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On 4 September 2014, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) initiated an anti-dumping investigation with regard to imports into the Union of acesulfame potassium originating in the People's Republic of China (‘the country concerned’ or ‘the PRC’) as well as acesulfame potassium originating in the People's Republic of China contained in certain preparations and/or mixtures.
Evropska komisija (v nadaljnjem besedilu: Komisija) je 4. septembra 2014 začela protidampinško preiskavo v zvezi z uvozom kalijevega acesulfama s poreklom iz Ljudske republike Kitajske (v nadaljnjem besedilu: zadevna država ali LRK) in kalijevega acesulfama s poreklom iz Ljudske republike Kitajske, ki ga vsebujejo nekateri pripravki in/ali zmesi, v Unijo.
The Commission initiated the investigation on the basis of Article 5 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 (‘the basic Regulation’) and published a Notice of Initiation in the Official Journal of the European Union [2] (‘the Notice of Initiation’).
Komisija je začela preiskavo na podlagi člena 5 Uredbe (ES) št. 1225/2009 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: osnovna uredba) in je obvestilo o začetku postopka objavila v Uradnem listu Evropske unije [2] (v nadaljnjem besedilu: obvestilo o začetku).
The Commission initiated the investigation following a complaint lodged on 22 July 2014 by Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH (‘the complainant’), which is the sole producer of acesulfame potassium (or ‘Ace-K’) in the Union.
Komisija je začela preiskavo na podlagi pritožbe, ki jo je 22. julija 2014 vložila družba Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH (v nadaljnjem besedilu: pritožnik), ki je edini proizvajalec kalijevega acesulfama (ali „Ace-K“) v Uniji.
The complainant thus represents the total Union production of Ace-K.
Pritožnik torej predstavlja celotno proizvodnjo Ace-K v Uniji.
The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of resulting material injury that was sufficient to justify the initiation of the investigation.
Pritožba je vsebovala dokaze o dampingu in posledični znatni škodi, kar je zadostovalo za utemeljitev začetka preiskave.
In addition, the Commission specifically informed the complainant, the known exporting producers and the Chinese authorities, known importers and users, traders, as well as associations known to be concerned about the initiation of the investigation and invited them to participate.
Poleg tega je o začetku preiskave posebej obvestila pritožnika, znane proizvajalce izvoznike in kitajske organe, znane uvoznike in uporabnike, trgovce ter združenja, za katera je znano, da jih to zadeva, in jih povabila k sodelovanju.
Analogue country producers
Proizvajalci iz primerljive države
In the Notice of Initiation, the Commission informed interested parties that based on the information in the complaint, the product concerned is only known to be produced in the Union and the PRC.
Komisija je v obvestilu o začetku zainteresirane strani obvestila, da je iz informacij iz pritožbe razvidno, da je za zadevni izdelek znano, da se proizvaja samo v Uniji in LRK.
Interested parties were given the opportunity to comment on this.
Zainteresirane strani so imele možnost, da glede tega predložijo pripombe.
Nevertheless, the Commission contacted all nine third countries, for which Eurostat statistics showed exports into the Union of products falling within the same CN codes as the product concerned.
Kljub temu se je Komisija obrnila na vseh devet tretjih držav, za katere je bilo iz statističnih podatkov Eurostata razvidno, da v Unijo izvažajo izdelke, ki se uvrščajo pod iste oznake KN kot zadevni izdelek.
The Commission asked for their assistance in identifying Ace-K producers and/or producers' associations.
Komisija je zaprosila za njihovo pomoč pri identifikaciji proizvajalcev in/ali združenj proizvajalcev Ace-K.
None of the third countries contacted could identify producers of Ace-K.
Nobena od tretjih držav, s katerimi je bil vzpostavljen stik, ni mogla identificirati proizvajalcev Ace-K.
Therefore, no production other than in the Union and in the country concerned was identified.
Zato ni bila ugotovljena nobena druga proizvodnja poleg tiste v Uniji in zadevni državi.
