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Den kinesiske eksport af CFP til Unionen faldt til tæt på nul efter indførelsen af de oprindelige foranstaltninger i 2010, hvilket tyder på, at det var disse foranstaltninger, der gjorde EU-markedet uattraktivt for kinesisk eksport.
According to the Notice, companies receive a 50 % VAT rebate for products furnished with at least 70 % recycled fibre and agricultural residues, such as bagasse, waste paper and crop straw.
En ophævelse af foranstaltningerne ville gøre EU-markedet attraktivt igen.
According to unverified information provided by the GOC, pursuant to the Notice referred to above, the VAT refund policies are applicable to sales of products, the production of which used the recycled, reusing or redundant materials or energy from other productions.
Disse påstande blev derfor afvist.
According to unverified information provided by the GOC, the programme is administered by the State Administration of Taxation of the People's Republic of China with the assistance of other competent authorities, and is implemented by the local tax authorities within their respective jurisdictions.
APP Group erkendte, at det europæiske marked traditionelt er et vigtigt marked for CFP, men hævdede, at dets betydning var dalende som følge af det konstante fald i efterspørgslen, hvorimod den sideløbende efterspørgsel i andre lande enten har været stabil eller er vokset i løbet af det sidste par år.
Enterprises that apply for the VAT refund have to file their application with other relevant documents to the taxation authority for examination.
Gruppen hævdede også, at EU-markedets manglende tiltrækningskraft fremgik af faldet i importen fra andre lande efter indførelsen af foranstaltningerne og af det høje eksportniveau af CFP fremstillet af EU-erhvervsgrenen.
After the application is approved, the applicant can receive the benefits.
Trods det faldende forbrug af CFP i Unionen er EU-markedet stadig det største marked for CFP i verden.
The Commission found that the VAT rebates for products furnished with at least 70 % recycled fibre and agricultural residues by the GOC should be considered a subsidy within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a)(ii) and Article 3(2) of the basic Regulation in the form of foregone government revenue which confers a benefit upon the recipient companies.
De foreliggende oplysninger tyder på, at EU-markedet fortsat vil være verdens største marked for CFP, i det mindste i den nærmeste fremtid [48].
On the basis of the information available, the Commission further concluded that the subsidy was specific in accordance with Article 4(2) of the basic Regulation.
På grundlag af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger forventes efterspørgslen efter CFP at falde i Kina, og en potentiel vækst på andre markeder ville ikke være tilstrækkelig til at nedbringe EU-markedets tiltrækningskraft, fordi de er små i forhold til EU-markedet.
Neither the GOC nor the exporting producers provided evidence suggesting the coated fine paper industry did not benefit from this VAT rebates, as alleged by the complaint.
I undersøgelsesperioden for den oprindelige undersøgelse var mængden af og markedsandelen for importen til Unionen fra andre lande end Kina større end i den betragtede periode i den nuværende undersøgelse.
Indeed, the Notice referred to in recital (147) above specifically mentions paper as products utilizing resources such as bagasse, waste paper and crop straw, and stating that the producers have to comply with technical regulations specific to the pulp and paper industry.
Importen af CFP fra tredjelande i undersøgelsesperioden for den oprindelige undersøgelse var imidlertid hovedsagelig import af CFP fra Schweiz, hvor en af EU-producenterne ejede en virksomhed, som fremstiller CFP.
On the basis of the above the Commission concluded that the GOC provides subsidies in the form of VAT rebates for products furnished with at least 70 % recycled fibre and agricultural residues to the coated fine paper industry and that producers of coated fine paper in the PRC benefit from these rebates during the RIP.
Den nuværende undersøgelse har fastslået, at denne producent indstillede produktionen af CFP i 2011, så derfor forsvandt importen fra Schweiz næsten.
The Commission, on the basis of available information, concluded that producers of coated fine paper in the PRC benefited from this subsidy in the RIP.
Faldet i importen fra tredjelande har således intet at gøre med EU-markedets påståede manglende tiltrækningskraft, og påstanden afvises.
Overall conclusion regarding the continuation of subsidisation
Endvidere rokker EU-erhvervsgrenens relativt høje eksportniveau ikke ved konklusionen om, at EU-markedet er attraktivt, da gennemsnitspriserne uden for Unionen, hvor EU-erhvervsgrenen var nødt til at konkurrere med subsidieret eksport af CFP fra Kina, i størstedelen af den betragtede periode lå under de gennemsnitlige priser i Unionen.
