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Denne konklusion underbygges af de seneste importstatistikker fra Eurostat, som viser, at kinesisk og russisk import er steget endnu mere siden udgangen af undersøgelsesperioden.
The Union industry as a whole could slightly increase its production volumes and improve its capacity utilisation rate due to the strong increase in captive consumption.
Importmængderne i september 2015 var 48 % højere end i april 2015, mens gennemsnitsprisen på denne import fortsat var faldende.
It also took concrete actions to improve efficiency by reducing labour force and production capacity and by keeping a tight grip on costs of manufacturing.
VIRKNINGERNE AF ANDRE FAKTORER
Despite these concrete actions by the Union industry during the period considered to improve its overall performance, the situation of the Union industry in the free market deteriorated significantly during the period considered as losses started to accumulate from 2012 onwards.
Den økonomiske krise
Indeed, sales volumes on the Union free market decreased by 14 %, sales unit prices dropped by 19 % while cost of production only decreased by 16 %.
Den globale økonomiske krise medførte et fald i efterspørgslen i Unionen og faldende salgspriser.
Moreover the Union industry lost market share to imports from the countries concerned and had to reduce investments in the light of the continuously negative return on investment.
En part fremførte en række argumenter og fremhævede de særlige forhold i 2012 (krisen i euroområdet) på EU-markedet for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål og anfægtede, at EU-erhvervsgrenen var påvirket af importen fra Kina i den pågældende periode.
According to the Russian authorities, the fact that some complainants envisage to invest in non-EU countries undermines the allegation of injury.
Tilsvarende påstod de russiske producenter, at afmatningen på markedet i 2012 var årsagen til den skade, der påførtes EU-erhvervsgrenen.
However nothing on file shows that such investments are for cold-rolled flat steel products.
Disse påstande kunne ikke bekræftes i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
Moreover, the investments seem to concern rather companies that, although they might be within the same group as the Union producers, are active in other parts of the world.
Selv om EU-markedet for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål blev ramt af krisen, navnlig i årene 2008-2009 og i 2012, var markedet langsomt ved at komme sig oven på virkningerne af krisen, og der var en forholdsvis stabil, om end stagnerende efterspørgsel på markedet.
On the basis of the above, it can be concluded that the Union industry, analysed in its two segments and as a whole, suffered material injury in the main injury indicators, such as negative profitability and loss of sales volume and market share.
De russiske myndigheder erkendte, at genopretningen var langsom for den største forbruger af stålprodukter i Unionen, nemlig bygge- og anlægsindustrien.
CAUSATION
Mens EU-erhvervsgrenen mellem 2012 og 2013 kunne have nydt godt af opsvinget på markedet, blev den dog hindret heri af en yderligere stigning i importen fra Kina og Rusland.
In accordance with Article 3(6) of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether the dumped imports from the countries concerned caused material injury to the Union industry.
Billig import steg gradvist og erobrede markedsandele på bekostning af EU-erhvervsgrenen.
In accordance with Article 3(7) of the basic Regulation, the Commission also examined whether other known factors could at the same time have injured the Union industry.
Derudover bør den særlige situation i 2012 ikke have en afgørende indvirkning på tendensen, når der foretages analyse over en længere periode, og det er under alle omstændigheder klart, at det fortsatte pres fra importen begyndte at kunne mærkes fuldt ud i 2012.
The Commission ensured that any possible injury caused by factors other than the dumped imports from the countries concerned was not attributed to the dumped imports.
Det blev fundet, at denne parts anmodning om at udelukke 2012 fra analysen af volumeneffekt ikke var berettiget.
the economic crises, Union producers not being sufficiently competitive/efficient, imports by Union producers, imports from third countries, the export sales performance of the Union producers, certain quotas, the performance of non-complainants and some capacity issues.
Hvis der manglede et vigtigt element i analysen, ville det give et forvredet billede af tendenserne.
EFFECTS OF THE DUMPED IMPORTS
Det kan derfor foreløbigt konkluderes, at den økonomiske krise ikke er den egentlige årsag til, at EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt skade, og ikke bryder årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten og den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
Sales prices of the exporting producers decreased on average from 624 EUR/tonne in 2011 to 497 EUR/tonne during the investigation period (– 20 %).
