
Therefore there is no reason why the year 2009 could not be considered in order to analyse the trends of the imports from the PRC.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse hævdede en af de eksporterende producenter, at der var visse unøjagtigheder vedrørende cif-værdien af 3 varekodenumre.
This does not make the analysis un-objective, on the contrary, it further completes the analysis made with regards to the situation of the Union industry.
Påstanden var korrekt, og Kommissionen har justeret cif-værdierne, hvilket førte til en mindre ændring af underbuds- og målprisunderbudsmargenerne for denne eksporterende producent (jf. betragtning 440).
Only with regard to the specific injury indicators related to the Chinese imports, the year 2009 was taken into consideration in addition to the period considered as explained above in 219.
Flere parter hævdede, at der ikke var noget væsentligt prisunderbud i UP.
For the other injury indicators, there was no objective reason why not all years of the period considered could be fully taken into account.
De anførte, at en underbudsmargen på 2 % for en enkelt eksportør er tæt på bagatelgrænsen og ikke kan betragtes som væsentligt.
As to the second claim, the stockpiling effect is shown very clearly in the monthly import data obtained from the database as set up in line with Article 14.6 of the basic anti-dumping Regulation (see graph 1 below) [34].
De henviser også til Kommissionens praksis, hvor begrænsede prisunderbud eller prisunderbud på 6 % vurderedes ikke at have nogen virkning på det generelle prisniveau i Unionen på grund af den begrænsede eksportmængde.
Prior to the imposition of provisional measures, imports of the product concerned from the PRC strongly increased in the second and third quarter of 2010 (for consumption before the end of 2010/beginning of 2011 due to the limited shelf life).
På trods af den nuværende antidumpingtold forekommer underbud stadig.
This did not correspond to a similar increase in consumption, which indicates that these imports were made with the purpose of stockpiling in anticipation of the measures to be imposed.
Henvisningen til Kommissionens praksis er vildledende.
The government of the PRC did not provide another explanation for this increase and therefore the Commission can reasonably consider that stockpiling took place prior to the imposition of provisional measures at the end of 2010.
I tilfældet med »svært natriumcarbonat« [35] fandt man, at prisunderbuddet på 6 % næsten ingen indvirkning havde haft på det generelle prisniveau på grund af den begrænsede importmængde kombineret med en markedsandel på 1,4 % for eksportlandet.
This is further demonstrated by the fact that the level of monthly imports of the PRC in the period between the provisional and definitive measures (fourth quarter of 2010 and first trimester of 2011) was very low.
Til sammenligning er Kinas markedsandel i UP på mellem 15 % og 20 %.
When the measures were lowered at the definitive stage (in March 2011), the monthly import levels increased again to a stable level.
Sagen om »visse optiske laserbaserede læsesystemer« [36] drejede sig om begrænsede prisunderbud for den pågældende import i betragtning af i) en større stigning i EU-forbruget (129 %) og ii) den pågældende vares art, en ikke-homogen vare med mange forskellige egenskaber og tekniske forskelle og præget af en hastig teknologisk udvikling.
Graph 1
Den pågældende vare er en homogen basisvare, der bruges til forstærkning, på et marked, som er ret stabilt.
Imports of the product concerned from the PRC (Monthly quantity)
Et sådant marked er mere følsomt over for prisforskelle, og selv en mindre prisforskel kan have stor indvirkning på markedet.
Article 14(6) database
Den omstændighed, at ingen større underbud fandt sted, ændrer derfor ikke Kommissionens konklusioner.
Prices of dumped and subsidised imports
Dette aspekt blev tværtimod fuldt ud taget i betragtning ved vurderingen.
Chinese import prices (excluding anti-dumping duties in force) developed as follows:
EU-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation
Table 3
I overensstemmelse med antidumpinggrundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 5, og antisubsidiegrundforordningens artikel 8, stk. 4, omfattede undersøgelsen af indvirkningen af dumpingimporten og den subsidierede import på EU-erhvervsgrenen en vurdering af alle de økonomiske forhold, der havde indflydelse på EU-erhvervsgrenens situation i den betragtede periode.
Import prices
Der blev, jf. betragtning 17-25, anvendt stikprøveudtagning i undersøgelsen af den eventuelle skade, der er forvoldt EU-erhvervsgrenen.
Average CIF price (EUR/tonne)
I forbindelse med skadesundersøgelsen skelnede Kommissionen mellem makroøkonomiske og mikroøkonomiske skadesindikatorer.
The Chinese CIF import prices (excluding anti-dumping duties in force) evolved from 911 EUR/tonne to 834 EUR/tonne during the period considered.
Kommissionen evaluerede de makroøkonomiske indikatorer på grundlag af oplysningerne i klagen og i anmodningen om en fornyet undersøgelse samt i de efterfølgende indsendelser og krydstjekkede, hvor det var muligt, med statistikker.
This represents a 8 % decrease over the period considered.
Oplysningerne vedrørte alle EU-producenter.
