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Baseret på OECD-data [4] forventes stålkapaciteten at stige på verdensplan, bortset fra i Unionen.
One interested party highlighted that imports of cold-rolled flat steel products from Iran and Ukraine were made at prices even lower than that of imports from the PRC and Russia, and together they account for 12,3 % of total imports into the Union.
Tabel 9 viser, at EU-erhvervsgrenens kapacitet faldt med 3 % i løbet af den betragtede periode.
First, at the current time there is no evidence that imports from India, Iran or Ukraine would be dumped on the Union market.
I modsætning hertil steg produktionskapaciteten for størsteparten af de samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producenter i de pågældende lande i samme periode.
Moreover, based on figures available through Eurostat, and calculated consumption on the Union market, the market share of the aforementioned imports is low.
EU-erhvervsgrenens import
Although the market share of imports from India, Iran and Ukraine together increased from 4,1 % in 2011 to 5,4 % in the investigation period, their individual market shares ranged between 1 % and 2,4 % only.
De russiske producenter hævdede, at klagernes import fra Kina og Rusland i høj grad tyder på en selvforskyldt skade, og at klagerne ikke kan gives lov til at udnytte den situation, de selv har skabt.
Such import sources are thus unlikely to have had the impact alleged by interested parties and do not break the causal link.
Klagerne hævder i den forbindelse at være integrerede stålgrupper med handelsafdelinger, der arbejder uafhængigt af produktionsvirksomhederne.
Nevertheless, the Commission will be closely monitoring the evolution of the market situation and may, if necessary, take appropriate measures to tackle dumping from the aforementioned countries.
Handelsafdelingerne, der frit kan købe koldvalsede flade produkter af stål fra flere kilder, blev af og til udsat for et stort kundepres med henblik på at skaffe billigst mulige materialer og var angiveligt tvunget til at dække en begrænset del af deres behov via import, herunder fra Kina og Rusland, med henblik på at sikre og opretholde deres handelsmæssige forbindelser.
Export sales performance of the Union industry
Dette spørgsmål var allerede blevet nævnt i klagen, for så vidt angår nogle af EU-producenterne.
The volume of exports of the Union producers developed over the period considered as follows:
Det kan dog ikke med rimelighed antages, at den skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt, var selvforskyldt på grund af denne import.
Table 18
De russiske myndigheder henviste til de tidligere gældende handelsaftaler mellem Unionen og Rusland inden for stålsektoren og hævdede, at den importmængde fra Rusland, der var fastlagt i nævnte aftale, ansås for at være ikke-skadevoldende, og at (den nuværende) mængde var i overensstemmelse med vilkårene i aftalen.
Export volume to unrelated customers
Tilsvarende gør de russiske producenter gældende, at kvoterne i de efterfølgende aftaler ansås for at være ikke-skadevoldende, og at beskyttelsesordningen som omhandlet i aftalerne aldrig var søgt aktiveret, endsige gennemført.
Average price (EUR/t)
Disse påstande er dog ubegrundede.
The volume of exports to unrelated customers remained stable between 2011 and 2014 before increasing by 4 % in the investigation period.
Det fremgår af oplysningerne i sagen, at kvoterne var for høje efter den økonomiske krise, fordi de ikke var blevet revideret.
As far as prices are concerned, they dropped significantly by – 13 % over the period considered;
De pågældende aftaler, der går tilbage til oktober 1997, blev ofte forhandlet (f.eks. i forbindelse med EU's udvidelser), men kvoterne blev aldrig væsentligt nedjusteret for at tage højde for markedsudviklingen.
i.e. less than the price on the Union market (– 19 %).
Desuden omfattede de pågældende kvoter et langt bredere varesortiment end koldvalsede flade produkter af stål, herunder varer i efterfølgende produktionsled.
A party stated that the increasing export sales show the competitiveness of the EU-origin cold-rolled flat steel products on the global market and illustrates that the complainants are performing well.
De fulde kvoter havde aldrig kun været planlagt til at omfatte koldvalsede flade produkter af stål.
However, any increase in export sales should be seen as a self-defence measure by Union producers looking for profitable niches in export markets so as to maintain sufficient capacity utilisation and safeguard jobs in the Union.
