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En part ønskede at vide, hvorfor den samlede EU-produktion faldt med 80 ton mellem den foreløbige og den endelige fremlæggelse.
On the other hand, King Lai in China was not part of the sample and, therefore, no individual dumping margin was calculated for the company.
I den foreløbige fremlæggelse blev den samlede EU-produktion anslået til ca. 8350 ton.
The company thus obtained the weighted average dumping margin of the sampled Chinese companies.
I foregående betragtning anføres det, at den samlede EU-produktion blev fastsat til ca. 8270 ton.
Nevertheless, no anti-dumping duty shall apply for the product which is not covered by the product scope of this investigation.
Årsagen til denne forskel er, at Kommissionens tjenestegrene i den foreløbige fase fejlagtigt havde anslået produktionsmængden hos en af de EU-producenter, der ikke indgik i stikprøven.
Thus, if it is correct that King Lai in China exports to the EU a product which is not covered by the product scope of this investigation, then it will not be subject to anti-dumping duties upon importation.
Denne EU-producent havde indstillet produktionen i løbet af undersøgelsesperioden.
Due to the low level of cooperation of the Chinese exporting producers and following the reasoning of recital 95, the country-wide dumping margin for the PRC was established at the level of the highest dumping margin established for a representative product type in terms of volume, for the cooperating exporting producer who was found to be dumping.
Virksomhedens produktion blev derfor genberegnet for at tage produktionsophøret i betragtning.
On this basis, the country-wide dumping margin, expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, amounts to 64,9 %.
Kommissionen bekræftede, at den samlede EU-produktion i undersøgelsesperioden blev anslået til ca. 8270 ton.
Individual examination requests
Da virksomhederne i stikprøven kun omfattede en producent og en virksomhedsgruppe, måtte alle oplysninger vedrørende de mikroøkonomiske indikatorer indekseres af fortrolighedshensyn, jf. grundforordningens artikel 19.
Five Chinese exporting producers which were not sampled requested individual examination in this proceeding.
EU-forbruget
Taking into account the high number of applications, the Commission concluded that it would be unduly burdensome for the timely conclusion of the proceeding to accept any of these requests.
Kommission fastslog EU-forbruget på grundlag af EU-erhvervsgrenens samlede anslåede salgsmængde på EU-markedet og den samlede importmængde af den pågældende vare til Unionen.
In this regard it is noted that accepting the requests of the companies in question would more than double the number of companies which would require individual dumping margin calculations as the original sample consisted of four exporting producers.
EU-erhvervsgrenens salgsmængde af samme vare blev anslået på grundlag af faktiske efterprøvede data fra de stikprøveudvalgte producenters spørgeskemabesvarelser og for de ikke samarbejdsvillige producenters vedkommende på grundlag af oplysningerne i klagen.
It is further noted that some of the individual examination applicants are part of the groups.
Som forklaret i betragtning 47 henhører den pågældende vare under to KN-koder: ex73072310 og ex73072390.
According to the preliminary replies of the companies in question (sampling forms) individual examination would require analysis and verification of questionnaire replies of at least seven companies.
Disse to KN-koder omfatter imidlertid ikke kun den pågældende vare, men også varer uden for denne undersøgelses anvendelsesområde.
INJURY
Mængden af importerede varer, der falder uden for undersøgelsens anvendelsesområde, skal derfor trækkes fra den samlede mængde af import, der er registreret under ovennævnte KN-koder.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
Klageren anslog importmængden af den pågældende vare fra alle oprindelseslande på grundlag af sit kendskab til markedet.
Based on the available information from the complaint and subsequent investigation, the like product was manufactured by at least 16 Union producers during the investigation period.
Hvad angår de pågældende lande, konstateres det, at de undersøgte varer udgjorde langt størsteparten af den rapporterede mængde under de to ovennævnte KN-koder for Kina og Taiwan, nemlig hhv. 90 % og 100 %.
The Union producers accounting for the total Union production constitute the Union industry within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic Regulation and will be thereafter referred to as the ‘Union industry’.
Det fremgår af analysen, at mindst 22,3 % af de varer, som eksporteredes af de kinesiske eksporterende producenter under disse KN-koder, falder uden for anvendelsesområdet.
The total Union production during the investigation period was estimated at around 8270 tonnes.
For Taiwans vedkommende blev klagerens skøn på 100 % bekræftet.