In the Notice of Initiation, the Commission stated that it might sample the interested parties in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.
Komisija je v obvestilu o začetku navedla, da bo morda izbrala vzorec zainteresiranih strani v skladu s členom 17 osnovne uredbe.
To decide whether sampling was necessary and, if so, to select a sample, the Commission asked unrelated importers to provide the information specified in the Notice of Initiation.
Da bi se Komisija lahko odločila, ali je vzorčenje potrebno, in da bi v tem primeru lahko izbrala vzorec, je nepovezane uvoznike pozvala, naj zagotovijo informacije, določene v obvestilu o začetku.
In view of the low number of replies, the Commission decided that sampling was not necessary.
Zaradi maloštevilnih odgovorov se je Komisija odločila, da vzorčenje ni potrebno.
To decide whether sampling was necessary and, if so, to select a sample, the Commission asked all known exporting producers in the PRC to provide the information specified in the Notice of Initiation.
Da bi se Komisija lahko odločila, ali je vzorčenje potrebno, in da bi v tem primeru lahko izbrala vzorec, je vse znane proizvajalce izvoznike v LRK pozvala, naj zagotovijo informacije, določene v obvestilu o začetku.
In addition, the Commission asked the mission of the PRC to the Union to identify and/or contact other exporting producers, if any, that could be interested in participating in the investigation.
Poleg tega je Komisija pozvala predstavništvo LRK v Uniji, da navede morebitne druge proizvajalce izvoznike, ki bi jih zanimalo sodelovanje v preiskavi, in/ali stopi v stik z njimi.
One of these exporting producers did not have sales to the Union during the investigation period.
Eden od teh proizvajalcev izvoznikov ni prodajal v Unijo v obdobju preiskave, zato ga ni bilo mogoče preiskati.
Therefore, it could not be investigated and as a result, the number of cooperating companies was three.
Sodelovale so torej tri družbe.
They accounted for all of the imports to the Union of the product concerned during the investigation period.
Te družbe predstavljajo celoten uvoz zadevnega izdelka v Unijo v obdobju preiskave.
In view of the low number of parties involved, the Commission decided that sampling was not necessary.
Zaradi majhnega števila vpletenih strani se je Komisija odločila, da vzorčenje ni potrebno.
Market economy treatment (‘MET’) claim forms
Obrazci zahtevka za tržnogospodarsko obravnavo (v nadaljnjem besedilu: TGO)
For the purposes of Article 2(7)(b) of the basic Regulation, the Commission sent MET claim forms to the three cooperating exporting producers in the country concerned.
Komisija je za namene člena 2(7)(b) osnovne uredbe poslala obrazce zahtevka za TGO trem sodelujočim proizvajalcem izvoznikom v zadevni državi.
None of the three cooperating exporting producers submitted a MET claim.
Noben od treh sodelujočih proizvajalcev izvoznikov ni predložil zahtevka za TGO.
The Commission sent questionnaires to the Union producer, the three cooperating exporting producers in the country concerned, and all unrelated importers and users which expressed an interest in the investigation.
Komisija je poslala vprašalnike proizvajalcem Unije, trem sodelujočim proizvajalcem izvoznikom v zadevni državi ter vsem nepovezanim uvoznikom in uporabnikom, ki so izrazili zanimanje za preiskavo.
Questionnaire replies were received from the Union producer, the three cooperating exporting producers in the country concerned, three unrelated importers and one user.
Izpolnjene vprašalnike je prejela od proizvajalcev Unije, treh sodelujočih proizvajalcev izvoznikov v zadevni državi, treh nepovezanih uvoznikov in enega uporabnika.