The government of the PRC and a user claimed that a comparison of average import prices in the absence of an analysis of the product mix was misleading.
Kommissionen evaluerede de mikroøkonomiske indikatorer på grundlag af oplysningerne i de stikprøveudvalgte EU-producenters svar på spørgeskemaet.
The government of the PRC further stated that the majority of the imports from the PRC consisted of the cheapest product type, that is to say rovings.
Begge datasæt vurderedes at være repræsentative for EU-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation.
Contrary to the claim, the product mix was fully taken into account in the analysis as the Commission compared the selling prices of the Chinese exporting producers with those of the sampled Union producers per product type.
Makroøkonomiske indikatorer
The same approach was used in the original investigation.
Produktion, produktionskapacitet og kapacitetsudnyttelse
Following the definitive disclosure, the government of the PRC requested Chinese import prices per product type in table 3, given that data per product type was used for the undercutting and injury margin calculations.
Der er almindeligvis udsving i EU-erhvervsgrenens årlige produktion, da ovnene skal genopbygges hvert 7. til 10. år, hvilket giver en større produktionsmængde i det forudgående år for at opbygge lagrene og en mindre produktionsmængde i det år, hvor ovnen ude af drift på grund af genopbygningen.
The average Chinese import price from table 3 is used to demonstrate the trend over the period considered.
Når en ovn er ude af drift på grund af genopbygning, vil produktionskapaciteten i det pågældende år også være mindre.
For this purpose of showing trends, the use of average prices is appropriate.
Med disse forbehold for øje udviklede den samlede EU-produktion, produktionskapaciteten og kapacitetsudnyttelsen sig således i den betragtede periode:
For the determination of the undercutting and injury margin calculations, data per product type was used.
Tabel 4
In order to determine price undercutting during the IP, the weighted average sales prices per product type of the sampled Union producers charged to unrelated customers on the Union market, adjusted to an ex-works level, were compared to the corresponding weighted average prices per product type of the imports from the sampled Chinese producers to the first independent customer on the Union market, established on a CIF basis, with appropriate adjustments for customs duties, anti-dumping duties and post-importation costs.
Oplysninger fra APFE
The price comparison was made on a type-by-type basis for transactions at the same level of trade.
Produktionsmængde (i ton)
The result of the comparison was expressed as a percentage of the sampled Union producers weighted average ex-works price during the investigation period.
510000-560000
Following the definitive disclosure, one exporting producer claimed that there were some inaccuracies with the CIF values of 3 PCN's.
530000-580000
The claim was correct and the Commission has adjusted the respective CIF values which led to a small change in the undercutting and underselling margins for this exporting producer (see recital 440).
Indeks
Several parties claimed that there was no significant price undercutting during the IP.
Produktionskapacitet (i ton)
They stated that an undercutting margin of 2 % for a single exporter is almost a de minimis one and cannot be considered as significant.
640000-690000
The reference to Commission practice is misleading.
Kapacitetsudnyttelse
In the case of ‘dense sodium carbonate’ [35], the 6 % price undercutting was held to have had practically no effect on general price levels because of the limited volume of imports combined with a market share of 1,4 % by the exporting country.
Inden for rammerne af en stigning i EU-forbruget (på 3 %) faldt EU-erhvervsgrenens produktion af samme vare mellem 2010 og UP med 5 %.
In comparison, the market share of the PRC in the IP is between 15 % and 20 %.
Produktionskapaciteten faldt også mellem 2010 og UP med ca. 4 %.
The ‘certain laser optical reading systems’ [36] case referred to limited price undercutting for the imports concerned in view of (i) major increase in the Union consumption (129 %) and (ii) the nature of the product concerned, a non-homogeneous product with a great variety of features and technical differences and subject to rapid technological development.
Kapacitetsudnyttelsen forblev relativt stabil i den betragtede periode bortset fra et fald i 2012.
In the current investigations, the market of the product concerned is of a totally different nature and hence the magnitude of the price undercutting has to be considered in that particular market context.
Mellem 2011 og 2012 faldt produktionen med 11 procentpoint og produktionskapaciteten med 4 procentpoint.
The product concerned is a basic homogeneous reinforcement product in a market which is rather stable.
Det skyldtes omstruktureringen af EU-erhvervsgrenen og lukning af nogle af dens produktionsanlæg.
Such a market is more sensitive to price differences and even a smaller price difference can have a major impact on the market.
Producenten af varer af glasfiberfilamenter Ahlstrom indstillede produktionen ved udgangen af 2011, og Owens Corning lukkede sit anlæg i Vado Ligure i Italien i 2012, da denne ikke var i stand til at overvinde følgerne af dumpingimporten.
The fact that no major undercutting took place does therefore not change the Commission's conclusions.
Det blev påvist, at EU-erhvervsgrenens afgørelser om genopbygning af ovne blev truffet ud fra hensyn til produktionen og energieffektiviteten.
Economic situation of the Union industry