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Determination of the relevant Union market
Vendar je po strmem upadu za 35 % med letoma 2012 in 2013 v letu 2014 in v OPP ostala dokaj stabilna.
A part of the Union industry is vertically integrated and, as far as the production of cells is concerned, a substantial part of the Union industry's production was destined for captive use (96 %).
Potrošnja celic pa se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšala nekoliko manj, to je za 26 %.
Hence, the free market for cells was very marginal.
Zmanjšanje potrošnje je bilo zabeleženo zlasti med letoma 2013 in 2014, ko je upadla za 26 %.
Following disclosure, one interested party contested the last statement arguing that the free market constituted a big part of the total market for cells (estimated at 3409 MW, see table 1b below).
Vendar je v OPP začela okrevati in se je v primerjavi z letom 2014 povečala za 4,5 %.
The Commission accepted this correction as indeed the captive market in the Union constituted only 31,8 % of the total cells consumption.
Uvoz iz zadevne države
However, this does not alter the finding that a substantial part of the Union industry's cells production was destined for captive use and has no impact on the analysis made on injury and Union interest.
Obseg in vrednost uvoza sta temeljila na različnih virih.
Indeed, the free market for cells is mainly served by imports and not by sales of the Union cells producers, given the fact that most of the cells producers exited the market in the last few years.
Za leto 2012 in del leta 2013 sta temeljila na podatkih, ki jih je predložil vložnik in v njegovem imenu zbral Europressedienst, ker so se v tem času moduli in celice uvažali v Unijo pod carinskimi oznakami, ki so zajemale druge izdelke, ki niso zajeti v sedanji preiskavi, zato ni bilo mogoče uporabiti podatkov Eurostata.
In order to establish whether the Union industry continued to suffer injury and to determine consumption and the various economic indicators related to the situation of the Union industry, the Commission examined whether and to what extent the subsequent use of the Union industry's production of the like product (‘captive use’) had to be taken into account in the analysis.
Po uvedbi registracije uvoza 6. marca 2013 [56] so se lahko uporabili podatki Eurostata.
The Commission analysed the following economic indicators by referring to the total activity (including the captive use of the industry): consumption, sales volume, production, production capacity, capacity utilisation, growth, investments, stocks, employment, productivity, cash flow, return on investment, ability to raise capital and magnitude of the subsidy margin.
Za preostali del leta 2013, leto 2014 in OPP je Komisija zato svoje ugotovitve oprla na podatkovno zbirko Comext [57] in podatkovno zbirko iz člena 14(6).
For those indicators the Commission found, in line with the original investigation, that the production destined for captive use was equally affected by the competition of imports from the country concerned.
Obseg in tržni delež uvoza iz zadevne države
The cells destined for the captive market were used as the main component for the production of modules.
Uvoz iz zadevne države v Unijo se je gibal na naslednji način:
Therefore, the direct competition of imports of modules from the country concerned faced by the Union module producers also exercised an indirect pressure on the captive sales price and/or costs of production of the cells used in those modules.
Preglednica 2a
In addition, the import of cells from the PRC increased the pressure on module producers using captive cell production.
Uvoz modulov iz LRK (v MW) in tržni delež [58]Vir: Podatkovna zbirka Comext in podatkovna zbirka iz člena 14(6).
They were competing not only with modules assembled in third countries from Chinese cells, but also with modules assembled in the Union using those imported Chinese cells.
Obseg uvoza iz LRK
Consequently, in contrast to other cases [52], where a distinction between captive and free market was relevant for the injury analysis because products destined for captive use were found not to be exposed to direct competition from imports, the Commission established at the case at hand that for most of the economic indicators, no distinction between captive and free market was justified.
Indeks
However, as regards profitability, the Commission looked only at the sales on the free market.
Tržni delež (%)
The prices on the captive market were set according to various pricing policies (transfer pricing at virtual market price, transfer on the basis of the actual costs, etc.).