On the basis of all the above, the Commission concluded that producers of coated fine paper in the PRC continued benefiting from countervailable subsidies during in the RIP.
Påstanden afvises derfor.
Development of imports should measures be repealed
På baggrund af ovenstående betragtninger konkluderede Kommissionen, at hvis foranstaltningerne blev ophævet, var det sandsynligt, at eksporten fra Kina ville blive rettet mod EU-markedet.
Production capacity and spare capacity in the PRC
Konklusion vedrørende sandsynligheden for fortsat subsidiering
Given the non-cooperation, production capacity and spare capacity in the PRC were established on the basis of facts available and in particular the information provided by the applicant, which included data from an independent industry intelligence information provider, in accordance with Article 28 of the basic Regulation.
Kommissionen konkluderede på grundlag af de bedste foreliggende faktiske oplysninger, at der var tilstrækkelige beviser for, at subsidieringen af industrien for coated finpapir i Kina fortsatte i den betragtede periode og sandsynligvis vil fortsætte i fremtiden.
The production capacity of coated wood free paper in the PRC was 7629000 tonnes in the review investigation period [43], of which 40 % is the production of CFP [44].
Subsidieringen af industrien for coated finpapir gjorde det muligt for de kinesiske producenter at fastholde deres produktionskapacitet på et niveau langt over efterspørgslen på hjemmemarkedet på trods af stadig mindre markeder i Kina og resten af verden.
The total coated wood free production in the PRC had a capacity utilisation of 85 % [45] during the review investigation period resulting in a spare capacity of 1167000 tonnes, i.e. 32 % of total consumption of CFP in the Union.
Kommissionen fandt derfor, at en ophævelse af udligningsforanstaltningerne sandsynligvis vil resultere i en tilbagevenden af betydelige mængder af subsidieret import af den pågældende vare til EU-markedet.
Under the assumption that only 40 % of this capacity would be used for CFP, the Chinese spare capacity of the product concerned was found to be around 13 % of total Union consumption.
Den kinesiske regering fortsatte med at tilbyde forskellige subsidieordninger til industrien for coated finpapir, og Kommissionen har tilstrækkelig dokumentation for, at industrien for coated finpapir nød godt af en række dem i NUP.
Furthermore, the Commission found that it is simple for producers to switch production of other coated wood free products into the product concerned [46].
SANDSYNLIGHEDEN FOR FORNYET SKADE
Should Chinese producers switch to CFP, this would result in an increase of 3877000 tonnes in production capacity, which is more than 100 % of total consumption in the Union (established at 3589694 tonnes).
Definition af EU-erhvervsgren og EU-produktion
Even though the level of spare capacity of coated wood free paper is expected to decrease slightly by 4 %, Chinese domestic demand is expected to decrease by more than 10 % until 2021 [47].
I den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode blev samme vare fremstillet af 10 kendte producenter, hvoraf nogle er grupper, som ejer flere papirfabrikker.
Based on the above, the Commission concluded that Chinese exporting producers have significant spare capacity which they could use to produce CFP to export to the Union market if measures were repealed.
De udgør »EU-erhvervsgrenen« som omhandlet i grundforordningens artikel 9, stk. 1.
The Commission also found that this export potential could increase as a result of the expected decline in domestic demand in the PRC.
Den samlede EU-produktion blev fastsat til omkring 4606000 ton i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode.
Attractiveness of the Union market
De virksomheder, der støttede anmodningen om en fornyet undersøgelse, tegnede sig for over 70 % af den samlede EU-produktion i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode.
The investigation has demonstrated that Union demand for CFP remained substantial.
Som anført i betragtning 18 tegnede de stikprøveudtagne EU-producenter sig for over 30 % af den samlede EU-produktion af samme vare.
Although the Union consumption declined over the period considered, the Union market remains the largest market in the world, accounting for 25 % — 30 % of global demand.
De makroøkonomiske data, som blev fremlagt af ansøgeren, var blevet leveret af Euro-Graph [49], og de blev behørigt efterprøvet.
Based on the facts available, Chinese export prices to the third countries close to the Union were on average 7 % lower than the prices in the Union during the review investigation period.
