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Det er vigtigt at bemærke, at denne negative indvirkning begyndte flere måneder efter EU-erhvervsgrenens udskiftning af de ødelagte produktionslinjer, da EU-erhvervsgrenens evne til at producere sit eget natriumcyclamat var fuldt ud genvundet, og produktionen blev beregnet ud fra 12-månederscyklusser i 2013, 2014 og i undersøgelsesperioden.
As indicated in recital (75) above, the undercutting margin established for Fang Da was considerable.
I betragtning af ovenstående er Kommissionen af den opfattelse, at den tekniske hændelse, der ramte EU-erhvervsgrenens forretningsaktiviteter mellem august 2011 og maj 2012, ikke kunne bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten fra Fang Da og den skadevoldende situation for EU-erhvervsgrenen, der opstod som følge af denne import mellem 2013 og undersøgelsesperioden.
Given the continuously increasing volume of dumped imports from Fang Da at prices that significantly undercut those of the Union industry, the Union industry was not in a position to benefit from the increase of anti-dumping duties for an another Chinese exporting producer in 2012 and was unable to regain its market share.
EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportresultater
On the basis of the above, the Commission considers that the dumped imports from Fang Da have significantly contributed to the material injury suffered by the Union industry within the meaning of Article 3(6) of the basic Regulation.
EU-producentens eksportmængde udviklede sig i den betragtede periode som følger:
Effects of other factors
Tabel 13
Imports from exporting producers other than Fang Da
Eksportmængde
The volume of imports from other exporting producers than Fang Da developed as follows:
Gennemsnitspris
Table 12
Det er der følgende årsager til.
Indonesia
For det første faldt eksportsalgsmængderne meget mindre både i absolutte og i relative tal end salget på EU-markedet mellem 2013 og undersøgelsesperioden.
The volume of imports from Indonesia was low in 2011 and 2012, very low in 2013 and negligible during 2014 and the investigation period.
Forbrug
The volume of imports from Chinese producers other than Fang Da decreased by 23 % over the period considered.
Skaden kan ikke være et resultat af en ændring i forbrugsmønstret, idet efterspørgslen steg en smule mellem 2011 og undersøgelsesperioden.
They first increased by 14 % between 2011 and 2012, and dropped very significantly since then, in particular with a very sharp drop of 41 index points from 2012 to 2013.
I perioden mellem 2013 og undersøgelsesperioden, hvor den skadevoldende virkning af dumpingimporten fra Fang Da var særlig udtalt, steg forbruget med hele 8 %, en udvikling, der styrker ovennævnte konklusion.
Despite this overall decrease, the other Chinese imports remained at a significant level, which was very close to the level of Fang Da.
Konklusion om årsagssammenhæng
Even if their average prices — including the anti-dumping duties applied to them — were, on average, slightly higher than Fang Da's, they were still at a low level, and much lower than the Union industry's prices.
Undersøgelsen viste, at EU-erhvervsgrenen klart led væsentlig skade i undersøgelsesperioden.
It can therefore be concluded that, over the period considered, low priced imports of Chinese producers other than Fang Da contributed to the injurious situation of the Union industry.
EU-erhvervsgrenen har været tabsgivende i hele den pågældende periode.
As explained in point 5.1 above, the further deterioration of the situation of the Union industry since 2013 was mainly caused by the increasing volume of dumped and low price imports from Fang Da.
Fra 2013, hvor EU-erhvervsgrenen kunne producere normalt efter den hændelse, der påvirkede dens produktionslinjer, udviste mængdesskadesindikatorerne såsom produktion, salg og markedsandel endvidere klare tegn på forringelse.
Accordingly, the effects of imports from other producers than Fang Da, even if they contributed to the injury, are not such as to break the causal link between dumped imports from Fang Da and the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Dette faldt sammen med en betydelig stigning i dumpingimporten fra Fang Da til lave priser, som først var i stand til at fortrænge øvrig kinesisk import og siden overtage EU-erhvervsgrenens markedsandel.
Technical incident (explosion) in the Union industry factory
Der er derfor en klar årsagssammenhæng mellem den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt, og dumpingimporten fra Fang Da.
As it was already explained in recitals (77) and (83) above, there was an explosion in the factory of the Union industry in July 2011 as a result of which the Union industry could not perform the reaction process and thus produce and sell its own sodium cyclamate between August 2011 and May 2012.
