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production volume, capacity utilisation, sales volumes and prices on the Union market, cash flow, investments, employment and productivity.
Vsi ti trendi jasno kažejo na škodljive razmere.
Due to the combined effect of decreased production, leading to an increase in the unit cost of goods sold, and the decreasing sales prices the profitability of the Union industry decreased sharply during the period considered.
Zainteresirana stran je trdila, da sta farmacevtska in živilska industrija ločena trga in da industriji Unije ne grozi škoda glede njene prodaje farmacevtski industriji, ter da bi bilo zato treba preiskavo omejiti na aspartam, ki se uporablja za sektor hrane in pijače.
All these trends signal a clear injurious situation.
Ta zainteresirana stran je trdila tudi, da z industrijo Unije ne konkurira na farmacevtskem trgu, zato slednja ne sme zahtevati odškodnine za njeno prodajo farmacevtski industriji.
An interested party claimed that the pharmaceutical and food industry are two separate markets and that the Union industry is facing no injury for its sales to the pharmaceutical industry thus the investigation should be limited to the aspartame used for the food and beverage sector.
V odgovor na to trditev je treba poudariti, da je preiskava pokazala, da so kitajski izvozniki sposobni proizvajati vse vrste zadevnega izdelka, vključno s tistimi vrstami, ki so namenjene strankam v farmaciji.
This interested party also claimed that since they are not competing in the pharmaceutical market with the Union industry it shall therefore not be allowed to claim injury for its sales to the pharmaceutical industry.
Vendar je uporaba aspartama v farmacevtskem sektorju za zdaj zelo omejena in kitajski izvozniki (še) niso mogli vstopiti na ta trg.
In reply to this claim it has to be noted that the investigation showed that the Chinese exporters are able to produce all types of the product concerned including the types intended for the pharmaceutical customers.
Pomembno je poudariti, da bi bila brez donosnejše prodaje farmacevtskemu sektorju škoda industriji Unije še bolj izrazita.
For the time being however the aspartame consumption of the pharmaceutical sector is very limited and Chinese exporters were not (yet) able to enter in that market.
Najpomembneje je, da je preiskava potrdila, da imata aspartam, ki se prodaja na živilskem, in aspartam, ki se prodaja na farmacevtskem trgu, enake osnovne fizikalne, tehnične in kemične lastnosti ter se zato štejeta za en izdelek.
It is important to point out that without the more profitable pharmaceutical sales the injury of the Union industry would have been even more pronounced.
Zato izključitev aspartama, namenjenega farmacevtskemu sektorju, ni utemeljena.
Most importantly, the investigation confirmed that aspartame sold on the pharmaceutical and on the food market share the same basic physical, technical and chemical characteristics and therefore they are considered one product.
Razlike v ceni, predvsem zaradi strožjih postopkov certificiranja in nadzora ter zaradi strožjih zahtev v zvezi s proizvodnjo, se upoštevajo pri kontrolni številki izdelka, ki razlikuje med aspartamom, namenjenim farmacevtski oziroma živilski industriji.
For this reason exclusion of aspartame destined for the pharmaceutical sector is not warranted.
To razlikovanje omogoča, da se pri izračunu dampinga in škode med seboj primerjajo in upoštevajo zgolj enake vrste izdelka.
The differences in prices, mainly due to more stringent certification and control process as well as stricter requirements for production, are taken into account in the product control number which differentiates between aspartame destined for the pharma and food sectors.
Na podlagi navedenega je bilo treba to trditev zavrniti.
This differentiation ensures that only the same product types are compared and taken into account for the dumping and injury calculations.
Komisija je na podlagi vsega navedenega sklenila, da je industrija Unije utrpela znatno škodo v smislu člena 3(5) osnovne uredbe.
On the basis of above, this claim had to be rejected.
VZROČNA ZVEZA
On the basis of all the above, the Commission concluded that the Union industry suffered material injury within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the basic Regulation.
Komisija je v skladu s členom 3(6) osnovne uredbe proučila, ali je dampinški uvoz iz zadevne države povzročil znatno škodo industriji Unije.
CAUSATION
V skladu s členom 3(7) osnovne uredbe je Komisija proučila tudi druge znane dejavnike, ki bi lahko hkrati povzročali škodo industriji Unije.
The Commission ensured that any possible injury caused by factors other than the dumped imports from the country concerned was not attributed to the dumped imports.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi (67), so bile vse stopnje dampinga, ugotovljene v obdobju preiskave, znatne.