EU-producenterne er ikke tilstrækkeligt konkurrencedygtige/effektive
By continuously lowering their unit sales price during the period considered, the producers from the countries concerned were able to significantly increase their market share from 2011 (14,3 %) to the investigation period (20,1 %).
En række interesserede parter hævdede, at EU-producenterne ikke var tilstrækkeligt konkurrencedygtige på grund af forholdsvis højere omkostninger, og at den påståede skade skyldes klagernes ineffektivitet.
While the drop in demand caused by the financial crisis affected negatively the performance of the Union industry in 2012, the subsequent almost continuous increase in imports from the countries concerned at undercutting prices has had a clear negative impact on the performance of the Union industry.
De russiske myndigheder henviste til de europæiske stålvirksomheders høje produktionsomkostninger, der navnlig kunne tilskrives den miljømæssige modernisering af metalindustrien i Unionen.
Indeed, while the Union industry was cutting its costs by reducing employment and benefitting from the decrease in raw material prices, dumped imports kept on increasing and forced the Union industry to decrease its Union sales prices even more to limit its loss of market share.
De kritiserede især indførelsen af sektorspecifikke grænser for drivhusgasemissioner og øgede gebyrer for kuldioxidemissioner samt omkostninger til overholdelse af forskriftsmæssige krav på det miljø- og klimapolitiske område, som pålægges de europæiske virksomheder.
Further, while the Union industry's profitability showed slight improvement by reducing losses in 2014, the volume of imports increased further and prices decreased even more in the investigation period bringing the Union industry prices and profitability further down.
Som svar på denne påstand understregede Eurofer imidlertid, med udgangspunkt i klagen, at omkostningerne i forbindelse med de varer, der blev solgt af klagerne, faldt i det år, hvor omkostningerne til overholdelse af forskriftsmæssige krav angiveligt blev afholdt.
In view of the clearly established coincidence in time between, on the one hand, the ever-increasing level of dumped imports at continuously decreasing prices and, on the other hand, the Union industry's loss of sales volume and price depression resulting in a loss-making situation, it is concluded that the dumped imports were responsible for the injurious situation of the Union industry.
Det er desuden vigtigt at nævne, at de talrige miljøbestemmelser, der indføres i Unionen, generelt ikke er af nyere dato, og undersøgelsen viste, at andelen af omkostninger til overholdelse af miljøkrav er moderat og dermed ikke havde nogen betydelig indvirkning på driften af EU's stålvirksomheder i den betragtede periode.
Moreover, the progressive slowing down of the Chinese economy and the, according to the file, very significant overcapacity of the Chinese steel industry has pushed Chinese steel producers to redirect their excess production towards export markets and the Union market is an attractive export destination.
Undersøgelsen viste imidlertid, at de forretningsbeslutninger, der var truffet i den betragtede periode, blev vurderet nøje.
Indeed, a large number of other traditionally important export markets imposed or are considering imposing measures against Chinese and also Russian steel products, including cold-rolled flat steel products, because prices are artificially driven down by unfair imports leading to unhealthy competition.
Der blev foretaget investeringer opad og nedad i produktionskæden med henblik på at øge effektiviteten, forbedre produktkvaliteten, udvikle højteknologiske produkter og opfylde kundernes stigende krav.
With the growing imposition of trade defence measures across the globe, the Union market has become one of the most attractive destinations for Chinese and Russian dumped imports, to the detriment of Union industry.
EU-erhvervsgrenens kapacitet faldt således med 3 % i den betragtede periode (se tabel 5).
This conclusion is corroborated by the most recent Eurostat import statistics which show that Chinese and Russian imports have increased even more since the end of the investigation period.
Hertil kommer, at produktionskapaciteten for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål ikke udelukkende er rettet mod selve markedet for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål, eftersom produktionen af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål også anvendes i aktiviteter længere fremme i kæden, jf. afsnit 4.2.
Import volumes in September 2015 were 48 % higher than in April 2015 while average prices of these imports continued to decrease.
Virkningen af EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportresultater er beskrevet nedenfor.
