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I den foreliggende sag blev beregningen af den normale værdi imidlertid baseret på grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 6, litra c), dvs. SA&G, som fastlægges på grundlag af »enhver anden rimelig metode under forudsætning af, at det derved fastsatte beløb til dækning af fortjeneste ikke overstiger den fortjeneste, som andre eksportører eller producenter normalt opnår ved salg af varer inden for samme generelle kategori på oprindelseslandets hjemmemarked«.
The company produces only on the basis of welded pipes, only from 304 and 316 grades of steel and only elbow and tee shapes (and tee shapes only with the same diameter of main and branch pipe which are not welded but produced from one piece of pipe with its centre ‘pulled down’ to make a T-shape).
I betragtning af ovenstående fastholder Kommissionen sin beslutning vedrørende kilden til de data, der anvendtes til at beregne den normale værdi.
The producer did not have domestic sales of the like product during the investigation period.
Det skal bemærkes, at Kommissionen også undersøgte alternative datakilder med henblik på at fastsætte SA&G til beregning af den normale værdi, nemlig data fremlagt af den samarbejdsvillige referencelandsproducent i Schweiz.
Normal value
De pågældende tal blev ikke fremlagt for UP, men det kan bekræftes, at de for regnskabsårene 2014 og 2015 lå inden for et interval på 8-12 %, hvilket kan sammenlignes med de justerede SA&G, som i sidste ende blev anvendt til beregningen, jf. betragtning 86.
In the case of both Taiwanese exporting producers, due to the lack of domestic sales of the like product, the normal value was constructed in line with Article 2(3) and (6) of the basic Regulation by adding to the average cost of manufacturing of the relevant product the selling, general and administrative (‘SG&A’) expenses incurred and a reasonable profit.
Den eksporterende producent fra Taiwan påstod yderligere i sit indlæg, at en uhensigtsmæssig fremlæggelse af kritiske data var blevet anvendt til fastsættelsen af den normale værdi.
In the case of the first cooperating company, the amount of SG&A expenses and profit were determined, in accordance with Article 2(6)(b) of the basic Regulation, that is, on the basis of the actual amounts applicable to production and sales, in the ordinary course of trade, of the same general category of products for the producer in question in the domestic market of the country of origin, namely domestic sales of the fittings with roughness average (Ra) of the surface finish below 0,8 micrometre.
Af fortrolighedshensyn kunne den specifikke fremlæggelse ganske rigtigt ikke indeholde SA&G, fortjeneste og justeringer af omkostningerne, som anvendes til beregningerne.
In the case of the second cooperating company, due to the lack of own domestic sales of the like product or of the same general category of products, Article 2(6)(c) of the basic Regulation was applied.
Med kendskab til virksomhedens egne produktionsomkostninger var det nemt for virksomheden at anslå de samlede gennemsnitlige justeringer.
To this end, the Commission used in the construction of normal value the same amounts of SG&A expenses and profit used for the first company, which was the only available and verified data and referred to sales of the same general category of product on the Taiwanese market.
Virksomheden anmodede imidlertid om fremlæggelse af de specifikke tal vedrørende visse elementer af beregningerne, nemlig SA&G og fortjenstniveauer, justering af den normale værdi for omkostningerne og priserne samt momsjusteringer af den normale værdi.
Following the provisional disclosure, the second Taiwanese exporting producer raised certain claims against the use of the data of the first Taiwanese producer for the construction of its normal value.
Som svar på denne anmodning skal det understreges, at de nøjagtige oplysninger om SA&G, fortjeneste og justeringer af omkostningerne, som anvendtes i forbindelse med beregningen af den normale værdi, ikke kan fremlægges, idet oplysningerne stammer fra en enkelt virksomhed, som er en taiwanesisk konkurrent til den virksomhed, der anmodede om disse oplysninger, og da virksomheden anmodede om fortrolig behandling, idet oplysningerne indeholder forretningshemmeligheder.
First, the company claimed (on the basis of the open version of the questionnaire response and the deficiency letter responses of the other producer) that the first producer cannot be considered at all an exporting producer of the product concerned as it allegedly produces and exports to the Union only types of product which were excluded from the product scope, that is, low-roughness fittings and flanged fittings.
Denne anmodning er åbenlyst berettiget.