Effects of the dumped imports
Stopnja nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen za isto obdobje je bila prav tako zelo visoka in je znašala 21,1 %, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi (80).
All dumping margins found during the investigation period were significant as indicated in recital 67 above.
Poleg tega je preiskava pokazala, da so bile kitajske cene nižje od cen industrije Unije že v letu 2011 in se v obravnavanem obdobju še nadalje zmanjšale za 12 %.
The undercutting margin for the same period was also very high and amounted to 21,1 % as mentioned in recital 80.
Glede na cenovni pritisk, ki ga povzročajo kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki, je industrija Unije morala znižati svoje cene in od leta 2013 dalje, zlasti v obdobju preiskave, ni več mogla prodajati po cenah, ki bi ji omogočale kritje celotnih stroškov.
Moreover, the investigation showed that Chinese prices were already lower than those of the Union industry in 2011 and they decreased further by 12 % during the period considered.
Da bi dodatno proučila določanje cen kitajskih proizvajalcev izvoznikov, je bilo v preiskavi ocenjeno gibanje cen glavnih surovin.
Given the price pressure exerted by the Chinese exporting producers the Union industry had to reduce its prices and, as from 2013 onwards, was not able to sell at prices allowing it to recover its full costs in particular during the investigation period.
Aspartam se pridobiva z mešanjem dveh aminokislin (L-asparaginske kisline in L-fenilalanina) v bolj ali manj enakih količinah.
In order to further analyse the price behaviour of the Chinese exporting producers, the investigation assessed the development of the main raw material prices.
Stroški za ti dve aminokislini pomenijo približno 25 % celotnih stroškov proizvodnje.
Aspartame is produced by mixing two amino acids (L-aspartic and L-phenylalanine) more or less in equal quantities.
Ceni teh dveh surovin sta se v obravnavanem obdobju spremenili za približno + 3,5 % oziroma – 27 %.
These two amino acids together represent about 25 % of the total cost of production.
To pomeni, da bi gibanje cen surovin lahko pojasnilo največ 3-odstotno zmanjšanje proizvodnih stroškov ali cen aspartama, medtem ko se je prodajna cena kitajskega uvoza znižala za 12 %.
The prices of these two raw materials have changed during the period considered by roughly + 3,5 % and – 27 % respectively.
To potrjuje trditve industrije Unije, da so kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki na trgu Unije cene določali precej agresivno.
This means that the price development of the raw materials could maximally explain only 3 % reduction in the production costs or prices of aspartame as opposed to the 12 % reduction observed in the Chinese import sales price.
Preiskava je pokazala tudi, da so kitajski izdelki močno prisotni na trgu Unije.
This confirms the claims of the Union industry that the Chinese exporting producers were practicing a rather aggressive pricing behaviour in the Union market.
Čeprav se obseg njihove prodaje v obravnavanem obdobju ni povečal, temveč je sledil padajočemu trendu potrošnje, je njihov tržni delež ostal stabilen in je bil v celotnem obravnavanem obdobju znatno višji od deleža industrije Unije.
The investigation also showed that Chinese products are massively present in the Union market.
Zaradi prisotnosti velikih količin poceni dampinškega uvoza industrija Unije ni mogla povečati in niti ne ohraniti svojih cen tako, da bi pokrila celotne stroške proizvodnje.
Even if their volume did not increase during the period considered but followed the decreasing trend in consumption, their market share remained stable and was significantly higher than that of the Union industry throughout the period considered.
Industrija Unije je bila tako, da bi obdržala stranke in proizvodnjo, v obravnavanem obdobju prisiljena dodatno znižati svoje cene za 7 %, tako da je od leta 2013 dalje ustvarjala izgubo.
Given the presence of large volumes of low-priced dumped imports, the Union industry was not able to increase or even to maintain its prices to cover for the full cost of production.
To znižanje cen, kot je pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah od (108) do (110), je bilo večje, kot bi bilo mogoče pojasniti z gibanjem cen surovin.
In fact, in order to keep customers and production the Union industry was forced to further reduce its prices by 7 % during the period considered making it loss-making as from 2013 onwards.
Glede na navedeno Komisija meni, da je dampinški uvoz povzročil znatno škodo industriji Unije v smislu člena 3(6) osnovne uredbe.
This price decrease as explained in recitals 108-110 was more significant than what could be explained by the development of raw material prices.