Verification visits pursuant to Article 16 of the basic Regulation were carried out at the premises of the following companies:
Preveritveni obiski iz člena 16 osnovne uredbe so bili opravljeni v prostorih naslednjih družb:
Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany;
Nutrinova Nutrition Specialties & Food Ingredients GmbH, Frankfurt, Nemčija;
RFI Food Ingredients Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf, Germany,
RFI Food Ingredients Handelsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf, Nemčija,
Brenntag Holding GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany,
Brenntag Holding GmbH, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nemčija,
The Ingredient House Llc., Skillman, New Jersey, USA;
The Ingredient House Llc., Skillman, New Jersey, ZDA;
Users
uporabnik:
The Wrigley Company Limited, Plymouth, UK;
The Wrigley Company Limited, Plymouth, Združeno kraljestvo;
Exporting producers in the country concerned
proizvajalci izvozniki v zadevni državi:
Anhui Jinhe Industrial Co., Ltd, Lai'an County, the PRC,
Anhui Jinhe Industrial Co., Ltd., Lai'an County, LRK,
Suzhou Hope Technology Co., Ltd, Zhangjiagang, the PRC,
Suzhou Hope Technology Co., Ltd., Zhangjiagang, LRK,
Anhui Vitasweet Food Ingredient Co., Ltd, Suzhou and Liyang, the PRC.
Anhui Vitasweet Food Ingredient Co., Ltd., Suzhou in Liyang, LRK.
The investigation of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 (‘the investigation period’).
Preiskava dampinga in škode je potekala od 1. julija 2013 do 30. junija 2014 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: obdobje preiskave).
The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of injury covered the period from January 2011 to the end of the investigation period (‘the period considered’).
Proučitev trendov, pomembnih za oceno škode, je zajela obdobje od januarja 2011 do konca obdobja preiskave (v nadaljnjem besedilu: obravnavano obdobje).
The product concerned is acesulfame potassium (potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide; CAS RN 55589-62-3) originating in the PRC as well as acesulfame potassium originating in the PRC contained in preparations and/or mixtures comprising also other sweeteners and/or water (‘the product under investigation’) currently falling within CN code(s) ex21069092, ex21069098, ex29349990 (TARIC code 2934999021), ex38249092, ex38249093 and ex38249096 (‘the product concerned’).
Zadevni izdelek je kalijev acesulfam (kalijeva sol 6-metil-1,2,3-oksatiazin-4(3H)-on 2,2-dioksida; CAS RN 55589-62-3) s poreklom iz LRK in kalijev acesulfam s poreklom iz LRK, ki ga vsebujejo pripravki in/ali zmesi, ki vsebujejo tudi druga sladila, in/ali voda („izdelek v preiskavi“), trenutno uvrščeni pod oznake KN ex21069092, ex21069098, ex29349990 (oznaka TARIC 2934999021), ex38249092, ex38249093 in ex38249096 („zadevni izdelek“).
Acesulfame potassium is also commonly referred to as Acesulfame K or Ace-K.
Kalijev acesulfam je splošno znan tudi pod imenom acesulfam K oziroma Ace-K.
Ace-K is used as a synthetic sweetener in a wide range of applications, for example in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical products.
Ace-K se uporablja kot sintetično sladilo za različne namene, na primer za hrano, pijačo in farmacevtske izdelke.
Ace-K produced and sold in the Union by the Union industry was found to have the same basic physical and chemical characteristics as well as the same basic uses as Ace-K produced in the country concerned and sold for export to the Union.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da ima Ace-K, ki ga v Uniji proizvaja in prodaja industrija Unije, enake osnovne fizikalne in kemijske lastnosti ter enako osnovno uporabo kot Ace-K, proizveden v zadevni državi in prodan za izvoz v Unijo.
They are therefore considered to be alike within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the basic Regulation.
Zato se ti izdelki obravnavajo kot enaki v smislu člena 1(4) osnovne uredbe.
Market economy treatment (‘MET’)
Tržnogospodarska obravnava (v nadaljnjem besedilu: TGO)
Pursuant to Article 2(7)(b) of that Regulation the Commission determines normal value in accordance with Article 2(1) to (6) of the basic Regulation for the exporting producers in the PRC which comply with the criteria in Article 2(7)(c) of the basic Regulation and could therefore be granted MET.