Kommissionen skelnede mellem og adskilte virkningerne af alle kendte faktorer på EU-erhvervsgrenens situation fra den skadevoldende virkning af dumpingimporten.
The inability to produce its own sodium cyclamate had a negative impact on the economic indicators of the Union industry between August 2011 and May 2012.
En række andre faktorer som f.eks. EU-erhvervsgrenens eksportresultater og den tekniske hændelse på fabrikken bidrog til denne skade.
Indeed, for example, the production, capacity utilisation, sales, market share and productivity figures would have been higher in that period, if the accident had not taken place, since the Union industry could have supplied its customers with its own sodium cyclamate instead of imported one which it was purifying and re-selling between August 2011 and May 2012.
På baggrund af ovenstående konkluderede Kommissionen alligevel, at den væsentlige skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt, skyldtes dumpingimporten fra Fang Da, og at de øvrige faktorer ikke brød årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten fra Fang Da og den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
In fact, between 2013 and the investigation period these were the dumped imports of Fang Da which started exerting an injurious impact on the economic situation of the Union industry.
Skaden består hovedsageligt i tab i produktion, salgsmængde og markedsandel, især fra 2013, samt økonomiske tab og dårlige resultater i forbindelse med alle de andre finansielle indikatorer som f.eks. likviditet og investeringsafkast.
It is important to note that this negative impact started taking place several months after the replacement by the Union industry of the destroyed production lines and when the production of its own sodium cyclamate was fully restored and calculated on the basis of 12 months cycles in 2013, 2014 and the investigation period.
Ifølge bemærkningerne fra Fang Da efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger var Kommissionens analyse om årsagssammenhæng mangelfuld og ufuldstændig og indeholdt rene antagelser, der ikke var baseret på faktiske omstændigheder.
Taking the above into account, the Commission is of the opinion that the technical incident, which affected the business operations of the Union industry between August 2011 and May 2012, did not break the causal link between the dumped imports of Fang Da and the injurious situation of the Union industry caused by those imports between 2013 and the investigation period.
Kommissionen har foretaget en behørig analyse af virkningerne af importen fra andre eksporterende producenter end Fang Da som forklaret i afsnit 5.2.1.
Table 13
Desuden er brugen af data fra databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6, i stedet for de nye kinesiske eksportdata indgivet efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger allerede blevet behandlet i betragtning 63 og 70.
Export volume
Dataene i databasen i henhold til artikel 14, stk. 6, støtter ikke Fang Das erklæring om, at stigningen i Fang Das eksport til Unionen er blevet mere end opvejet af nedgangen i salget fra andre kinesiske eksportører.
Average price
Derfor må ovennævnte krav vedrørende virkningen af importen fra andre eksporterende producenter end Fang Da afvises.
The export sales represented a significant portion of the total sales volume of the Union industry in the period considered, ranging from around 30 % to around 50 %.
Kommissionen analyserede også behørigt virkningerne af eksplosionen i EU-erhvervsgrenens fabrik i afsnit 5.2.2 ovenfor og kom frem til den konklusion, at selv om den påvirkede EU-erhvervsgrenen i 2011 og 2012, brød den ikke årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten fra Fang Da og den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt.
The low sales volumes in 2011-2012 must be interpreted in the context of the Union industry's inability to produce and sell its own sodium cyclamate between August 2011 and May 2012.
Denne påstand måtte derfor afvises.
In the subsequent period, once the production of own sodium cyclamate restarted, the export sales first increased by 14 indexed points between 2013 and 2014, and subsequently dropped by 32 indexed points in the investigation period.
Fang Da hævdede også, at virkningerne af andre intensive sødestoffer som f.eks. acesulfamkalium og aspartam var en faktor, som i sig selv var den egentlige årsag til den negative udvikling på EU-markedet for natriumcyclamat og en meget væsentlig medvirkende årsag til enhver skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen måtte have lidt, en faktor, som burde være blevet analyseret af Kommissionen.
The average export sales prices were increasing over the period considered and they were 8 % higher in the investigation period as compared to 2011.
Disse påstande blev ikke underbygget af andre beviser end henvisninger til Kommissionens konklusioner i procedurerne vedrørende importen af acesulfamkalium og aspartam [16].