EFFECTS OF OTHER FACTORS
Fald i priserne på råmaterialer og koldvalsede flade produkter af stål på det globale marked
The economic crises
Ifølge flere parter ville priserne på koldvalsede flade produkter af stål fra EU-producenterne og de pågældende lande følge den globale prisudvikling og stort set afspejle de faldende priser på råmaterialer.
The world economic crisis caused a contraction of demand in the Union and declining sales prices.
En af parterne hævdede også, at klagerne ikke havde udnyttet de faldende råmaterialeomkostninger og mindsket deres gennemsnitlige salgsomkostninger.
A party raised a number of arguments highlighting the specificities of the year 2012 (‘Eurozone crisis’) for the cold-rolled flat steel products Union market and contested that the Union industry was impacted by Chinese imports during that period.
Selv om en generelt faldende udvikling i priserne på koldvalsede flade produkter af stål kan have spillet en vis rolle, kan de faldende priser på EU-markedet imidlertid ikke udelukkende tilskrives situationen på verdensplan.
Similarly, Russian producers suggested that the 2012 market downturn was at the origin of the injury incurred by the Union industry.
For det første ses der i international sammenhæng regionale forskelle, når det gælder prisudviklingen for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål.
The investigation could not confirm such allegations.
Lande med begrænset installeret kapacitet, f.eks. Brasilien eller Argentina, har en forholdsvis beskeden indvirkning på den globale prisfastsættelse, og prisudviklingen er mindre ustabil.
On the one hand, even if the Union cold-rolled flat steel products market has been impacted by the crises, namely during the years 2008-2009 and in 2012, the market was recovering slightly from their effects with a relatively stable, yet stagnating market demand.
Til gengæld konkurrerer indenlandske producenter på de etablerede stålmarkeder med mange importkilder, hvilket medfører stigende pristryk og dermed fald i priserne.
The Russian authorities acknowledged the slow recovery of the largest consumer of steel products in the Union, the construction industry.
Denne situation forværres af dumpingpriser.
On the other hand, whereas between 2012 and 2013 the Union industry could have benefited from the recovery of the market, it was prevented from doing so by a further increase in imports from the PRC and Russia.
For det andet har både Kina og Rusland, selv om de er blandt de største stålforbrugende lande i verden, en betydelig overkapacitet.
Cheap imports gradually increased and captured market shares to the detriment of the Union industry.
Producenter i Kina og Rusland har derved et direkte incitament til at eksportere deres overskydende produktion til lave priser, hvilket påvirker og forvrider de globale priser.
In addition, the particular situation in 2012 should not bear a crucial impact on the trend during the longer period of analysis and it is in any event clear that the continuous pressure of imports started to be fully felt in 2012.
For det tredje er importpriserne fra de pågældende lande, som påpeget af Eurofer, faldet mere end priserne på råmaterialer/grundlæggende materialer i samme periode.
The exclusion of 2012 from the volume-effect analysis requested by the party was found not to be justified.
Denne iagttagelse underbygges af sammenligningen mellem EU-erhvervsgrenens produktionsomkostninger, som i alt faldt med 16 % i den betragtede periode, mens den gennemsnitlige importpris faldt med 20 % i den samme periode.
Trends would be missing one key element, thus distorted.
Og selv om faldet i produktionsomkostninger ikke kun skyldtes lavere omkostninger for de anvendte råmaterialer, men ligeledes effektivitetsgevinster for EU-producenterne (jf. betragtning 134), var det fortsat mindre end faldet i priserne på importen fra Kina og Rusland.
It can be provisionally concluded that the economic crises are not the root cause of the Union industry's injury and do not break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury of the Union industry.
På rimelige markedsbetingelser kunne EU-erhvervsgrenen have opretholdt sit salgsprisniveau med henblik på at høste fordelene ved en nedbringelse af omkostningerne og på ny opnå rentabilitet.
Union producers are not sufficiently competitive/efficient
Dog måtte EU-producenterne fortsat sænke deres salgspriser, og efter undersøgelsesperioden faldt priserne fortsat og nåede historisk lave niveauer.
Some interested parties alleged that the Union producers were not sufficiently competitive due to comparatively higher costs and that alleged injury stems from the inefficiency of the complainants.