EU-forbrug
Such a difference of price is significant given the fact that the market for CFP is competitive and very price sensitive.
Kommissionen fastlagde EU-forbruget ved at lægge EU-erhvervsgrenens salgsmængde på EU-markedet og importen fra tredjelande sammen ud fra databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Furthermore, the domestic demand in the PRC is forecast to decrease, suggesting a strong incentive to Chinese producers to find alternative markets to absorb the Chinese overcapacity.
EU-forbruget udviklede sig som følger:
The USA market, another important market for CFP, remains unattractive for the PRC, because the USA has anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures in place against the PRC regarding the product concerned.
Tabel 1
In this regard, the Government of the PRC claimed that the low level of imports from the PRC demonstrated that the Union market was not at all attractive to Chinese exporting producers.
Kilde: Euro-Graph og databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
It further submitted that according to Chinese export statistics the PRC exported in 2015 more CFP to three other countries (India, Japan, Thailand) and to non-Union European countries, which would demonstrate that these countries, where there are no trade defence measures in place, were more attractive.
NUP
The Government of the PRC also submitted that the PRC is currently party to 14 FTA's with different trading partners and that it is negotiating even more.
Samlet EU-forbrug (ton)
This would lead to more exports of CFP to the partner countries concerned.
Indeks (2012 = 100)
As concerns the effect of the FTAs, the claim was made in respect of Chinese products in general and did not contain any evidence in respect of the product concerned.
I den betragtede periode faldt EU-forbruget med 10 %.
The claim was considered too broad and lacking corroborating evidence.
Den faldt med 8 % i 2013 i forhold til niveauet i 2012 og fortsatte med at falde i et langsommere tempo.
In any case, as explained in recital (166) below, the information available to the Commission points in the opposite direction.
Det anslåede EU-forbrug i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode var 21 % lavere end i undersøgelsesperioden for den oprindelige undersøgelse (4572057 ton).
In fact, the Chinese exports of CFP to the Union dropped close to zero after the imposition of the original measures in 2010, which suggests that it was these measures that made the Union market unattractive for Chinese exports.
Faldet i forbruget afspejler den faldende efterspørgsel efter grafisk papir i al almindelighed, hvilket hovedsagelig skyldes den hurtige vækst i de digitale medier, som erstatter de traditionelle trykte medier.
The removal of the measures would make the Union market attractive again.
Import fra det pågældende land
These claims are therefore rejected.
Mængde og markedsandel for importen fra det pågældende land
The APP Group acknowledged that the European market is traditionally an important market for CFP, but claimed that its importance was decreasing due to the constant drop in demand, whereas, at the same time, demand in other countries has either remained stable or increased over the last few years.
Importen til Unionen fra Kina udviklede sig som følger:
It also submitted that the unattractiveness of the Union market was demonstrated by the drop in imports from other countries since the imposition of measures and by the high level of exports of CFP produced by the Union industry.
Tabel 2
Despite the declining consumption of CFP in the Union, the Union market is still the largest CFP market in the world.
Importmængde og markedsandel
The information on file suggests that the Union market will remain the largest world market for CFP at least in the near future [48].
Kilde: Databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Based on the facts available on file, demand for CFP is forecast to decrease in the PRC and a potential increase, if any, in other markets would not suffice to reduce the attractiveness of the Union market because they are small in comparison to the Union market.
Importmængde fra det pågældende land (ton)
During the investigation period of the original investigation the volume and market share of imports into the Union from countries other than the PRC was indeed larger than during the period considered of the current investigation.
Markedsandel (%)
However, the imports from third countries of CFP during the investigation period of the original investigation were predominantly imports of CFP from Switzerland where one of the Union producers owned a company producing CFP.
I den betragtede periode var importmængden til Unionen fra Kina ubetydelig.
The current investigation established that this producer stopped the production of CFP in 2011, so consequently imports from Switzerland almost disappeared.
Priser på importen fra det pågældende land og prisunderbud
The drop in imports from third countries has thus nothing to do with any alleged unattractiveness of the Union market and the claim is rejected.
På grund af den ubetydelige importmængde af CFP fra Kina til Unionen, det forhold, at den udgjorde under 0,5 % af den samlede import under de relevante KN-koder både i Eurostats statistikker og i Kinas officielle eksportstatitstikker, og den manglende pålidelighed i forbindelse med priserne på dette beskedne salg var det ikke muligt at anvende EU's importstatistikker til at drage nogen konklusioner vedrørende priserne på importen fra Kina.