Even if they remained systematically lower than the Union industry average unit production costs, the export prices were higher than the Union industry average sales prices on the Union market, and therefore generating much lower level of losses as compared to sales on the Union market.
Der bør mindes om, at den eneste EU-producent af natriumcyclamat hverken producerer acesulfamkalium eller aspartam, så EU-producenten var ikke en del af EU-erhvervsgrenen som defineret i de to antidumpingprocedurer vedrørende andre sødestoffer.
Despite the fact that the export sales were generating some losses, the Commission nevertheless concluded that the export activity did not contribute significantly to the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Konklusionerne vedrørende virkningerne af dumpingimporten af acesulfamkalium og aspartam på situationen for EU-producenterne af acesulfamkalium og aspartam har derfor ikke nogen betydning for EU-erhvervsgrenens situation i denne procedure.
This is due to the following reasons.
Under alle omstændigheder burde den udokumenterede påstand om, at acesulfamkalium er at foretrække som konkurrerende vare frem for natriumcyclamat og en meget væsentlig medvirkende årsag til den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt, normalt vise sig i et fald i EU-forbruget af natriumcyclamat.
Firstly, the volumes of export sales decreased much less, both in absolute and relative terms, than the sales on the Union market between 2013 and the investigation period.
Som beskrevet i betragtning 64-65 nåede EU-forbruget af natriumcyclamat i den betragtede periode mere eller mindre op på samme niveau som i 2011, hvilket ikke ville være tilfældet, hvis acesulfamkalium som hævdet havde erstattet natriumcyclamat som en foretrukken konkurrerende vare.
The latter sales were particularly strongly affected in that period by large volumes of low priced and dumped imports of Fang Da.
I mangel af et veldokumenteret bevis, som modsiger Kommissionens konklusioner i betragtning 148, må Fang Das påstand derfor afvises.
Secondly, due to their higher prices and thus lower loss margins, export sales allowed the Union industry to reduce its overall losses resulting from sales of the like product.
UNIONENS INTERESSER
Consequently, in the Commission's view, the exports sales of the Union industry did not break the causal link between the dumped imports of Fang Da and the injurious situation of the Union industry caused by those imports.
I overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 21 undersøgte Kommissionen, om den klart kunne konkludere, at det ikke var i Unionens interesse at vedtage foranstaltninger i dette tilfælde til trods for konstateringen af skadevoldende dumping.
Consumption
Unionens interesser blev fastlagt på grundlag af en vurdering af alle de forskellige involverede parters interesser, dvs. EU-erhvervsgrenens, importørernes og brugernes interesser.
Injury cannot be the result of a change in the pattern of consumption as demand slightly increased between 2011 and the investigation period.
EU-erhvervsgrenens interesser
During the period between 2013 and the investigation period when the injurious impact of dumped imports form Fang Da was particularly pronounced, consumption increased even by 8 %, a development that reinforces the above conclusion.
Indførelsen af foranstaltninger over for dumpingimporten fra Fang Da forventes at sætte EU-erhvervsgrenen i stand til at konkurrere med importen på redelige markedsvilkår.
Conclusion on causation
Dette vil lette det kraftige pristryk på erhvervsgrenen, som de betydelige importmængder fra Fang Da i øjeblikket udøver på EU-markedet.
The investigation showed that the Union industry was clearly suffering material injury in the investigation period.
Kun under disse omstændigheder ville EU-erhvervsgrenen være i stand til at hæve sin pris og forøge sin produktion og salgsmængde.
The Union industry has been loss making during the overall period concerned.
I mangel af foranstaltninger forventes pristrykket fra dumpingimporten fra Fang Dai betydelige mængder at føre til en yderligere forværring af EU-erhvervsgrenens i forvejen meget usikre situation.
Furthermore, since 2013, once the Union industry could produce normally after the incident that affected its production lines, the volume injury indicators such as production, sales and market share showed clear signs of deterioration.
Dette vil i sidste ende tvinge EU-erhvervsgrenen til at indstille produktionen af natriumcyclamat med deraf følgende tab af arbejdspladser og alternative forsyningskilder i Unionen.
This coincided with a significant increase of Fang Da's dumped imports at low prices, which first managed to displace other Chinese imports, and then take over the market share of the Union industry.
Kommissionen konkluderede derfor, at indførelse af antidumpingtold på importen fra Fang Da ville være i EU-erhvervsgrenens interesse.