Second, the company claimed that the use of a single company's SG&A figures for the purpose of the construction of the normal value for another company contradicts the findings of the WTO Appellate Body [6] that a single company's SG & A cannot be used to construct normal values.
De vigtigste tal, dvs. SA&G og den fortjeneste, der anvendtes i den endelige beregning, fremlægges dog i intervalform i betragtning 86.
In response to the above claims, the Commission established during the on spot verification at the premises of the company in question that part of the company's production and sales to the Union during the IP (namely vacuum fittings with additional surface treatment which result in surface roughness of above 0,8 micrometre) fell within the product scope of this investigation.
Det skal også bemærkes, at justeringerne af omkostningerne var meget begrænsede og havde en uvæsentlig indvirkning på niveauet af den normale værdi og dumpingmargenen.
Therefore, the company was considered as an exporting producer of the product concerned and a dumping margin for this company was calculated.
Der blev ikke foretaget justeringer af priserne, idet hjemmemarkedspriserne ikke blev anvendt til at beregne den normale værdi.
It should be stressed that the company in question was not selling this type of product on the domestic market in Taiwan during the IP, which affects the methodology of construction of normal value for both Taiwanese exporting producers as explained in recitals 79 and 80.
For Taiwans vedkommende blev der desuden ikke foretaget momsjusteringer af den normale værdi.
Second, it should also be noted that the WTO Appellate Body ruling quoted by the interested party refers to the situation described in the Article 2(6)(a) of the basic Regulation; that is the use of weighted average of SG&A costs of other producers in respect to production and sales of the like product in the domestic market of the country of origin.
Endelig påstod denne virksomhed, at niveauet af SA&G og fortjenesten for konkurrenten ikke er repræsentativt.
In this case however the construction of the normal value was based on Article 2(6)(c) of the basic Regulation; that is with SG&A costs determined on the basis of ‘any other reasonable method, provided that the amount for profit so established shall not exceed the profit normally realized by other exporters or producers on sales of products of the same general category in the domestic market of the country of origin’.
Virksomheden påstod, at den anden producent i Taiwan har en mindre produktion og sælger højt specialiserede varer, selv om den også var involveret i massiv produktion og salg af standardvarer.
Taking into account the above, the Commission sustains its decision as to the source of data used for the construction of normal value.
Det blev under kontrolbesøgene ganske rigtigt bekræftet, at de varer, der produceres og sælges af de to virksomheder, er forskellige, og at deres SA&G-omkostningsstrukturer derfor også er forskellige.
It should be noted that the Commission looked also at the alternative source of data for establishment of SG&A costs for the construction of normal value that is data provided by the cooperating analogue producer in Switzerland.
Kommissionen besluttede derfor at reducere niveauet af de SA&G-omkostninger, der anvendtes til beregningen af den normale værdi for den anden samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producent, med andelen af arbejdskraftomkostninger til kvalitetskontrol og udgifter til forskning og udvikling.
The figure in question was not provided for the IP but it is confirmed that for the financial years 2014 and 2015 it was in the range of 8 % to 12 % which is comparable with the adjusted SG&A figure finally used in the calculation as indicated in recital 86.
Dette resulterede i en reduktion af SA&G-justeringen til mellem 7 og 13 % udtrykt som en procentdel af omsætningen, hvilket efterfølgende reducerede virksomhedens individuelle dumpingmargen.
The Taiwanese exporting producer further claimed in its submission an inadequate disclosure of the critical data used for the determination of the normal value.
Samtidig betragtede Kommissionen den fortjenstmargen, som anvendtes til beregningen af den normale værdi (1-5 % af omsætningen), som hensigtsmæssig.
Indeed, for business confidentiality reasons, this specific disclosure could not reveal SG&A, profit and allowances on costs figures used in the calculations.
Den endelige justering af produktionsomkostningerne i forbindelse med beregningen af den normale værdi for den pågældende eksporterende producent var på 15,36 %.
The company, knowing its own cost of manufacturing, could easily estimate the overall average adjustment made.
Eksportpris
However, it requested disclosure of the specific figures with regard to certain elements of the calculation, namely the SG&A and profit levels, levels of normal value allowances on costs and prices and VAT adjustment to normal value.
De to eksporterende producenter solgte til eksport til Unionen direkte til uafhængige kunder i Unionen.