The Commission established the figure on the verified questionnaire replies of the sampled Union producers and the estimated data provided by the complainant.
Hvad angår Kina, besluttede Kommissionen at justere importmængden på grundlag af den mest forsigtige sats, nemlig 22,3 %.
As mentioned in recitals 11 to 13, sampling was applied for the determination of possible injury suffered by the Union industry.
Forbruget blev desuden justeret for mængden af flangefittings/fittings med lav ruhed (jf. afsnit 2.2.1 og 2.2.2), som begge blev udelukket fra varedækningen i undersøgelsen.
The Union producers selected in the sample represented ca.
Importmængden blev anslået på grundlag af stikprøvebesvarelser til ca. 150 ton for Kina og 20 ton for Taiwan.
43 % of the total estimated Union production of the like product.
Disse mængder blev derfor fratrukket den anslåede importmængde fra Kina og Taiwan.
One party requested an explanation why the volume of the total Union production decreased by 80 tonnes between provisional and definitive disclosure.
For så vidt angår EU-erhvervsgrenen, viste undersøgelsen, at produktion og salg af disse udelukkede varetyper var ubetydelig.
In the provisional disclosure the total Union production was estimated at around 8350 tonnes.
Tabel 1
The reason for the difference is that at provisional stage the Commission services wrongly estimated the production volume of one of the non-sampled Union producer.
EU-forbruget (ton)
This Union producer ceased production during the investigation period.
Kilde: Eurostat, stikprøvebesvarelser, verificerede spørgeskemabesvarelser og oplysninger fra klageren.
Therefore, its production was re-calculated taking into consideration of its shut down.
Samlet EU-forbrug
The Commission confirmed that the total Union production was estimated at around 8270 tonnes during the investigation period.
Indeks (2012 = 100)
As the sampled companies is constituted of only one producer and a group of companies, all data concerning micro indicators had to be indexed to protect confidentiality under Article 19 of the basic Regulation.
EU-forbruget steg med 3 % mellem 2012 og undersøgelsesperioden.
Union consumption
Import fra de pågældende lande
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of total estimated sales volume of the Union industry on the Union market and on the total import volume of the product concerned to the Union.
Kumulativ vurdering af virkningerne af importen fra de pågældende lande
The Union industry's sales volume of the like product was estimated on the basis the actual verified data provided by the sampled producers in their questionnaire replies and, for the non-cooperating producers, the data provided by the complainant.
Kommissionen undersøgte, om importen af den pågældende vare med oprindelse i de pågældende lande skulle vurderes kumulativt i overensstemmelse med grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 4.
As explained above in recital 47, the product concerned falls under two CN codes: ex73072310 and ex73072390.
De dumpingmargener, der er fastsat for importen fra Kina og Taiwan, er opsummeret i betragtning 145 og betragtning 94.
However, these two CN codes include not only the product concerned but also products outside of the scope of this investigation.
Med undtagelse af King Lai er alle disse margener over bagatelgrænsen i grundforordningens artikel 9, stk. 3.
Therefore, the volume of imports falling outside of the scope of this investigation needed to be deducted from the total volume of imports registered under the above mentioned CN code.
Som nævnt i betragtning 94 var mængden af ikke-dumpet import ubetydelig.
The complainant estimated the volume of imports of the product concerned for all origins on the basis of its market knowledge.
Den ikke-dumpede import blev under alle omstændigheder udelukket fra den samlede importmængde af den pågældende vare fra Taiwan.
Regarding the countries concerned, it considered that that the products under investigation represented the vast majority of the volume reported under the above mentioned two CN codes for the PRC and Taiwan, 90 % and 100 % respectively.
Importmængden fra hvert af de pågældende lande var ikke ubetydelig, jf. grundforordningens artikel 5, stk. 7.
In order to verify this estimation, the Commission used the information received during a previous investigation concerning stainless steel fittings initiated on 10 November 2012.
Kina og Taiwan havde i undersøgelsesperioden en markedsandel på hhv. 22,9 % og 7,8 %, jf. betragtning 181.
This investigation covered all the products classified under these two CN codes including the product concerned of this investigation.
Konkurrencebetingelserne mellem dumpingimporten fra de pågældende lande og den samme vare var også ens.
From the analysis made, it appears that at least 22,3 % of the products exported by the Chinese exporting producers under these CN codes would fall outside the scope of this investigation.