Furthermore, the relatively high level of exports of the Union industry does not undermine the conclusion that the Union market is attractive as for most of the period considered average prices achieved outside the Union, where the Union industry had to compete with subsidized exports of CFP from the PRC, were below the average prices achieved in the Union.
Kommissionen konkluderede, at der burde anvendes data vedrørende salg af CFP fra Kina til andre lande i stedet som en indikator for at fastslå, hvad underbuddet ville have været, hvis kinesiske virksomheder havde solgt til disse priser til Unionen.
The claim is therefore rejected.
Kommissionen fastsatte det teoretiske prisunderbudsniveau i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode ved at sammenligne de vejede gennemsnitlige salgspriser, som EU-erhvervsgrenen forlangte af uafhængige kunder på EU-markedet, justeret til niveauet ab fabrik, og den vejede gennemsnitlige pris ved eksport fra Kina til lande, der ligger tæt på Unionen, justeret til EU-cif-værdiniveau og under inddragelse af importomkostningerne.
Given the above considerations, the Commission concluded that, if measures were repealed, it was likely that the exports from the PRC would be directed to the Union market.
Da de kinesiske eksporterende producenter ikke samarbejdede, blev priserne ved eksport fra Kina til andre lande baseret på de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger, jf. grundforordningens artikel 28.
Conclusion on the likelihood of continuation of subsidisation
Der blev indhentet oplysninger fra forskellige kilder med henblik på at fastsætte eksportprisen.
The Commission, on the basis of best facts available, concluded that there was sufficient evidence that subsidisation of the coated fine paper industry in the PRC continued during the period considered and is likely to continue in the future.
Det mest egnede grundlag fandtes at være de fakturaer fra de kinesiske eksporterende producenter til tredjelande beliggende tæt på Unionen, dvs. Egypten, Rusland og Tyrkiet, som blev fremlagt af ansøgeren, beregnet på grundlag af et vejet gennemsnit.
The subsidisation of the coated fine paper industry allowed the Chinese producers to maintain their production capacities at a level by far exceeding domestic demand, in spite of shrinking markets, in China and worldwide.
Prissammenligningen viste, at hvis de kinesiske eksportører i undersøgelsesperioden havde solgt til disse priser til Unionen, ville de have underbudt EU-erhvervsgrenens priser med 5,4 %.
Therefore, the Commission found that the repeal of the countervailing measures is likely to result in a return of significant volumes of subsidised imports of the product concerned into the Union market.
Import fra andre tredjelande
Various subsidy programmes continued to be offered by the GOC to the coated fine paper industry and the Commission has sufficient evidence that the coated fine paper industry benefited from a number of them during the RIP.
Følgende tabel viser udviklingen i importen til Unionen fra andre tredjelande end Kina i den betragtede periode med hensyn til denne imports mængde, markedsandel og gennemsnitspris.
LIKELIHOOD OF A RECURRENCE OF INJURY
Tabellen bygger på data fra databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
Tabel 3
During the review investigation period, the like product was manufactured by 10 known producers, some of which are groups that own several paper mills.
Import fra tredjelande
They constitute the ‘Union industry’ within the meaning of Article 9(1) of the basic Regulation.
Mængde (ton)
The total Union production was established at around 4606000 tonnes during the review investigation period.
Gennemsnitlig pris (EUR/ton)
The companies that supported the review request represented more than 70 % of the total Union production in the review investigation period.
Den samlede importmængde til Unionen fra andre lande end Kina var lille i hele den betragtede periode, og dens samlede markedsandel svingede omkring 1 %.
As indicated in recital (18), the Union producers selected in the sample represented more than 30 % of the total Union production of the like product.
Gennemsnitspriserne på denne import var højere end EU-erhvervsgrenens gennemsnitspriser.
The macroeconomic data provided by the applicant had been furnished by Euro-Graph [49] and they were duly verified.
I den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode var der ingen af tredjelandene, der enkeltvis havde en markedsandel på over 0,4 %.
Union consumption
EU-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation
The Commission established the Union consumption by adding the volume of sales of the Union industry on the Union market and imports from third countries based on the Article 14(6) database.