There is thus a clear causal link between the injury suffered by the Union industry and Fang Da's dumped imports.
Ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importørers interesser
The Commission distinguished and separated the effects of all known factors on the situation of the Union industry from the injurious effects of the dumped imports.
Kommissionen modtog en spørgeskemabesvarelse fra to ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører, der kun tegnede sig for en lille del af den samlede import fra Fang Da i undersøgelsesperioden.
Some other factors such as export performance of the Union industry and the technical incident in the factory contributed to that injury.
En af disse importører er også en bruger, der anvender en vis mængde importeret natriumcyclamat til at producere sine egne blandinger af sødestoffer, der videresælges til føde- og drikkevarevirksomheder.
These effects, even combined, were however considered insignificant as compared to the impact of the dumped imports.
For så vidt angår videresalg af det natriumcyclamat, som importeres af Fang Da, fastslog Kommissionen, at de to ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importørers fortjenstmargen er lav.
Given their volume and price level, imports from other Chinese exporting producers, however, were found to have significantly contributed to that injury.
Det forventes derfor, at indførelsen af foranstaltninger ville gøre denne aktivitet urentabel, og importørerne vil sandsynligvis enten skifte leverandør eller sågar indstille deres forretningsmæssigt forbundne aktiviteter.
Nevertheless, on the basis of the above, the Commission concluded that the material injury to the Union industry was caused by the dumped imports from Fang Da and the other factors did not break the causal link between the dumped imports of Fang Da and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Kommissionen konstaterede imidlertid også, at natriumcyclamat kun udgjorde en meget lille del af begge virksomheders samlede omsætning.
The injury mainly consists of the loss in production, sales volume and market share, in particular since 2013, as well as financial losses and poor performance of all the other financial indicators such as cash flow and return on investments.
Virkningen af en indførelse af foranstaltninger på den samlede aktivitet i disse virksomheder vil således ikke være betydelig.
According to the comments received from Fang Da after the disclosure, the Commission's analysis on causality was deficient, incomplete and contained pure assumptions not based on facts.
En af de samarbejdsvillige virksomheders blandingsaktivitet viste også solide fortjenstmargener, der kunne afbøde virkningerne af antidumpingtolden.
In this context, Fang Da specifically claimed that the low priced imports of Chinese producers other than Fang Da and the self-inflicted injury resulting from the factory explosion were more than enough to break the link between the imports of Fang Da and the injury caused by such imports to the Union industry.
Brugernes interesser
This allegation was, however, not substantiated by any evidence showing that the Commission did not sufficiently distinguish and separate the effects of all known factors on the situation of the Union industry from the injurious effects of the dumped imports.
Med undtagelse af ovennævnte importør, der også er bruger af natriumcyclamat, har Kommissionen ikke modtaget nogen spørgeskemabesvarelser fra brugere.
The Commission has indeed duly analysed the effects of imports from exporting producers other than Fang Da as explained under section 5.2.1.
De vigtigste slutbrugere af den pågældende/samme vare i Unionen er føde- og drikkevareindustrien og lægemiddelindustrien.
In addition, the use of the data of the Article 14(6) database instead of the new Chinese export data submitted after disclosure has already been addressed under recitals (63) and (70).
I de tidligere undersøgelser vedrørende importen af natriumcyclamat fra andre producenter end Fang Da blev det konstateret, at natriumcyclamat tegnede sig for en meget beskeden del af deres produktionsomkostninger.
The data of the Article 14(6) database do not support Fang Da's statement that the increase in Fang Da's exports to the Union has been more than offset by the fall in the sales of other Chinese exporters.
Derfor blev virkningen af indførelse af antidumpingtold ikke anset for at være betydelig.
Accordingly, the above mentioned claims concerning the impact of imports from exporting producers other than Fang Da have to be rejected.
I lyset af ovenstående bemærkning om, at EU-erhvervsgrenen i mangel af foranstaltninger kan blive tvunget til at indstille produktionen af natriumcyclamat, og da der kun findes nogle få producenter af natriumcyclamat på verdensplan, er det ovenikøbet sandsynligt, at foranstaltningerne er til gavn for brugerne, for så vidt som de bevarer produktionen af natriumcyclamat i Unionen og muligheden for at købe natriumcyclamat produceret af forskellige konkurrerende producenter af natriumcyclamat.