Preglednica 2b
Thus they did not always reflect prices at arm's length and could not be taken into account when assessing this indicator.
Uvoz celic iz LRK (v MW) in tržni delež
Following disclosure, several parties argued that the state of the Union cells industry should have been assessed separately for the captive market and the free market.
Vir: Podatkovna zbirka Comext in podatkovna zbirka iz člena 14(6).
First, they claimed that the Commission failed to provide a proper reasoning on how the captive market has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
V obravnavanem obdobju se je obseg uvoza modulov iz LRK zmanjšal za 73 %, pri čemer se je tržni delež ustrezno zmanjšal za 39 %, tj. s 66 % leta 2012 na 41 % v OPP.
Second, one party contended that since the Commission considered that the prices on the captive market were unreliable to assess profitability, it is equally inaccurate to draw the conclusion that they underwent pressure because of imports of modules.
Vendar se je po uvedbi obstoječih ukrepov leta 2013 obseg uvoza med letoma 2013 in 2014 zmanjšal za 45 %, potrošnja pa za 31 %.
Third, a common analysis of the two markets contradicts the fact that cell consumption decreased less than the module consumption during the period considered.
Obseg uvoza celic se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečal za 65 %, kar je povzročilo mnogo večje povečanje tržnega deleža, tj. za 123 % (s 7 % leta 2012 na 16 % v OPP), in to kljub krčenju trga.
This arguably means that there is no direct link between import of modules and import of cells and between the decrease in imports of cells and prices of cells exposed to the free market.
Hkrati se je med letoma 2013 in 2014 uvoz celic povečal za 59 %, kar je povzročilo povečanje tržnega deleža za 10 odstotnih točk.
First, contrary to the claims of the parties, the Commission provided in recitals 503-504 above a detailed reasoning on how the captive market for cells has been equally affected by the competition of the imports from the PRC.
Čeprav se povečanje ni nadaljevalo v OPP, je takrat raven uvoza ostala mnogo višja kot v letih 2012 in 2013.
Since the cell is the main component for the production of a module, the imports of modules from the PRC exercise an indirect pressure on the captive sales price of cells, when the transfer price is based on a virtual market price.
Cene uvoza iz zadevne države
In the alternative, when the transfer is based on actual cost, imported cells put pressure on companies to make their production process more efficient.
Komisija je cene uvoza določila na podlagi podatkovne zbirke Comext in podatkovne zbirke iz člena 14(6).
Second, even though the prices on the captive market are unreliable to assess profitability, the Commission considered the development of those prices a relevant factor for assessing whether the captive market faced competition from the imports from the PRC.
Povprečna cena uvoza iz zadevne države v Unijo se je gibala na naslednji način:
Third, the Commission did not assert that there is a direct link between imports of modules and import of cells.
Preglednica 3a
Rather it observed that the captive use of cells is also subject to the direct competition of imports of cells and indirect competition of imports of modules since the captive cells are used for producing modules.
Uvozne cene modulov (EUR/kW)
Finally, the interested party failed to prove that there is no link between prices of cells on the free market and decrease in imports of cells.
Uvozne cene LRK
Indeed, as evident from Table 8b the sales prices of the Union cells industry increased when the imports of cells from China decreased both in volume and in market share between 2014, when the measures started to have a full effect, and the RIP.
Preglednica 3b
Consequently, these arguments were rejected.
Uvozne cene celic (EUR/kW)
Following disclosure, the Government of China (‘GOC’) contended that a common analysis of the captive and free market for cells actually eliminates an analysis of the free market as it is only 4 % of the total Union cell production.
Povprečna uvozna cena modulov in celic iz LRK se je v obravnavanem obdobju znižala, in sicer za 22 % za module in za 43 % za celice.
The Commission thus failed to examine the state of the domestic industry as a whole and does not, therefore satisfy the requirements of ‘objectiv[ity]’ in Article 3.1 of the Anti-dumping Agreement.