Importmængden fra tredjelande udviklede sig i den betragtede periode som følger:
They notably blamed the establishment of sectoral limits on greenhouse gas emissions and increasing fees for carbon dioxide emissions and costs of compliance with regulatory requirements in the area of environmental and climate policy for the European companies.
Tabel 17
In reply to this allegation, however, Eurofer emphasised that, based on the complaint, the costs of goods sold of the complainants decreased in the year for which the costs of compliance with regulatory requirements should have allegedly incurred.
Importmængde fra andre lande (ton) og markedsandel
In addition, it is important to mention that the numerous environmental regulations implemented in the Union are in general not recent and the investigation showed that the share of environmental compliance costs is moderate and had thus no significant impact on the operations of the Union steel mills during the period considered.
Importmængde fra tredjelande
The Russian producers challenged the soundness of the investments made by the complainants in 2011-2012 and the capacity increase in 2011.
Importmængde fra Ukraine
They attributed the decreased profitability to the Union industry's own business decisions and the injury to the inability of complainants to reposition themselves in the face of global competition.
Importmængde fra Indien
However the investigation showed that business decisions made during the period considered were carefully assessed.
Importmængde fra Iran
Investments, upstream and downstream, were made in order to increase efficiency, improve the product quality, develop high technological products and satisfy the increasing customer requirements.
Importen fra de pågældende lande udgør langt størstedelen af al import til Unionen.
Indeed, the capacity of the Union industry decreased by 3 % during the period considered (see Table 5).
Markedsandelen for denne import faldt således fra 10,9 % i 2011 til 9,1 % i undersøgelsesperioden.
In addition, the cold-rolled flat steel products production capacity is not entirely dedicated to the cold-rolled flat steel products market per se as the cold-rolled flat steel production is also used for downstream activities, as pinpointed in Section 4.2.
Flere interesserede parter fremførte, at virkningerne af importen fra tredjelande angiveligt har været undervurderet, navnlig med hensyn til deres resultater og vækstrater.
The impact of the export performance of the Union industry is explained below.
Navnlig de russiske myndigheder og de russiske producenter fandt, at klageren undervurderede betydningen af den voksende import fra andre lande, især fra Indien og Ukraine.
Decrease in raw materials and cold-rolled flat steel products prices on the global market
En interesseret part fremhævede, at importen af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål fra Iran og Ukraine fandt sted til priser, der var endnu lavere end priserne på importen fra Kina og Rusland, og den tegner sig tilsammen for 12,3 % af den samlede import til Unionen.
In the view of several parties, cold-rolled flat steel products prices of the Union producers and of the countries concerned would follow a sole worldwide price trend and basically reflect the decreasing prices of raw materials.
For det første er der på nuværende tidspunkt ingen beviser for, at importen fra Indien, Iran eller Ukraine ville blive dumpet på EU-markedet.
One party also alleged that the complainants failed to take the advantage of decreasing raw material costs and reduce their average costs of goods sold.
På grundlag af oplysninger fra Eurostat og det beregnede forbrug på EU-markedet er markedsandelen for førnævnte import desuden lav.
However, if a general decreasing trend in cold-rolled flat steel products prices may have played a certain role, the decreasing prices on the Union market cannot be attributed solely to such a general worldwide situation.
Selv om markedsandelen for importen fra Indien, Iran og Ukraine tilsammen steg fra 4,1 % i 2011 til 5,4 % i undersøgelsesperioden, udgjorde deres individuelle markedsandele kun mellem 1 % og 2,4 %.
First, the price development of cold-rolled flat steel products in the international context shows regional differences.
Disse importkilder har derfor sandsynligvis ikke haft den virkning, som de interesserede parter hævder, og bryder ikke årsagssammenhængen.
Countries with limited installed capacities, such as Brazil or Argentina, have a relatively low impact on the global price setting process and price development is less volatile.
Kommissionen vil dog nøje overvåge udviklingen i markedssituationen og kan om nødvendigt træffe passende foranstaltninger til at bekæmpe dumping fra de nævnte lande.
By contrast, in established steel markets, domestic producers compete with many import sources, leading to a growing price pressure and, consequently, to price erosions.
EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportresultater
This situation gets exacerbated by dumped prices.