De importerede varer konkurrerede nemlig med hinanden og med den pågældende vare produceret i Unionen.
For Taiwan, the percentage provided by the complainant is confirmed, i.e. 100 %.
Varerne er indbyrdes udskiftelige og blev markedsført i Unionen via sammenlignelige salgskanaler og solgtes til samme type kundekredse.
In the case of the PRC, the Commission decided to adjust the import volumes on the basis of the most conservative ratio, i.e. 22,3 %.
Kriterierne i grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 4, var således opfyldt, og importen fra de pågældende lande blev undersøgt kumulativt med henblik på konstateringen af skade.
Moreover, the consumption was further adjusted for the volume of flanged/low roughness fittings (see sections 2.2.1 and 2.2.2), both excluded from the product scope of the investigation.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse påstod en række parter, at Kommissionen ikke i tilstrækkelig grad havde undersøgt konkurrencevilkårene både mellem kinesiske og taiwanesiske fittings, der importeres til Unionen, og mellem importerede fittings og EU-producerede fittings.
The volume imported was estimated on the basis of the sampling replies at around 150 tonnes for the PRC and 20 tonnes for Taiwan.
Disse parter påstod ud fra deres kendskab til markedet, at der er store forskelle mellem fittings produceret og eksporteret fra Kina og fra Taiwan til Unionen.
Therefore, these quantities were deducted from the estimated volume of imports from the PRC and Taiwan.
Parterne mente, at der ikke var konkurrence mellem de eksporterede varer, hvilket skyldtes varernes fysiske egenskaber, muligheden for at anvende varerne til de samme eller lignende slutanvendelser og forbrugernes opfattelse og behandling af varerne som alternative midler til særlige funktioner med henblik på at tilfredsstille en bestemt efterspørgsel.
For the Union industry, the investigation revealed that the volume produced and sold of these excluded product types is insignificant.
Parterne påstod, at de omfattende justeringer, som Kommissionen foretog for at opnå en nogenlunde prissammenlignelighed mellem varerne fra Kina og Taiwan, viser, at der er store forskelle i egenskaberne for så vidt angår råvarer (sømløse rør og svejsede rør), stålkvalitet og produktionsproces.
On this basis, the Union consumption was established as follows:
Dette påvirker prisen, hvilket udelukker varernes indbyrdes udskifteligelighed på markedet.
Table 1
Desuden viser prisudviklingen en prisforskel mellem de to lande.
Union consumption (tonnes)
For det første mener Kommissionen, at spørgsmålet om konkurrencen mellem de forskellige varetyper ikke er af afgørende betydning for skadesvurderingen.
Source: Eurostat, sampling replies, verified questionnaire replies and information provided by the complainant.
Så længe alle varetyper udgør én vare, er der, jf. betragtning 43-50, ingen grund til at opdele skadesvurderingen ud fra den opfattelse, at forskellige varetyper angiveligt udgør forskellige produktmarkeder ud fra et konkurrencemæssigt synspunkt.
Total Union consumption
For det andet bemærker Kommissionen, at selv hvis spørgsmålet om konkurrence mellem varetyperne var relevant, blev påstanden om manglende konkurrence ikke dokumenteret af de foreliggende oplysninger.
Index (2012 = 100)
Kommissionen konstaterede nemlig, at den pågældende vare eksporteret af den kinesiske eksporterende producent og de eksportende producenter fra Taiwan faktisk konkurrerer på EU-markedet.
The Union consumption increased by 3 % between 2012 and the investigation period.
Disse varer er i vidt omfang indbyrdes udskiftelige.
Imports from the countries concerned
Denne konklusion bekræftes af gennemsnitsprisen på den pågældende vare.
Cumulative assessment of the effects of the imports from the countries concerned
Der er et tydeligt overlap i tilfælde, hvor prisen på den pågældende vare fremstillet af sømløse rør er den samme som på den pågældende vare fremstillet af svejsede rør [11].
The Commission examined whether imports of the product concerned originating in the countries concerned should be assessed cumulatively, in accordance with Article 3(4) of the basic Regulation.
Hvad angår konkurrencen med EU-erhvervsgrenen, bekræftede undersøgelsen, at EU-producenterne i stikprøven producerede eller var i stand til at producere alle varetyper med begge råvarer.
The margins of dumping established in relation to the imports from the PRC and Taiwan are summarised under recital 145 and recital 94 above.