Za celice se je uvozna cena med letoma 2013 in 2014 še naprej nižala, in sicer je padla še za 19,4 %, vendar se je med letom 2014 in OPP nekoliko povišala, tj. za 1,4 %.
The Commission failed to understand how the common analysis of the captive and free market for cells eliminated an analysis of the free market.
Vendar so imeli skoraj vsi proizvajalci izvozniki, ki so prodajali module in celice v OPP, cenovne zaveze, njihove izvozne cene za EU pa so bile določene z navedenimi cenovnimi zavezami za določitev minimalne uvozne cene.
In fact, the Commission analysed a number of injury indicators only for the free market such as profitability, sales prices and return on investments.
Samo 1,6 % obsega uvoza modulov in 0,6 % obsega uvoza celic je bilo opravljenega pod minimalno uvozno ceno [59].
In addition, a number of indicators are analysed cumulatively, even in cases when a separate analysis of captive and non-captive market is made [53].
Zato se take izvozne cene niso mogle šteti za ustrezni kazalnik za določitev politike oblikovanja cen proizvajalcev izvoznikov, če ukrepov ne bi bilo.
Those indicators often are: production, capacity, capacity utilisation, investments, return on investments, employment, productivity, stocks and labour costs.
Po razkritju je več strani trdilo, da bi bilo treba za določitev nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen uporabiti izvozne cene v EU in da so na tej podlagi izračunale, da nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen ni bilo.
Last but not least, the injury indicators of those Union cell producers which sold exclusively on the free market followed the same trends, and, as a result, the conclusions reached for the entire Union cell industry apply to them as well.
Res je, da na podlagi izvoznih cen v EU ni nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen za module in da je bilo nelojalno nižanje prodajnih cen za celice zanemarljivo.
The GOC insisted that according to WTO case law, in case of the presence of a captive market for part of the product under investigation, a comparative analysis has to be carried out.
Komisija je vseeno menila, da odsotnost nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen zaradi spoštovanja minimalne uvozne cene ni bila odločilni kazalnik za analizo trenutnega položaja industrije Unije.
The Commission considered that this requirement, if it was applicable in the present, very specific case, was in any event complied with.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 573 spodaj, je Komisija ugotovila, da je industrija Unije še naprej trpela škodo zaradi obsega subvencioniranja, ugotovljenega v prejšnji preiskavi, in zaradi praks izogibanja, ki so bile ugotovljene, kakor je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 4 zgoraj, in ni imela na voljo dovolj časa, da bi okrevala.
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a captive market, injury has been established on the basis of indirect price pressure at the level of the modules into which those cells are built.
Cene uvoza iz drugih držav
For the part of the Union cell production that is sold on a free market, the injury indicators have also been assessed separately, and show the same trends as for the captive part of the market (which, due to the fact that it represents 96 % of Union production, are virtually identical to the cumulative assessment).
Povprečna cena uvoza iz tretjih držav v Unijo je prav tako temeljila na podatkih iz podatkovne zbirke Comext in podatkovne zbirke iz člena 14(6) ter se je gibala na naslednji način:
Consequently, this argument was rejected.
Preglednica 4a
The GOC also argued that the statement that the Union modules manufacturers compete with modules assembled in third countries with Chinese cells unlawfully extends the scope of the investigation.
Moduli – uvoz iz tretjih držav
However, such modules have been included in the scope of the investigation from the outset since cells confer origin to modules [54].
Obseg (v MW)
Following disclosure, another party claimed that the analysis of profitability on the basis of 4 % of the Union cell production is not representative for an accurate assessment on the need to maintain duties.
Povprečna cena (EUR/kW)
The Commission noted that only profitability was assessed exclusively on the basis of the sales of cells to independent customers for the reasons set out in recital 506 above.
Preglednica 4b
However, for the purposes of assessing the state of Union industry, all other indicators were analysed taking into account both the captive and free market of cells.
Celice – uvoz iz tretjih držav
Jabil assembled modules on behalf of other companies during the RIP as a contract manufacturer.