EU-producenternes eksportmængde udviklede sig i den betragtede periode som følger:
Second, even if the PRC and Russia are amongst the most steel-consuming countries in the world, both countries have a significant excess capacity.
Tabel 18
Producers from the PRC and Russia are thus incentivised to export their surplus of production at low prices, thereby impacting and distorting global prices.
Eksportresultater
Third, as noted by Eurofer, import prices from the countries concerned have decreased more than the decrease in raw material prices/upstream material over the same period.
Verificerede spørgeskemabesvarelser fra Eurofer og EU-producenter i stikprøven.
This observation is corroborated by the comparison between the cost of production of the Union industry, which decreased altogether by 16 % over the period considered, whereas the average import prices decreased by 20 % over the same period.
Eksportmængden til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder
Or, although the decrease in cost of production was not only due to a lower cost for the raw materials used but also efficiency gains achieved by Union producers (see recital 134), it was still inferior to the decrease in import prices from the PRC and Russia.
Gennemsnitspris (EUR/t)
Under fair market conditions, the Union industry could have maintained its sales price levels so as to reap the benefits of a reduction in costs and reach profitability again.
Eksportmængden til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder var stabil i perioden mellem 2011 og 2014, hvorefter den steg med 4 % i undersøgelsesperioden.
However Union producers had to continue to depress their sales price and after the investigation period prices continued to fall down to historically low levels.
Ifølge en af parterne viser det stigende eksportsalg, hvor konkurrencedygtige koldvalsede flade produkter af stål af EU-oprindelse er på det globale marked, og illustrerer således, at klagerne klarer sig godt.
Imports from third countries
Enhver stigning i eksportsalget bør imidlertid ses som en beskyttelsesforanstaltning fra EU-producenters side, der søger efter rentable nicher på eksportmarkederne for at opretholde tilstrækkelig kapacitetsudnyttelse og sikre arbejdspladser i EU.
The volume of imports from third countries developed over the period considered as follows:
Stigningen er også forbundet med, at visse EU-producenter er globale aktører, der skal følge deres kunder, når de investerer i nye markeder, inden lokale filialer overtager leveringen til disse kunder.
Table 17
Det bemærkes i denne forbindelse, at eksporten til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder var stabil i perioden mellem 2011 og 2014 og først begyndte at stige i undersøgelsesperioden (+ 4 %).
Import volume from other countries (tonnes) and market share
Baseret på oplysningerne i klagen hævdede en interesseret part ligeledes, at de stigende eksportmængder blev solgt med tab og derfor havde en negativ indvirkning på EU-erhvervsgrenens rentabilitet som helhed.
Volume of imports from the India
Denne påstand var ubegrundet.
Volume of imports from Iran
Som nævnt ovenfor fandt det stigende eksportsalg til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder hovedsagelig sted i undersøgelsesperioden.
Imports from the countries concerned constitute the vast majority of all imports in the Union.
Det bemærkes også, at eksportsalget ikke udgjorde mere end 12-14 % af det samlede salg til ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne kunder, og at eksportpriserne faldt mindre end priserne i Unionen og var betydeligt højere end i slutningen af den betragtede periode.
Other imports decreased by – 24 % during the period considered;
Kapacitetsproblemer, der påvirker Unionens stålindustri
i.e. more than the decrease in Union free market consumption.
En række interesserede parter påstod, at strukturelle problemer i Unionens stålindustri, såsom overkapacitet har været årsag til den skade, som er forvoldt EU-erhvervsgrenen.
The market share of such imports has thus decreased from 10,9 % in 2011 to 9,1 % in the investigation period.
På samme måde bemærkede de russiske myndigheder, at overkapacitet i overensstemmelse med OECD's publikation »Excess Capacity in the Global Steel Industry and the Implications of New Investment Projects« (2014) skader den globale stålindustri og bl.a. resulterer i lave priser.
Numerous interested parties argued that the effects of imports from third countries have been allegedly underestimated, namely in terms of their performance and growth rates.
EU-erhvervsgrenen tog imidlertid skridt til at imødegå eventuel overskydende stålkapacitet og -produktion for at tage højde for den seneste udvikling på markedet.
In particular, the Russian authorities and the Russian producers considered that the complainant undervalued the factor of growing imports from other countries, especially from India and Ukraine.