Učinki drugih dejavnikov
On the basis of the above, the Commission considers that the dumped imports have caused material injury to the Union industry within the meaning of Article 3(6) of the basic Regulation.
Izvoz industrije Unije
Effects of other factors
Obseg in povprečna cena izvoza industrije Unije nepovezanim strankam sta se v obravnavanem obdobju gibala na naslednji način:
Export performance of the Union industry
Preglednica 10
The volume and average price of exports of the Union industry to unrelated customers developed over the period considered as follows:
Obseg izvoza
Table 10
Povprečna cena –
Export volume
Obseg izvoza industrije Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju zelo zmanjšal, in sicer za 66 %, za 7 % pa so se znižale tudi povprečne cene.
Average price
Preiskava je pokazala, da je to imelo negativen učinek na obseg proizvodnje (uvodna izjava (84)) in s tem na stroške prodanega blaga (uvodna izjava (94)).
The export volume of the Union industry declined very sharply, by 66 % during the period considered and the average prices decreased as well by 7 %.
Zato se šteje, da so slabi rezultati na izvoznih trgih tudi prispevali k znatni škodi, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
The investigation showed that this had a negative impact on production volume (recital 84) and in turn on the cost of goods sold (recital 94).
Vendar zmanjšanje obsega izvoza in izvoznih cen ni moglo zadovoljivo pojasniti ravni in intenzivnosti celotne škode, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
It is thus considered that the poor performance on export markets also contributed to the material injury suffered by the Union industry.
Poudariti je treba, da je bila industrija Unije kljub čedalje slabši stroškovni strukturi prisiljena k nadaljnjemu nižanju svojih cen na trgu Unije zaradi nenehnega močnega cenovnega pritiska kitajskih proizvajalcev izvoznikov na trg Unije, kot je razloženo v poglavju 5.1.
However, in itself the decrease in export sales volumes and prices was not sufficient to explain the level and intensity of the overall injury suffered by the Union industry.
Preiskava je tudi razkrila, da je bil v obdobju preiskave delež proizvodnje, ki je bil izvožen, znatno manjši od deleža proizvodnje, prodanega na trgu Unije.
It is important to stress that the Union industry was forced to keep reducing its prices on the Union market despite the worsening cost structure due to the continuous and intense price pressure from the Chinese exporting producers on the Union market as explained in Chapter 5.1.
Na podlagi tega se šteje, da zmanjšanje obsega izvoza in izvoznih cen industrije Unije v obravnavanem obdobju ni prekinilo vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom iz Kitajske in škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
The investigation has also revealed that during the investigation period, the share of the production that was exported was substantially smaller than the share of the production sold on the Union market.
Uvoz iz drugih držav
On that basis, it is considered that the decrease in export sales volumes and prices of the Union industry during the period considered did not break the causal link between the Chinese dumped imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Kot je bilo že omenjeno v uvodni izjavi (70), se aspartam trenutno proizvaja le na Japonskem, v Južni Koreji, LRK in Uniji.
Imports from other countries
Kar je še bolj pomembno, razpoložljive informacije kažejo [11], da proizvajalci, ki niso iz LRK, v Unijo v celotnem obravnavanem obdobju bodisi niso uvozili ničesar, ali pa je bilo njihovega uvoza zanemarljivo malo.
The US had a production plant which, however, ceased operation in 2014.
Kot je prikazano v preglednicah 2 in 5 zgoraj, sta tržna deleža kitajskih proizvajalcev izvoznikov in industrije Unije v celotnem obravnavanem obdobju ostala nespremenjena, saj sta si obe strani enakomerno delili (vsaka po 12 %) zmanjšanje obsega prodaje.
Based on information available, South Korea is also scaling down its production volumes.
V vsakem primeru se zdi, da zmanjšanje potrošnje Unije ni bilo tako znatno kot zmanjšanje proizvodnje in tako ne zadostuje za pojasnitev obsega škode, ki jo je utrpel proizvajalec Unije.
More importantly, information available suggests [11] that imports into the Union from other producers, except those from the PRC, were absent or present in negligible quantities throughout the period considered.
Opozoriti je treba, da so se v obdobju preiskave prodajne cene znižale za 7 %, zmanjšanje obsega proizvodnje pa so privedle do višjih stroškov in do zelo negativne donosnosti.