In response to this request, it has to be underlined that exact figures of SG&A costs, profit and allowances on costs applied in the construction of normal value cannot be disclosed, as the data originate from one single company, which is a Taiwanese competitor of the company requesting this information, and that company requested confidential treatment because the data contains business secrets.
Eksportprisen blev fastsat på grundlag af den pris, der faktisk blev betalt eller skulle betales for den pågældende vare, når varen blev solgt til eksport fra eksportlandet, jf. grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 8.
That request is obviously justified.
Sammenligning og dumpingmargener
However, the most important figures, that is, the SG&A and profit used for the final calculation, are disclosed in ranges in recital 86 below.
Den normale værdi og eksportprisen for de samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producenter blev sammenlignet ab fabrik.
It should also be noted that the level of allowances on costs was very low and had an insignificant impact on the level of normal value and the dumping margin.
For at sikre en rimelig sammenligning af den normale værdi og eksportprisen blev der i form af justeringer taget behørigt hensyn til forskelle, der påvirkede priserne og prissammenligneligheden, jf. grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 10.
No allowances on prices were applied as domestic prices were not used in the calculation of the normal value.
På det grundlag blev der foretaget justeringer for transport, søtransport- og forsikringsomkostninger, håndtering og lastning og dermed forbundne omkostninger, emballeringsomkostninger, kreditomkostninger, rabatter og provisioner, hvor det blev påvist, at disse faktorer påvirkede prissammenligneligheden.
Also in case of Taiwan no VAT adjustment to normal value was done.
De samlede justeringer var på 1-10 % baseret på de faktiske værdier, som blev indberettet af de eksporterende producenter fra Taiwan og bekræftet under kontrolbesøgene.
Finally, this company submitted that the level of SG&A and profit of its competitor is not representative for them.
Der er her tale om de tal, de taiwanesiske virksomheder har indberettet for de relevante omkostningsposter, og som blev fremlagt i specifikke fremlæggelser med henblik på bekræftelse.
It claimed that the other producer in Taiwan operates a small scale production and sells highly specialised products, while it was involved in massive production and sales of standard products.
Det skal bemærkes, at Kommissionen i forbindelse med beregningen afviste en justering for valutaomregning, som en af de interesserede parter havde anmodet om.
Indeed, it was confirmed during the verification visits that the products produced and sold by the two companies are different, and thus their SG&A cost structures are also different.
Parten havde anmodet Kommissionen om i stedet for valutakursen på fakturadatoen at anvende valutakursen på betalingsdagen.
Therefore, the Commission decided to reduce the level of SG&A costs used for construction of normal value for this second cooperating exporting producer by the proportion of labour costs related to quality control and research and development costs.
Det fremgår af grundforordningen, at fakturadatoen normalt anvendes til at fastsætte vekselkursen, men at en tidligere dato (kontraktdatoen f.eks.) kan anvendes i særlige tilfælde.
This resulted in a reduction of the SG&A adjustment to the level of 7 %-13 % expressed as a percentage of turnover, which subsequently reduced the level of its individual dumping margin.
Grundforordningen indeholder dog intet retsgrundlag for at anvende en dato efter fakturadatoen.
At the same time, the Commission considered that the profit margin used for the normal value construction (1 %-5 % on turnover) was reasonable.
Begrundelsen herfor er, at prisen fastsættes på fakturadatoen, og at virksomheden herefter ikke længere kan beslutte at foretage dumping eller ej.
Final overall adjustment made to the costs of manufacturing in the calculation of the normal value for the exporting producer in question was 15,36 %.
Selv hvis det var muligt at anvende en senere dato, hvilket det dog ikke er, har ansøgeren, som allerede forklaret i den foreløbige fremlæggelse, ikke godtgjort, at den yderligere betingelse, nemlig en væsentlig ændring i valutakurserne, fandt sted.
Export price
For hver samarbejdsvillig virksomhed blev den vejede gennemsnitlige normale værdi for hver type af samme vare i referencelandet sammenlignet med den vejede gennemsnitlige eksportpris for hver tilsvarende type af den pågældende vare, jf. grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 11 og 12.
The two cooperating exporting producers made export sales to the Union directly to independent customers located in the Union.
Følgelig udgør de vejede gennemsnitlige dumpingmargener følgende i procent af cif-prisen, Unionens grænse, ufortoldet:
Export prices were established on the basis of the prices actually paid or payable for the product concerned when sold for export from the exporting country in accordance with Article 2(8) of the basic Regulation.