Årsagen til, at russisk import nu er et større problem for EU-markedet end tidligere, er ganske enkelt, at den betydelige stigning i importen fra Rusland kombineret med de lave dumpingpriser medfører markedsforstyrrelser i Unionen på en måde, som ikke kan sammenlignes med tidligere perioder.
The increase is also related to the fact that certain Union producers are global players that need to follow their customers when they invest in new markets before local subsidiaries take over the supply to such customers.
Ikke-klagende virksomheder påfører potentielt EU-erhvervsgrenen skade.
In this respect it is noted that exports to unrelated customers remained stable between 2011 and 2014, and only started to increase in the investigation period (+ 4 %).
En række interesserede parter hævdede, at ikke-klagende virksomheder ikke påførtes nogen skade, og at de rent faktisk forvoldte EU-erhvervsgrenen potentiel skade.
Such increased exports mainly concerned specific markets, such as the United States, the PRC and Algeria, and mainly consist in high added value and specialties products, for which the Union industry has a competitive advantage in terms of quality and reliability of supply.
De gjorde gældende, at EU-erhvervsgrenen er opdelt i succesrige fremsynede producenter (dvs. de ikke-klagende virksomheder) og de andre (klagerne).
By contrast, according to Eurofer, exports towards countries which are more commodities-oriented decreased.
De hævdede, at klagernes vanskeligheder ikke kan tilskrives importen fra Rusland, eftersom de ikke-klagende virksomheder, der tegner sig for 24 % af Unionens produktion af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål, langt overgår klagerne, for så vidt angår en række skadesindikatorer.
Based on data in the complaint, one interested party also alleged that the increasing export quantities were sold at a loss and therefore had a negative impact on the profitability of the Union industry as a whole.
Disse påstande er ubegrundede.
This allegation is ill-founded.
For det første er det et grundlæggende princip i enhver handelsbeskyttelsesprocedure, at deltagelsen i nævnte procedure foregår på frivillig basis.
As mentioned above, the increase in export sales to unrelated customers took place mostly in the investigation period.
For det andet er nogle af konklusionerne om skade baseret på EU-producenterne i stikprøven, som er repræsentative for hele EU-erhvervsgrenen, jf. afsnit 1.5.1.
It is also noted that export sales accounted for not more than 12 % to 14 % of total sales to unrelated customers and that export prices decreased less than prices in the Union and were significantly higher than those at the end of the period considered.
For det tredje, selv om det er korrekt, at de ikke-klagende producenter tilsyneladende har øget deres produktionsniveau, bør dette ses i lyset af, at en række af disse produktionsvirksomheder også er aktive producenter i downstreamsektoren, såsom varmgalvaniserede koldvalsede flade produkter af stål.
Capacity issues affecting the Union steel industry
Højere produktionsmængder er ikke nødvendigvis ensbetydende med større rentabilitet og en bedre position på EU-markedet.
Some interested parties claimed that structural problems of the Union steel industry such as overcapacity have been the cause of injury to the Union industry.
Tværtimod kan det være tegn på, at disse producerende virksomheder har foretrukket at koncentrere deres aktiviteter om nicheprodukter med høj merværdi frem for at konkurrere med kinesisk og russisk dumpingeksport på markedet for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål.
In the same vein, the Russian authorities noted that according to the OECD publication ‘Excess capacity in the global steel industry and the implications of new investment projects’ (2014), excess capacity is hurting the global steel industry, resulting, among others, in low prices.
For det fjerde tegnede de klagende producenter sig for 89 % af EU-virksomhedernes samlede produktion i Unionen i undersøgelsesperioden, med undtagelse af »genvalsningsanlæg«.
However, the Union industry undertook steps to tackle any potential excess in its overall steel capacity and output so as to adapt to the recent market developments.
Derfor er de klagende virksomheder i vidt omfang repræsentative for EU-erhvervsgrenen som helhed, og uanset om det er fastslået eller ej, kan det faktum, at en række producenter i Unionen klarer sig bedre på EU-markedet, skyldes mange forskellige faktorer, som ikke ændrer noget ved den omstændighed, at EU-erhvervsgrenen generelt lider skade som følge af dumpingimporten.
Based on OECD data [4], steel capacity is expected to increase worldwide, except for the Union.
For det femte vendte tendensen i 2014, for så vidt angår salg, selv om de ikke-klagende producenter kan have leveret lidt bedre resultater, om end stagnerende, end de klagende producenter.