Påstandene belv derfor afvist, og den kumulative analyse af importens virkninger blev bekræftet.
With the exception of King Lai, all these margins are above the de minimis threshold laid down in Article 9(3) of the basic Regulation.
Efter den supplerende fremlæggelse gentog disse interesserede parter deres påstand om, at importen fra de pågældende lande ikke skulle have været vurderet kumulativt.
As mentioned in recital 94, the volume of the non-dumped imports was insignificant.
Kommissionen bemærker i den henseende, at selv hvis konkurrencen mellem importen fra de pågældende lande analyseres på grundlag af varekontrolnumre, er resultaterne de samme, nemlig at der er klar priskonkurrence.
In any event, these non-dumped imports were excluded from the total volume of Taiwanese imports of the product concerned.
Parterne påstod desuden, at en af EU-producenterne hovedsagelig producerer fittings af specielle kvaliteter af rustfrit stål, hvorimod 70 % af den kinesiske produktion hovedsagelig består af austenitisk stål 304 eller 316, som er standardkvaliteter, hvorved disse varer ikke konkurrerer.
The volume of imports from each of the countries concerned was not negligible within the meaning of Article 5(7) of the basic Regulation.
Vedrørende disse påstande bemærker Kommissionen, at konkurrenceforholdet mellem den pågældende vare og samme vare blev bekræftet af undersøgelsen, jf. betragtning 174, som led i den kumulative analyse.
The PRC and Taiwan held, in the investigation period, a market share of 22,9 % and 7,8 % respectively, as mentioned in recital 181.
Vedrørende stålkvaliteten producerer en af EU-producenterne i stikprøven ganske rigtigt samme vare af standardkvaliteter af rustfrit stål, hvilket udgør ca. 90 % af virksomhedens produktion.
The conditions of competition between the dumped imports from the countries concerned and the like product were also similar.
Det kan heraf konkluderes, at de kinesiske varer er i direkte konkurrence med EU-producentens varer.
Indeed, the imported products competed with each other and with the product concerned produced in the Union.
Påstanden blev derfor afvist.
The products are interchangeable and were marketed in the Union through comparable sales channels, being sold to similar categories of end customers.
Da der ikke blev fremsat andre bemærkninger vedrørende grundforordningens artikel 3, stk. 4, blev den kumulative vurdering af importen fra de pågældende lande bekræftet.
Therefore, all criteria set out in Article 3(4) of the basic Regulation were met and imports from the countries concerned were examined cumulatively for the purposes of the injury determination.
Mængde og markedsandel for importen fra de pågældende lande
Following the definitive disclosure, several parties claimed that the Commission had insufficiently examined the conditions of competition both between Chinese and Taiwanese fittings when imported into the Union, and between imported fittings and the Union production.
Kommissionen fastslog importmængden på grundlag af Eurostats database, klagerens kendskab til markedet og andre oplysninger, som Kommissionen havde til rådighed (jf. betragtning 156-164).
These parties claimed on the basis of their market knowledge that there are important differences between the fittings produced and exported from China and from Taiwan to the Union.
Markedsandelen for importen blev fastsat ved at sammenligne importmængderne med EU-forbruget som angivet i tabel 1.
These parties considered that there was no competition between exported products due to the physical properties of the products, the extent to which the products are capable of serving the same or similar end-uses and the extent to which consumers perceive and treat the products as alternative means of performing particular functions in order to satisfy a particular demand.
Tabel 2
These parties claimed that the extensive adjustments made by the Commission to achieve some resemblance of price comparability between Chinese and Taiwanese products show there are major differences in characteristics relating to raw materials (seamless tubes and welded tubes), grades of steel and manufacturing process.
Importmængde (ton) og markedsandel
This has an impact on the price which precludes their interchangeability on the market.
Kilde: Eurostat, verificerede spørgeskemabesvarelser og oplysninger fra klageren.
Moreover, the price trend shows a price disparity between the two origins.
Dumpingimportmængde fra de pågældende lande
First, the Commission takes the view that the question of competition between different product types is not decisive for the injury assessment.
De pågældende landes markedsandel (ekskl. ikke-dumpet import) (%)
As long as all product types form one product, for the reason set out above in recitals 43 to 50, there is no need to split the injury assessment on the basis of the fact that allegedly, different product types constitute separate product markets from the point of view of competition law.