V skladu s členom 2(7)(b) navedene uredbe Komisija določi normalno vrednost v skladu s členom 2(1) do (6) osnovne uredbe za proizvajalce izvoznike iz LRK, ki izpolnjujejo merila iz člena 2(7)(c) osnovne uredbe in bi se zanje zato lahko odobrila TGO.
However, none of the cooperating exporting producers applied for MET as mentioned also in recital 12.
Vendar noben od sodelujočih proizvajalcev izvoznikov ni zaprosil za TGO, kot je navedeno tudi v uvodni izjavi 12.
In accordance with Article 2(7)(a) of the basic Regulation, normal value had to be determined on the basis of the prices in an appropriate market economy third country (the ‘analogue country’), or the price from such a third country to other countries, including the Union, or, where those are not possible, on any other reasonable basis, including the price actually paid or payable in the Union for the like product, duly adjusted if necessary to include a reasonable profit margin.
V skladu s členom 2(7)(a) osnovne uredbe je bilo treba normalno vrednost določiti na podlagi cen v ustrezni tretji državi s tržnim gospodarstvom (v nadaljnjem besedilu: primerljiva država) ali cen izvoza iz takšne tretje države v druge države, vključno z Unijo, kadar to ni mogoče pa na kateri koli drugi razumni podlagi, vključno s ceno, ki se je dejansko plačevala ali se plačuje v Uniji za podoben izdelek in je po potrebi ustrezno prilagojena, da vključuje razumno stopnjo dobička.
In the absence of a third analogue country, as explained in recital 6, normal value was based on the prices actually paid or payable in the Union for the like product.
Ker primerljive države ni bilo, kot je pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 6, je bila normalna vrednost določena na podlagi cen, ki so se dejansko plačevale ali se plačujejo v Uniji za podobni izdelek.
The sales by the Union producer of those product types matching with those sold in the Union market by the Chinese cooperating producers during the investigation period were identified.
Ugotovljena je bila prodaja tiste vrste izdelkov proizvajalca Unije, ki ustrezajo vrstam, ki so jih na trgu Unije v obdobju preiskave prodali kitajski sodelujoči proizvajalci.
The sales of the Union producer to independent customers were found representative when expressed as a proportion of the total volume of exports of the product concerned as well as per product type.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je bila prodaja proizvajalca Unije neodvisnim strankam reprezentativna, ko je bila izražena kot delež celotnega obsega izvoza zadevnega izdelka ter po vrstah izdelka.
The sales of these product types by the Union producer were profitable.
Prodaja teh vrst izdelka s strani proizvajalca Unije je bila dobičkonosna.
Their average Union sales price served as the normal value.
Njihova povprečna prodajna cena v Uniji je bila podlaga za normalno vrednost.
The cooperating exporting producers exported to the Union directly to independent customers.
Sodelujoči proizvajalci izvozniki so izdelke izvažali v Unijo neposredno neodvisnim strankam.
Therefore, the export price was the price actually paid or payable for the product concerned when sold for export to the Union, in accordance with Article 2(8) of the basic Regulation.
Zato je bila izvozna cena tista, ki se je dejansko plačevala ali se plačuje za zadevni izdelek ob prodaji za izvoz v Unijo, v skladu s členom 2(8) osnovne uredbe.
Where justified in order to ensure a fair comparison, the Commission adjusted the normal value and/or the export price for differences affecting prices and price comparability, in accordance with Article 2(10) of the basic Regulation.
Kadar je bilo za zagotovitev poštene primerjave to upravičeno, je Komisija v skladu s členom 2(10) osnovne uredbe normalno vrednost in/ali izvozno ceno prilagodila za razlike, ki so vplivale na cene in njihovo primerljivost.
In particular, the Commission made an adjustment for differences in level of trade as it was established that the sole Union producer sold mainly to users while the Chinese producers sold mainly to traders.