On these grounds it is concluded that imports from third countries did not have any impact on the injury suffered by the Union industry and therefore could not break the causal link established between the Chinese imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Zato se šteje, da je zmanjšanje potrošnje Unije negativno vplivalo na industrijo Unije, vendar ni prekinilo vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom iz Kitajske in škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
As shown in Tables 2 and 5 above, the market share of the Chinese exporting producers and the Union industry remained stable throughout the period considered as the two parties shared equally (each by 12 %) the loss in the sales volume.
Drugi dejavniki, na katere so se sklicevale zainteresirane strani
In any case, it is considered that the fall in Union consumption was not as substantial as the losses in production and not sufficient to explain the extent of the injury suffered by the Union producer.
Ena od zainteresiranih strani je trdila, da proizvajalec Unije prodaja izdelek z blagovno znamko, medtem ko kitajski proizvajalci prodajajo izdelek brez blagovne znamke.
It is recalled that sales prices decreased by 7 % and losses in production volume led to higher costs and a highly negative profitability during the investigation period.
Po navedbah te strani so izdelki z blagovno znamko bolj opazni in jim zato bolj škodijo medijske kampanje, ki opozarjajo na morebitne zdravstvene pomisleke, kar naj bi bil razlog za upad prodaje industrije Unije.
It is therefore considered that the fall in Union consumption affected negatively the Union industry but was not such as to break the causal link between the Chinese dumped imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Ta trditev je zelo špekulativna in je ne podpira noben utemeljeni dokaz.
Other factors raised by interested parties
Aspartam se prodaja velikim družbam, ki v glavnem delujejo v živilskem sektorju in sektorju pijač, ne pa kot izdelek z blagovno znamko za končne uporabnike.
One interested party claimed that the Union producer is selling branded product as opposed to the non-branded sales of the Chinese producers.
Preiskava je potrdila, da imata aspartam, ki ga prodaja industrija Unije, in aspartam iz kitajskega uvoza popolnoma enake fizikalne in kemične lastnosti ter da po koncu postopka certificiranja uporabniki ne razlikujejo med tema viroma.
According to this party, branded products are more noticeable and therefore suffer more from the adverse media campaigns raising possible health concerns and this is the reason from the drop in the sales of the Union industry.
Zato je treba to trditev zavrniti.
This claim is highly speculative and not supported by any substantiated evidence.
Ta zainteresirana stran je trdila tudi, da stroške industrije Unije izkrivlja nabava ene od surovin od povezane družbe.
Aspartame is sold to large companies mainly operating in the food and beverage sector and not as a branded product to end-users.
Vendar je bilo v preiskavi ugotovljeno, da je povezana družba surovino prodajala po enakih cenah industriji Unije in drugim tretjim nepovezanim stranem, in sicer po običajnih tržnih pogojih.
The investigation confirmed that aspartame sold by the Union industry and the Chinese imports are completely identical in their physical and chemical characteristics and once the certification process is completed users do not differentiate between the two sources.
Zato trditev, da so stroški industrije Unije izkrivljeni, ni podprta z ugotovitvami preiskave.
Therefore, this claim has to be rejected.
Druga zainteresirana stran je izpodbijala obstoj vzročne zveze z argumentom, da poslabšanje položaja industrije Unije ni sovpadalo s povečanjem obsega dampinškega uvoza iz LRK.
This interested party also alleged that the costs of the Union industry are distorted by purchases of one of the raw materials from a related company.
Kakor je podrobno pojasnjeno v uvodnih izjavah od (108) do (113), je bila škoda povzročena zaradi kombiniranega učinka znatnega tržnega deleža kitajskega uvoza ter njegovih nizkih in padajočih cen.
However, the investigation established that the related company sold the raw material on the same prices to the Union industry as to other third unrelated parties, namely at arm's length.
Ta trditev se zato zavrne.
Therefore the claim that the Union industry costs are distorted is not confirmed by the findings of the investigation.
Sklep o vzročni zvezi
Another interested party contested the causal link based on the argument that the deterioration of the Union industry did not coincide with an increase of volume of dumped imports from the PRC.
Preiskava je pokazala, da je stalen cenovni pritisk kitajskega uvoza skupaj z njegovo močno prisotnostjo na trgu Unije povzročil znatno škodo industriji Unije.
As explained in detail in recitals 108 to 113 above, the injury was caused by the combined effect of significant market share of Chinese imports coupled with their low and decreasing prices.
Že tako nižje cene kitajskega uvoza so se v obravnavanem obdobju znižale za nadaljnjih 12 % in to znižanje cen je le v manjši meri mogoče razložiti z gibanjem cen surovin.
Therefore this claim is rejected.