Virksomhed
Comparison and dumping margins
Dumpingmargen (%)
The normal value and export price of the cooperating exporting producers were compared on an ex-works basis.
For ikke samarbejdsvillige producenter måtte Kommissionen gøre brug af de foreliggende faktiske oplysninger i henhold til grundforordningens artikel 18, stk. 6.
For the purpose of ensuring a fair comparison between the normal value and the export price, due allowance in the form of adjustments was made for differences affecting prices and price comparability in accordance with Article 2(10) of the basic Regulation.
Ved ikke at samarbejde kunne de pågældende eksporterende producenter undlade at fremlægge deres virksomhedsspecifikke data, på grundlag af hvilke man kan vurdere deres faktiske eksportadfærd, og dette forpligter Kommissionen til at anvende de bedste foreliggende faktiske oplysninger.
On this basis, adjustments were made for transport, ocean freight and insurance costs, handling, loading and ancillary costs, packing costs, credit costs, discounts and commissions which were demonstrated to affect price comparability.
I en sådan situation finder Kommissionen, at den højeste dumpingsats for de samarbejdsvillige producenter ikke udgør en god tilnærmet værdi for dumpingsatsen for ikke samarbejdsvillige producenter, hvilket begrundes med følgende: Det må antages, at en af grundene til, at så mange producenter besluttede ikke at samarbejde, er, at de var klar over, at deres dumpingsatser ville blive langt højere end de samarbejdsvillige producenters.
It is noted that in the calculation, the Commission rejected an adjustment for currency conversion requested by one of the interested parties.
Den kendsgerning, at mange virksomheder i denne sag ophørte med at samarbejde i løbet af undersøgelsen, bekræfter denne antagelse.
The party has asked the Commission to use instead of the exchange rate on the date of invoicing the exchange rate on the day of payment.
Kommissionen finder derfor, at dumpingsatsen for ikke samarbejdsvillige producenter bedst afspejles på niveauet for den højeste dumpingmargen, der blev fastsat for en repræsentativ varetype udtrykt i mængde, som repræsenterer mere end 10 % af eksporten til Unionen, for den samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producent, som man havde konstateret foretog dumping.
The basic Regulation stipulates that normally, the date of invoicing is used for establishing the exchange rate, but that in extraordinary situations, an earlier date can be used (date of contract for example).
Efter justering af de SA&G-omkostninger, der anvendtes til beregning af dumpingmargenen for den samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producent fra Taiwan, jf. betragtning 86, beløber den landsdækkende dumpingmargen, udtrykt i procent af cif-prisen, Unionens grænse, ufortoldet, sig til 12,1 %.
However, the basic Regulation does not provide any legal basis for using a date after the date of invoicing.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse påstod klageren i denne forbindelse, at resttolden for Taiwan burde baseres på klagen og fastsættes til 34,8 %.
The rational for this is that at the date of invoicing, the price is fixed and the company no longer has any influence to decide to dump or not.
Klageren påstod, at de fleste producenter af den pågældende vare i Taiwan bevidst undlod at samarbejde i forbindelse med proceduren for ikke at give Kommissionen mulighed for at anvende deres hjemmemarkedssalg til beregningen af den normale værdi.
In any event, even if the use of a later date was possible, quod non, as explained already in the provisional disclosure, the applicant has not shown that the additional condition, namely a sustained movement in the exchange rates took place.
Ifølge klageren burde beregningen af den normale værdi i klagen, som var baseret på hjemmemarkedspriserne i Taiwan, derfor baseres på de bedste foreliggende faktiske oplysninger.
As provided by Article 2(11) and (12) of the basic Regulation, for each cooperating company, the weighted average normal value of each type of the like product was compared with the weighted average export price of the corresponding type of the product concerned.
Som svar på denne påstand skal det bemærkes, at Kommissionen ved beregningen af resttolden for Taiwan anvendte de bedste foreliggende faktiske oplysninger baseret på data, der blev indsamlet og verificeret som led i undersøgelsen.
On this basis, the weighted average dumping margins, expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, are as follows:
Påstanden afvises derfor.