Fang Da also claimed that the impact of other super sweeteners, such as acesulfame potassium and aspartame, was one factor alone that was the real reason for the negative development of the Union market for sodium cyclamate and a very significant contributor to any injury suffered by the Union industry, a factor that should have been analysed by the Commission.
Efter fremlæggelsen af oplysninger fremførte Fang Da, at indførelsen af de foreslåede endelige antidumpingforanstaltninger ville give den eneste EU-producent en dominerende stilling på markedet, hvilket denne ville være i stand til fuldt ud at drage fordel af.
These claims were not supported by any other evidence than references to the Commission's findings in the proceedings concerning imports of acesulfame potassium and of aspartame [16].
I den sammenhæng skal det understreges, at der i forbindelse med analysen af Unionens interesser ikke blev modtaget bemærkninger vedrørende konkurrencespørgsmål fra de relevante interesserede parter i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 21.
It should be recalled that the only Union producer of sodium cyclamate produces neither acesulfame potassium, nor aspartame, so the Union producer was not part of the Union industry as defined in the two anti-dumping proceedings concerning other sweeteners.
Der var navnlig ingen EU-brugere, der indgav bemærkninger i så henseende.
Accordingly, the findings on the impact of dumped imports of acesulfame potassium and aspartame on the situation of the Union producers of acesulfame potassium and aspartame have no bearing on the situation of the Union industry in this proceeding.
Trods de gældende antidumpingforanstaltninger over for importen fra andre kinesiske eksporterende producenter end Fang Da er denne import desuden fortsat i betydelig mængde, og dens markedsandel er fortsat betydelig højere end EU-erhvervsgrenens markedsandel.
In any event, the unsubstantiated claim that acesulfame potassium is a preferable competing product to sodium cyclamate and a very significant contributor to any injury suffered by the Union industry should normally manifest itself in the contraction of the Union consumption of sodium cyclamate.
Det er derfor ikke sandsynligt, at EU-erhvervsgrenen vil være i stand til at opnå eller udnytte en dominerende stilling på markedet i Unionen.
As described in recitals (64) to (65), during the period considered the Union consumption of sodium cyclamate reached more or less the same level as in 2011, which would not be the case if, as alleged, acesulfame potassium had replaced sodium cyclamate as a preferred competing product.
Derfor afvises ovennævnte krav fra Fang Da.
Accordingly, in the absence of any substantiated evidence contradicting the Commission's findings as outlined in recital (148), Fang Da's claim has to be rejected.
Konklusion vedrørende Unionens interesser
UNION INTEREST
På baggrund af ovenstående konkluderede Kommissionen, at der ikke var tvingende årsager til, at det ikke var i Unionens interesse at indføre foranstaltninger over for importen af den pågældende vare fra Fang Da.
In accordance with Article 21 of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether it could clearly conclude that it was not in the Union interest to adopt measures in this case, despite the determination of injurious dumping.
ENDELIGE ANTIDUMPINGFORANSTALTNINGER
The determination of the Union interest was based on an appreciation of all the various interests involved, including those of the Union industry, importers and users.
På baggrund af Kommissionens konklusioner vedrørende dumping, skade, årsagssammenhæng og Unionens interesser bør der indføres endelige foranstaltninger for at hindre, at EU-erhvervsgrenen påføres yderligere skade som følge af dumpingimport.
Interest of the Union industry
Skadestærskel (skadesmargen)
The investigation established that the Union industry suffered material injury caused by Fang Da's dumped imports.
For at fastlægge omfanget af foranstaltningerne fastsatte Kommissionen først det toldbeløb, der er nødvendigt for at afhjælpe den skade, der er påført EU-erhvervsgrenen.
The Union industry was indeed not able to fully benefit from the imposition of anti-dumping duties against Indonesia and the other Chinese exporters, including the increase of anti-dumping duties in 2012.
Skaden ville være afhjulpet, hvis EU-erhvervsgrenen kunne dække sine produktionsomkostninger og opnå en fortjeneste før skat på salget af samme vare på EU-markedet, som med rimelighed kunne forventes af en virksomhed af denne type i sektoren på normale konkurrencevilkår, dvs. uden dumpingimport.
The aggressive pricing behaviour and the resulting market share gain by Fang Da as of 2013 caused a considerable decrease of the sales volume and market share of the Union industry despite the presence of anti-dumping measures on imports from the PRC and Indonesia.