Generelle bemærkninger
Union consumption developed as follows:
I overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 8, stk. 4, undersøgte Kommissionen alle de økonomiske indikatorer, der kunne have indflydelse på EU-erhvervsgrenens situation i den betragtede periode.
Table 1
Som nævnt i betragtning 18 blev der anvendt stikprøver i forbindelse med EU-erhvervsgrenen.
Source: Euro-Graph and Article 14(6) database.
Ved konstateringen af skade skelnede Kommissionen mellem makroøkonomiske og mikroøkonomiske skadesindikatorer.
RIP
Kommissionen vurderede de makroøkonomiske indikatorer for hele EU-erhvervsgrenen på grundlag af de oplysninger, som ansøgeren havde indsendt i anmodningen om en fornyet undersøgelse.
Total Union consumption (tonnes)
Kommissionen evaluerede de mikroøkonomiske indikatorer alene for de stikprøveudtagne virksomheder ud fra de efterprøvede data i spørgeskemabesvarelserne.
Index (2012 = 100)
Begge datasæt blev anset for at være repræsentative for EU-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation.
During the period considered Union consumption decreased by 10 %.
De makroøkonomiske indikatorer er: produktion, produktionskapacitet, kapacitetsudnyttelse, salgsmængde, markedsandel, vækst, beskæftigelse, produktivitet, subsidiebeløbets størrelse og genrejsning efter tidligere subsidiering.
It decreased by 8 % in 2013, compared to 2012, and continued to decrease at a slower pace.
De mikroøkonomiske indikatorer er: gennemsnitlige enhedspriser, enhedsomkostninger, arbejdskraftomkostninger, lagerbeholdninger, rentabilitet, likviditet, investeringer, investeringsafkast og evne til at rejse kapital.
The estimated Union consumption during review investigation period was by 21 % lower than the one found during the investigation period in the original investigation (4572057 tonnes).
Makroøkonomiske indikatorer
The decline in consumption reflects decreasing graphic paper demand in general, which is mainly the result of the rapid growth in digital media, which is replacing traditional print media.
Produktion, produktionskapacitet og kapacitetsudnyttelse
Imports from the country concerned
Den samlede produktion, produktionskapacitet og kapacitetsudnyttelse i Unionen udviklede sig i den betragtede periode som følger:
Volume and market share of imports from the country concerned
Tabel 4
Imports into the Union from the PRC developed as follows:
Kilde: Euro-Graph
Table 2
Produktionsmængde (ton)
Import volume and market share
Produktionskapacitet (ton)
Source: Article 14(6) database.
Kapacitetsudnyttelse (%)
Volume of imports from the country concerned (tonnes)
I den betragtede periode faldt produktionen med 12 %.
Market share (%)
Den faldt med 7 % i 2013 i forhold til niveauet i 2012 og fortsatte med at falde i et langsommere tempo.
During the period considered the volume of imports into the Union from the PRC was negligible.
Allerede inden den betragtede periode havde EU-producenterne iværksat omfattende omstruktureringsbestræbelser for at afhjælpe strukturel overkapacitet, og disse bestræbelser fortsatte i den betragtede periode.
Prices of imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
Som følge af såvel visse fabrikslukninger som omlægning af andre fabrikker til fremstilling af andre papirvarer end CFP nedbragte EU-erhvervsgrenen sin produktionskapacitet til CFP med omkring 901216 ton mellem 2012 og undersøgelsesperioden, dvs. med 15 %.
Due to the negligible volume of imports of CFP from the PRC to the Union, the fact that they represented less than 0,5 % of the total imports under the relevant CN codes both in Eurostat and in the official export statistics of the PRC, and the lack of reliability of the prices of these few sales, it was not possible to use Union import statistics to draw any conclusions concerning prices of imports from the PRC.
Den fortsatte nedbringelse af produktionskapaciteten gjorde det muligt for EU-erhvervsgrenen at opretholde en forholdsvis stabil kapacitetsudnyttelse i den betragtede periode og endda at nå op på 92,3 % i den nuværende undersøgelsesperiode, næsten fire procentpoint højere end i 2012.
The Commission concluded that data concerning sales of CFP from the PRC to other countries should be used instead as a proxy to establish what the undercutting would have been if Chinese companies had sold at these prices to the Union.