Company
Folkerepublikken Kina
Dumping margin established (%)
Referenceland
King Lai Hygienic Materials Co., Ltd
I henhold til grundforordningens artikel 2, stk. 7, litra a), skal den normale værdi for de eksporterende producenter, der ikke er indrømmet markedsøkonomisk behandling, fastsættes på grundlag af prisen eller en beregnet værdi i et tredjeland med markedsøkonomi (»referenceland«).
Ta Chen Stainless Pipes Co., Ltd
Ingen af de samarbejdsvillige eksporterende producenter anmodede om markedsøkonomisk behandling.
For non-cooperating producers, the Commission had to rely on facts available pursuant to Article 18(6) of the basic Regulation.
Klageren foreslog USA som et muligt referenceland.
Non-cooperation allows the concerned exporting producers not to share their company specific data on the basis of which their actual export behaviour can be assessed and it obliges the Commission to use best facts available in their respect.
Ifølge de foreliggende oplysninger finder produktionen af samme vare desuden sted i en række andre lande på verdensplan, f.eks. Brasilien, Indien, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, Schweiz og Thailand.
The Commission, in its decision practice, distinguishes for that purpose between investigations where cooperation is high (i.e. above 80 % of reported exports to the Union), and situations where cooperation is low (80 % and less of cooperation).
Disse lande blev alle betragtet som mulige referencelande.
In the present case, the level of cooperation was substantially below 80 %.
Alle kendte producenter (52) af samme vare i førnævnte lande blev kontaktet, men ingen af dem samarbejdede i forbindelse med undersøgelsen.
In such a situation, the Commission considers that the highest dumping rate of the cooperating producers does not constitute a good approximation for the dumping rate of the non-cooperating producers, for the following reason: it has to be suspected that one of the reasons why so many producers decided not to cooperate is that they were aware that their dumping rates would be far higher than the ones of the cooperating producers.
Kun en malaysisk virksomhed indvilligede i at samarbejde, men fremlagde utilstrækkelige oplysninger.
The fact that, in the present case, cooperation was withdrawn during the investigation supports this understanding.
Virksomheden var ikke i stand til at fremlægge oplysninger fordelt på varekontrolnumre vedrørende omkostningerne og hjemmemarkedspriserne.
Therefore, the Commission considers that the dumping rate of the non-cooperating producers is best reflected at the level of the highest dumping margin established for a representative product type in terms of volume, namely representing more than 10 % of exports to the Union, for the cooperating exporting producer who was found to be dumping.
Virksomhedens ufuldstændige data kunne derfor ikke anvendes til at fastsætte den normale værdi.
After adjustment of SG&A costs used for the calculation of the dumping margin for the Taiwanese cooperating exporting producer as described in recital 86, the country-wide dumping margin, expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, amounts to 12,1 %.
Desuden bemærkes det, at den pågældende malaysiske virksomhed har afvist et besøg med henblik på kontrol af de fremlagte oplysninger.
Following the final disclosure, the complainant claimed in this regard that the residual duty for Taiwan should be based on complaint and amount to 34,8 %.
På et senere tidspunkt gav en schweizisk producent sig til kende som en mulig referencelandsproducent og indvilligede i at samarbejde.
The complainant claimed that most of the Taiwanese producers of the product concerned deliberately failed to cooperate in the procedure in order not to allow the Commission to use their domestic sales for the calculation of the normal value.
Virksomheden indsendte den ønskede spørgeskemabesvarelse, som blev verificeret under et kontrolbesøg.
Therefore, according to the complainant, normal value calculation in the complaint, which was based on domestic prices in Taiwan, should be used as best fact available.
Da denne virksomhed kun producerede et begrænset sortiment af varetyper i forhold til det brede sortiment af varetyper, der eksporteres til Unionen af de kinesiske eksporterende producenter i stikprøven, besluttede Kommissionen imidlertid, at oplysningerne fra den schweiziske virksomhed ikke ville være hensigtsmæssige i forbindelse med fastsættelsen af den normale værdi for de kinesiske eksporterende producenter.
In response to the above it is noted that in its calculation of the residual duty for Taiwan the Commission is using best facts available based on data collected and verified in the investigation.
Det skal i den forbindelse bemærkes, at kun 4,6 % af de varetyper, der eksporteres til Unionen af de kinesiske producenter, og som tegnede sig for 4,2 % af den kinesiske eksportmængde, gav et direkte match med varetyper produceret af den schweiziske producent.
This claim is therefore rejected.