Importmængde fra Kina
Second, even if the question of actual competition between product types was relevant, the Commission notes that the assertion of the absence of competition is not underpinned by the evidence on file.
Kinas markedsandel (%)
In fact, the Commission found that the product concerned exported by the Chinese exporting producer and the Taiwanese exporting producers are indeed in competition in the Union market.
Dumpingimportmængde fra Taiwan
These products are to a large extent interchangeable.
Taiwans markedsandel (ekskl. ikke-dumpet import) (%)
This conclusion was supported by the average price of the product concerned.
Importen til Unionen fra de pågældende lande udviklede sig således:
There is a clear overlap where the product concerned produced from seamless pipes is similarly priced as the product concerned produced from welded pipes [11].
Tabellen ovenfor viser, at importen fra de pågældende lande i absolutte tal er steget betydeligt i den betragtede periode (med 28 %).
With regard to the competition with the Union industry, the investigation confirmed that the sampled Union producers produced or could produce from both raw materials and all product types.
Den tilsvarende markedsandel for dumpingimporten til Unionen steg med 6 procentpoint i den betragtede periode.
Therefore, these claims were rejected and the cumulative analysis of the effects of the imports was confirmed.
Priser på importen fra de pågældende lande og prisunderbud
Following the additional disclosure, these interested parties reiterated their claim that the imports from the countries concerned should not have been cumulatively assessed.
I forbindelse med udviklingen i importpriserne måtte Kommissionen, i mangel af alternative kilder, anvende Eurostat-data til at fastslå de gennemsnitlige importpriser.
In this regard the Commission notes that even if competition between imports from the countries concerned are analysed on PCN basis the results are the same, i.e. there is a clear price competition.
De gennemsnitlige importpriser ved salg til Unionen fra de pågældende lande udviklede sig således:
Furthermore, these parties claimed that the production of one Union producer is primarily producing fittings from special stainless steel grades, while 70 % of Chinese production is mainly 304 or 316 austenitic, standard grades, meaning that these products are not competing.
Tabel 3
Regarding these claims, the Commission noted that the competitive relationship between the product concerned and the like product was confirmed by the investigation as stated in recital 174 above in the cumulation analysis.
Importpriser (EUR/ton)
Moreover, with regard to the steel grade one of the sampled Union producers was indeed producing the like product from standard stainless steel grades representing around 90 % of its production.
Kilde: Eurostat.
If follows that Chinese products are in direct competition with the products of this Union producer.
Kina
Therefore, the claim was rejected.
De gennemsnitlige priser på dumpingimporten fra Kina faldt fra 8285 EUR/ton i 2012 til 6936 EUR/ton i undersøgelsesperioden.
In absence of any further comments concerning Article 3(4) of the basic Regulation, the cumulative assessment of the imports from the countries concerned was confirmed.
I den betragtede periode (2012-UP) faldt den kinesiske dumpingimports gennemsnitlige enhedspris med ca. 16 %.
Volume and market share of imports from the countries concerned
I samme periode faldt de gennemsnitlige priser på dumpingimporten fra Taiwan fra 7543 EUR/ton i 2012 til 5840 EUR/ton i undersøgelsesperioden.
The Commission established the volume of imports on the basis of the Eurostat database, the market knowledge of the complainant and other information available to the Commission (see recitals 156 to 164).
I den betragtede periode faldt den taiwanesiske dumpingimports gennemsnitlige enhedspris med ca. 23 %.
The market share of the imports was established by comparing import volumes with the Union consumption as reported in Table 1 above.
Efter den endelige fremlæggelse påstod en interesseret part, at Kommissionen burde have vurderet virkningen af nikkelprisens fald på prisen på den pågældende vare i undersøgelsesperioden, da udviklingen i nikkelpriser er en afgørende faktor for prisen på rustfrist stål.
Table 2
Det er sandt, at nikkel er en af de vigtigste omkostningsfaktorer for produktion af rør (råvare til den pågældende vare), men der er ingen direkte sammenhæng med den pågældende vare.
Import volume (tonnes) and market share
Kommissionen konstaterede desuden, at prisen på den pågældende vare ikke hænger sammen med nikkelprisen [12].
Source: Eurostat, verified questionnaire replies and information provided by the complainant.
Kommissionen vurderede prisunderbuddet i undersøgelsesperioden ved at sammenligne:
Volume of dumped imports from the countries concerned