Komisija je opravila zlasti prilagoditev za razlike na ravni trgovanja, saj je bilo ugotovljeno, da je edini proizvajalec v Uniji večinoma prodajal uporabnikom, medtem ko so kitajski proizvajalci večinoma prodajali trgovcem.
Secondly, based on several submissions an adjustment was made for the quality difference and the market perception of that difference between the Chinese Ace-K and the Union producer's Ace-K.
Nato je bila na podlagi več stališč opravljena tudi prilagoditev za razliko v kakovosti in tržnem dojemanju navedene razlike med kitajskimi proizvajalci Ace-K in proizvajalci Ace-K v Uniji.
In addition, the normal value was adjusted for certain exceptional research and development (R & D) as well as marketing expenses incurred by the Union producer during the investigation period.
Poleg tega je bila normalna vrednost prilagojena zaradi nekaterih izrednih stroškov za raziskave in razvoj ter za trženje, ki jih je imel proizvajalec Unije v obdobju preiskave.
These expenses are discussed in further detail in recital 67.
Ti stroški so podrobneje obravnavani v uvodni izjavi 67.
For each of the cooperating exporting producers, the Commission compared the weighted average export price per product type with the weighted average normal value, in accordance with Article 2(11) and (12) of the basic Regulation.
Komisija je za vse posamezne sodelujoče proizvajalce izvoznike primerjala tehtano povprečje izvozne cene za posamezno vrsto izdelka s tehtanim povprečjem normalne vrednosti v skladu s členom 2(11) in (12) osnovne uredbe.
For all other exporting producers in the country concerned, the Commission established the dumping margin on the basis of the facts available, in accordance with Article 18 of the basic Regulation.
Komisija je v skladu s členom 18 osnovne uredbe stopnjo dampinga za vse druge proizvajalce izvoznike v zadevni državi določila na osnovi dostopnih dejstev.
The level of cooperation is the volume of exports of the cooperating exporting producers to the Union expressed as proportion of the total export volume — as reported in Eurostat import statistics — from the country concerned to the Union.
Raven sodelovanja je obseg izvoza sodelujočih proizvajalcev izvoznikov v Unijo, ki je izražen kot delež celotnega obsega izvoza iz zadevne države v Unijo, kot je zabeležen v statističnih podatkih Eurostata o uvozu.
The level of cooperation in this case is high since the exports of the cooperating exporting producers to the Union constituted the total exports to the Union during the investigation period.
Raven sodelovanja je v tem primeru visoka, saj izvoz sodelujočih proizvajalcev izvoznikov v Unijo predstavlja celotni izvoz v Unijo v obdobju preiskave.
On this basis, the Commission decided to base the residual dumping margin at the level of the cooperating company with the highest dumping margin.
Komisija je na podlagi tega sklenila, da bo preostalo stopnjo dampinga določila na ravni sodelujočega podjetja z najvišjo stopnjo dampinga.
The provisional residual dumping margin, expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, is therefore 97,8 %.
Zato začasna preostala stopnja dampinga, izražena kot odstotek cene CIF meja Unije brez plačane dajatve, znaša 97,8 %.
The analysis concerns only one company.
Analiza zadeva eno samo družbo.
Thus, for reasons of confidentiality most indicators are given in indexed form or ranges.
Zaradi zaupnosti podatkov je večina kazalnikov predstavljenih v obliki indeksov ali pa so navedeni razponi.
The like product was manufactured by one producer in the Union during the investigation period, which constitutes the Union industry within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic Regulation.
Podobni izdelek je v obdobju preiskave proizvajal en proizvajalec v Uniji, ki predstavlja industrijo Unije v smislu člena 4(1) osnovne uredbe.
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of the data provided by the Union industry, Chinese export statistics and the data of the Chinese exporting producers.
Komisija je potrošnjo Unije določila na podlagi podatkov, ki jih je zagotovila industrija Unije, kitajskih statističnih podatkov o izvozu in podatkov kitajskih proizvajalcev izvoznikov.