Škoda v tej preiskavi je jasna in zadeva večino kazalnikov, kot je opisano zgoraj v poglavju 4.
Conclusion on causation
Stalen in agresiven cenovni pritisk, ki ga je izvajala LRK, je industrijo Unije prisilil v znižanje cen pod raven celotnih stroškov proizvodnje, zaradi česar je zlasti v obdobju preiskave utrpela znatne izgube.
The investigation showed that the continuous price pressure of Chinese imports combined with their strong presence on the Union market caused material injury to the Union industry.
Komisija je pazljivo proučila učinke vseh znanih dejavnikov, ki bi lahko negativno vplivali na položaj industrije Unije, in sklenila, da bodisi niso povzročili nobene škode (izvoz v tretje države, prodaja z blagovno znamko in brez nje, nabava surovin pri povezani strani), ali pa je bil njihov učinek omejen in zato ni mogel prekiniti vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom in škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije (zmanjšanje potrošnje Unije in izvozne uspešnosti industrije Unije).
The already lower prices of Chinese imports decreased by further 12 % during the period considered and this price decrease could only to a small extent be explained by the trends in the raw material prices.
Zato se sklene, da je dampinški uvoz iz Kitajske povzročil znatno škodo industriji Unije in da noben drug dejavnik ni prekinil te vzročne zveze med kitajskim uvozom in škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
The injury in this investigation is clear and wide ranging across most of the indicators as described in Chapter 4 above.
INTERES UNIJE
The continuous and aggressive price pressure exerted by the PRC forced the Union industry to reduce its prices below total cost of production and suffer significant losses, in particular during the investigation period.
V skladu s členom 21 osnovne uredbe je Komisija proučila, ali bi lahko kljub ugotovljenemu škodljivemu dampingu jasno sklenila, da sprejetje ukrepov v tem primeru ni v interesu Unije.
The Commission carefully considered the effects of all known factors that could have an adverse impact on the situation of the Union industry and concluded that they either did not cause any injury (third country exports, branded v non-branded sales, raw material purchase from a related party) or their impact was limited and therefore could not break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry (decline in Union consumption and export performance of the Union industry).
Določitev interesa Unije je temeljila na oceni vseh različnih zadevnih interesov, vključno z interesi industrije Unije, uvoznikov in uporabnikov.
It is therefore concluded that Chinese dumped imports caused material injury to the Union industry and that none of the other factors broke this causal link between the Chinese imports and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Interes industrije Unije
UNION INTEREST
Preiskava je pokazala, da je industrija Unije zaradi dampinškega uvoza iz LRK utrpela znatno škodo.
In accordance with Article 21 of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether it could conclude that it was not in the Union interest to adopt measures in this case, despite the determination of injurious dumping.
Skoraj vsi kazalniki škode so v obravnavanem obdobju pokazali negativno gibanje, zlasti to velja za obseg proizvodnje, obseg prodaje, prodajne cene in zaposlenost.
The determination of the Union interest was based on an appreciation of all the various interests involved, including those of the Union industry, importers and users.
Negativen trend je bil ugotovljen tudi za kazalnike, povezane s finančno uspešnostjo, kot so donosnost, denarni tok in donosnost naložb.
Interest of the Union industry
Po uvedbi ukrepov se pričakuje, da bo industrija Unije lahko povečala proizvodnjo in obseg prodaje na trgu, na katerem vlada učinkovita konkurenca.
The investigation established that the Union industry suffered material injury caused by the dumped imports from the PRC.
Cene kitajskih izvoznikov bi se morale zvišati, industrija Unije pa bo delno razbremenjena trenutnega močnega cenovnega pritiska, ki ga izvajajo na trg Unije.
Almost all injury indicators showed negative trends over the period considered, in particular production volume, sales volume, sales prices and employment.
Brez ukrepov bi se položaj industrije Unije zelo verjetno še bolj poslabšal.
A downward trend was also established for indicators related to the financial performance, such as profitability, cash flow and return on investments.
Zelo verjetno se bo krčenje obsega prodaje in tržnega deleža nadaljevalo zaradi znatnega cenovnega pritiska nizkocenovnega dampinškega uvoza.
Following the imposition of measures, it is expected that the Union industry will be able to increase production and sales volume in a market governed by effective competition.
To bo industrijo Unije prisililo v nadaljnje znižanje cen in srednjeročno v popolno ustavitev proizvodnje aspartama, kar bi povzročilo izgubo delovnih mest v Uniji.