Table 9 above shows that the capacity of the Union industry decreased by 3 % over the period considered.
Dertil kommer, at genvalsningsanlæg ifølge sagsoplysningerne også er udsat for det samme nedadgående pristryk på EU-markedet, og deres situation kan sammenlignes med situationen for Unionens integrerede virksomheder.
On the contrary, the production capacity of most of the cooperating exporting producers in the countries concerned increased over the same period.
Det ser ud til, at ikke-klagende producenter ikke opnåede bedre resultater end de klagende producenter, og at deres situation, navnlig i lyset af deres andel af EU-produktionen, ikke var af en sådan art, at den kunne bryde årsagssammenhængen mellem dumpingimporten og skaden for EU-erhvervsgrenen som helhed.
Imports by the Union industry
KONKLUSION OM ÅRSAGSSAMMENHÆNG
The Russian producers argued that complainants' imports from the PRC and Russia strongly suggest self-inflicted injury and that complainants cannot be allowed to take advantage of the situation rendered by their own hands.
Der blev midlertidigt fastslået en årsagssammenhæng mellem den skade, som EU-producenterne led, og dumpingimporten fra de pågældende lande.
In this regard, the complainants claim to be integrated steel groups with trading arms that operate independently from the producing mills.
Kommissionen skelnede mellem og adskilte virkningerne af alle kendte faktorer på EU-erhvervsgrenens situation fra den skadevoldende virkning af dumpingimporten.
Trading arms, free to purchase their cold-rolled flat steel products needs from multiple sources, were occasionally confronted with a roaring pressure from customers to obtain the cheapest material possible and, allegedly, compelled to source a very limited part of their needs from imports, including from the PRC and Russia, so as to secure and maintain their commercial relationships.
Det blev foreløbigt konstateret, at de øvrige faktorer, der er blevet peget på, såsom den økonomiske krise, påstanden om, at EU-erhvervsgrenen ikke er tilstrækkeligt konkurrencedygtig og/eller effektiv, importen fra tredjelande, de ikke-klagende producenters rolle, EU-producenternes eksportresultater eller EU-erhvervsgrenens overkapacitet, ikke bryder årsagssammenhængen, heller ikke i kombination med hinanden.
This issue was already acknowledged in the complaint as regards some of the Union producers.
Krisen og faldet i forbruget samt EU-erhvervsgrenens rationalisering kan til en vis grad have bidraget til skaden, men uden stadigt faldende priser på dumpingimporten ville EU-erhvervsgrenens situation givetvis ikke være blevet påvirket i samme betydelige omfang.
However, it cannot reasonably be held that the injury suffered by the Union industry was self-inflicted due to these imports.
Navnlig ville salgspriserne ikke være faldet til så lave niveauer, ligesom der ville være opnået bedre rentabilitet.
Such imports were made by only some of the Union producers, represent low volumes (between 0-5 % of the sales of the complainants, made by trading arms of the Union producers) and were made as a matter of temporary self-defence as a reaction against low-priced dumped imports from the PRC and Russia.
På grundlag af ovenstående konkluderede Kommissionen i denne fase, at den væsentlige skade, som EU-erhvervsgrenen led, skyldtes dumpingimporten fra de pågældende lande, og at de øvrige faktorer, betragtet hver for sig eller samlet, ikke brød årsagssammenhængen.
The existence of previously applicable agreement on trade in certain steel products between Russia and the Union
UNIONENS INTERESSER
The Russian authorities referred to the previously applicable Union-Russia trade agreements in the steel sector to assert that ‘the volume of Russian imports set under the said Agreement was considered non-injurious and (the current) volume remains in line with the volume under the Agreement’.
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.
Similarly, Russian producers contend that the quotas included in these subsequent agreements were deemed non-injurious and that the safeguard mechanism provided for in the agreements was never sought, much less implemented.
Unionens interesser blev fastlagt på grundlag af en vurdering af alle de forskellige involverede parters interesser, dvs. EU-erhvervsgrenens, importørernes og brugernes interesser.
These claims are however unfounded.
EU-ERHVERVSGRENENS INTERESSER
On the one hand, information on file shows that the quotas were too high further to the economic crisis due to the fact that they had not been revised.