Eurostat data was not suitable for this purpose because the product concerned is imported under several CN codes together with many other products.
Podatki Eurostata za ta namen niso bili primerni, saj se zadevni izdelek uvaža pod več oznakami KN skupaj s številnimi drugimi izdelki.
In the absence of Ace-K production in any third country, all imports into the Union were from the PRC.
Ker se Ace-K v tretjih državah ne proizvaja, je celotni uvoz v Unijo potekal iz LRK.
Source: Data provided by Union industry, cooperating Chinese producers and Chinese export statistics.
Vir: Podatki industrije Unije, sodelujočih kitajskih proizvajalcev in kitajski statistični podatki o izvozu.
Total Union consumption Index
Indeks skupne potrošnje v Uniji
The consumption of Ace-K in the Union has increased by around 4 % over the period considered, reportedly due to a rise in the demand of sugar-free products in the Union.
Potrošnja Ace-K v Uniji se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečala za približno 4 %, domnevno zaradi porasta povpraševanja po proizvodih brez dodanega sladkorja v Uniji.
In the last year of the period considered there was a decrease in consumption due to increased competition caused by other (new) sweeteners.
V zadnjem letu obravnavanega obdobja se je potrošnja zmanjšala zaradi povečane konkurence drugih (novih) sladil.
However, this decrease seems to be of a temporary nature and there is no clear indication on the file that the demand for Ace-K will further decrease in the coming years.
Vendar je videti, da je to zmanjšanje začasno, in ni jasnih znakov, da se bo povpraševanje po Ace-K v prihodnjih letih še naprej zmanjševalo.
The Commission established the volume of Chinese imports on the basis of the Chinese export statistics cross-checked with the data provided by the three exporting producers from the PRC accounting for the total volume of exports of the product concerned during the investigation period.
Komisija je določila obseg kitajskega uvoza na podlagi kitajskih statističnih podatkov o izvozu, navzkrižno preverjenih s podatki, ki so jih predložili trije proizvajalci izvozniki iz LRK, ki predstavljajo celotni obseg izvoza zadevnega izdelka v obdobju preiskave.
Imports into the Union and market shares from the PRC developed as follows:
Uvoz v Unijo in tržni deleži iz LRK so se gibali na naslednji način:
Import volume (in tonnes) and market share
Obseg uvoza (v tonah) in tržni delež
Source: Data provided by cooperating Chinese producers and Chinese export statistics
Vir: Podatki sodelujočih kitajskih proizvajalcev in kitajski statistični podatki o izvozu.
Volume of imports from the PRC
Obseg uvoza iz LRK
Market share of imports from the PRC — Index
Tržni delež uvoza iz LRK – indeks
The level of imports from the PRC has increased by 14 % over the period considered.
Raven uvoza iz LRK se je v obravnavanem obdobju zvišala za 14 %.
During the same period the market share of Chinese imports also increased, by 10 % to reach 65 % — 80 % during the investigation period.
V istem obdobju se je za 10 % povečal tudi tržni delež kitajskega uvoza in v obdobju preiskave tako dosegel 65 %–80 %.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
Uvozne cene iz LRK in nelojalno nižanje cen
The Commission established the prices of imports on the basis of data from the cooperating producers from the PRC.
Komisija je določila uvozne cene na podlagi podatkov sodelujočih proizvajalcev iz LRK.
The weighted average CIF price in euro per kilo of imports into the Union from the PRC developed as follows:
Tehtano povprečje uvozne cene CIF v EUR/kg iz LRK v Unijo se je gibalo na naslednji način:
CIF import prices from the PRC (EUR/kg)
Uvozne cene CIF iz LRK (EUR/kg)
Source: Data provided by cooperating Chinese producers and Chinese export statistics.
Vir: Podatki sodelujočih kitajskih proizvajalcev in kitajski statistični podatki o izvozu.
Weighted average import prices
Tehtano povprečje uvoznih cen