EU-erhvervsgrenen er beliggende i 17 medlemsstater (Det Forenede Kongerige, Frankrig, Tyskland, Slovakiet, Italien, Slovenien, Luxembourg, Grækenland, Belgien, Polen, Nederlandene, Østrig, Finland, Sverige, Portugal, Ungarn og Spanien), og ca. 20000 ansatte er direkte beskæftiget i sektoren for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål.
The agreements in question, which date back to October 1997, were frequently negotiated (e.g. in the context of the Union enlargements) but the quotas were never substantially adjusted downwards in order to take into account new market developments.
Tretten producenter samarbejdede i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
Moreover, the relevant quotas covered a much broader product range than cold-rolled flat steel products, including downstream products.
Ingen af disse producenter modsatte sig indledningen af undersøgelsen.
The full quotas were never foreseen for cold-rolled flat steel products only.
Hele EU-erhvervsgrenen oplevede en forværring af situationen, jf. analysen af skadesindikatorerne ovenfor, og blev negativt påvirket af dumpingimporten.
The reasons why Russian imports are now more a problem for the Union market than in the past is simply based on the fact that the substantial increase in imports from Russia, coupled with the low, dumped prices are now disturbing the Union market to an extent that cannot be compared to the periods before.
Det forventes, at indførelsen af en midlertidig antidumpingtold vil genoprette redelige handelsvilkår på EU-markedet, sætte en stopper for pristryk og gøre det muligt for EU-erhvervsgrenen at genrejse sig.
Non-complainants are potentially causing injury to the Union industry
Dette vil føre til en forbedring af EU-erhvervsgrenens rentabilitet til et niveau, der anses for nødvendigt for denne kapitalintensive industri.
Certain interested parties claimed that non-complainants were not incurring any injury and that they were actually potentially causing injury to the Union industry.
EU-erhvervsgrenen har lidt væsentlig skade som følge af dumpingimporten fra de pågældende lande.
They stated that the Union industry is divided into successful forward-thinking producers (i.e. the non-complainants) and others (the complainants).
Der mindes om, at de fleste skadesindikatorer viste en negativ tendens i den betragtede periode.
They argued that the predicament of the complainants cannot be attributed to Russian imports since the non-complainants, representing 24 % of Union production of cold-rolled flat steel products, vastly outperform the complainants with respect to a number of injury indicators.
Navnlig skadesindikatorerne vedrørende de finansielle resultater for EU-producenterne i stikprøven, f.eks. investeringsafkast og rentabilitet, blev påvirket i alvorlig grad.
These allegations are unfounded.
Det er derfor vigtigt, at priserne igen kommer op på et ikke-dumpet eller i det mindste ikke-skadevoldende niveau, så alle de forskellige producenter kan operere på EU-markedet på redelige konkurrencevilkår.
First of all, it is a core principle of any trade defence proceeding that the participation to said proceeding is made on a voluntary basis.
Uden foranstaltninger forekommer en yderligere forværrelse af EU-erhvervsgrenens økonomiske situation meget sandsynlig.
Secondly, some of the injury findings are based on sampled Union producers, which are representative of the entire Union industry in light of Section 1.5.1.
Dårlige resultater i segmentet for koldvalsede flade produkter af stål vil få indflydelse på segmenterne i tidligere og efterfølgende produktionsled for mange EU-producenter, da kapacitetsudnyttelsen i forbindelse med disse segmenter er tæt forbundet med produktionen af den undersøgte vare.
Thirdly, while it is true that non-complaining producers appear to have increased their production levels, this should be seen in light of the fact that certain of these producing mills are also producers active in the downstream sector, such as hot-dip galvanised cold-rolled flat steel.
Det konkluderes derfor foreløbigt, at det vil være i EU-erhvervsgrenens interesse, at der indføres en antidumpingtold.
Higher production volumes do not necessarily imply higher profitability and a better position on the Union market.
En indførelse af antidumpingforanstaltninger vil give EU-erhvervsgrenen mulighed for at genrejse sig fra virkningerne af den konstaterede skadevoldende dumping.
To the contrary, this may hint towards the fact that these producing mills have preferred to focus their activities on more niche, high added value products, rather than competing with dumped Chinese and Russian exports on the cold-rolled flat steel products market.
IKKE FORRETNINGSMÆSSIGT FORBUNDNE IMPORTØRERS INTERESSER
Fourthly, complaining producers accounted for 89 % of the total production of Union mills, excluding re-rollers, in the Union during the investigation period.
Som nævnt i betragtning 12 var der kun én virksomhed ud af de fire stikprøveudvalgte, der besvarede spørgeskemaet.
As a result, the complaining mills are significantly representative of the Union industry as a whole and the fact, whether established or not, that certain producers in the Union are managing to perform better on the Union market may be the result of a variety of factors that does not cast doubt as to the fact that, as a general manner, the Union industry is suffering from dumped imports.
Desuden viste undersøgelsen, at ud af de tretten virksomheder, der havde givet sig til kende på stikprøvetidspunktet, var ingen af dem ægte ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører.
Fifthly, in terms of sales, although non-complaining producers may have performed slightly better, although stagnating, than the complaining producers, the trend reversed starting 2014.
De fleste af de oprindeligt kontaktede parter var faktisk (grupper af) stålservicecentre, generelt med forbindelser til EU-erhvervsgrenen eller parter i de pågældende lande.
In addition, information on the file suggests that re-rollers are also under the same downward price pressure on the Union market and their situation is comparable to that of the Union integrated mills.
Kommissionen ønskede at udbygge samarbejdet med flere ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører på et senere tidspunkt, men ingen af de ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører, der havde givet sig til kende på stikprøvetidspunktet, var villige til at sende Kommissionen en besvarelse af spørgeskemaet.
To conclude, it appears that non-complaining producers did not outperform the complaining producers and that their situation, especially in light of their share of the Union production, is not such as to break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury incurred by the Union industry as a whole.
Undersøgelsen viste, at en eventuel stigning i priserne i forbindelse med foranstaltningerne ikke ville have en direkte indvirkning på ikke forretningsmæssigt forbundne importører.
CONCLUSION ON CAUSATION
Der er i princippet ingen beviser for, at importører eller stålservicecentre ikke vil være i stand til at vælte prisstigninger over på deres kunder.
A causal link was provisionally established between the injury suffered by the Union producers and the dumped imports from the countries concerned.
Desuden kan de også importere fra andre lande, der ikke er omfattet af denne undersøgelse.
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.
En italiensk sammenslutning, der repræsenterer 32 italienske servicecentre, anførte, at importen er nødvendig for virksomheder med aktiviteter i distributionssektoren, fordi en diversificering af forsyningskilderne garanterer sikre og pålidelige forsyninger til kunderne.
The other identified factors such as the economic crisis, the allegation that the Union industry is not sufficiently competitive and/or efficient, the imports from third countries, the role of non-complainants, the export sales performance of the Union producers or the overcapacity of the Union industry, were provisionally not found to break the causal link, even considering their possible combined effect.
Dette kunne give anledning til bekymring, eftersom de italienske producenter af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål foretog investeringer i galvaniseringsanlæg (dvs. en nedgang i salget af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål på Unionens frie marked) og havde en række produktions- og leveranceproblemer i forbindelse med koldvalsede flade produkter af stål, hvilket skabte usikkerhed på det italienske marked.
The crisis and the decrease in consumption as well as the rationalisation of the Union industry may have somewhat contributed to the injury, but in the absence of ever decreasing prices of dumped imports, the situation of the Union industry would certainly not have been affected to such a significant extent.
I den forbindelse bemærkes det, at tolden bør være med til at sikre en kontinuerlig forsyningssikkerhed for distributørernes kunder.
In particular, sales prices would not have dropped to such low levels and better profitability would have been achieved.
Uden told vil nogle af producenterne af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål være nødt til at lukke/reducere deres produktion af koldvalsede flade produkter af stål og efterlade mange brugere i EU med begrænsede forsyningskilder.
On the basis of the above, the Commission concluded at this stage that the material injury to the Union industry was caused by the dumped imports from the countries concerned and that the other factors, considered individually or collectively, did not break the causal link.
Derudover vil foranstaltningernes omfang sikre lige konkurrencevilkår og stadig tillade import fra de pågældende lande (til rimelige priser) og andre kilder.
UNION INTEREST
Endelig anførte en gruppe af samarbejdsvillige stålservicecentre, at de var positivt indstillet over for foranstaltninger på kort og mellemlang sigt som et middel til at hjælpe Unionens virksomheder.
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.