Obseg (v MW)
For this assembly service, the other companies paid a fee.
V zadevnim obdobju se je uvoz modulov iz tretjih držav v Unijo povečal za 30 %.
Consequently, the revenue reported by Jabil was not derived from the sales of modules, but from the from the service fees.
Njihov tržni delež se je znatno povečal, in sicer z 9 % leta 2012 na 25 % v OPP.
Therefore, the Commission decided to distinguish Jabil's profit figures from the profit figures of the rest of the Union module industry (see recitals 563 and 565 below).
Največja sprememba je bila znova med letoma 2013 in 2014, ko se je tržni delež povečal s 13 % na 28 %.
For the remaining injury indicators, the assembly activities provided by Jabil to non-cooperating module producers could not be verified and therefore were not taken into account.
Za Kitajsko so bili največji izvozniki Tajvan, Malezija in Singapur.
Following disclosure, one interested party requested further clarifications on what data from Jabil was or was not taken into account and why.
Poudariti je treba, da je lahko uvoz s Tajvana in Malezije vključeval izogibanje ukrepom (glej uvodno izjavo 4 zgoraj).
For all injury indicators, except for profitability, the Commission has taken into account all data provided by Jabil which relate to the cooperating Union module producers.
Uvoz celic iz drugih držav se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšal za 47 %.
Only that data was taken into account as it could be verified, while the rest was disregarded, in view of Jabil's particular business model and the fact that the final sales prices could not be verified.
Najbolj se je zmanjšal med letoma 2013 in 2014, in sicer za 52 %, med letom 2014 in OPP pa se je nekoliko povečal, in sicer za 9 %.
Union consumption
To je povzročilo zmanjšanje tržnega deleža s 70 % leta 2012 na 51 % v OPP.
The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of the total volume of imports of the product concerned and the volume of total sales of the like product in the Union, including those destined for captive use.
Med letoma 2013 in 2014 se je zmanjšal s 75 % na 48 %, v OPP pa je sledilo manjše povečanje za tri odstotne točke.
The total sales of the Union industry were based on the information provided by Europressedienst, corrected, where appropriate, with data from the standing replies of interested parties submitted at pre-initiation stage and the verified questionnaire replies of the sampled companies.
Največja izvoznika celic sta bila Tajvan in Malezija, ki sta jima sledili LRK in ZDA.
As indicated in recital 519 below, import data was based on Comext and the data reported to the Commission by the Member States in accordance with Article 14(6) of the basic Regulation (‘Article 14(6) database’).
Povprečne izvozne cene iz tretjih držav za module in celice so se v obravnavanem obdobju znatno znižale v skladu s kitajskimi cenami in cenami Unije.
The data on consumption was cross-checked with other sources [55].
Za module so se v obravnavanem obdobju znižale za 21 %, za celice pa za 45 %.
Union consumption developed as follows:
Tudi na te cene so lahko vplivale prakse izogibanja (glej uvodno izjavo 4 zgoraj).
Table 1a
Gospodarski položaj industrije Unije
Union consumption for modules (in MW)
Splošne opombe
Source: Europressedienst, standing replies, verified questionnaire replies, Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Komisija je v skladu s členom 8(4) osnovne uredbe proučila vse gospodarske dejavnike in kazalnike, ki vplivajo na položaj industrije Unije v obravnavanem obdobju.
RIP
Komisija je za analizo škode razlikovala med makro- in mikroekonomskimi kazalniki škode.
Total market
Makroekonomske kazalnike je ocenila na podlagi podatkov, ki so bili pridobljeni od vložnika ter navzkrižno preverjeni s stalnimi odgovori, ki so jih poslali nekateri proizvajalci Unije v predzačetni fazi, in preverjenimi vprašalniki, ki so jih izpolnili vzorčeni proizvajalci Unije.
Index (2012 = 100)
Mikroekonomske kazalnike pa je ocenila na podlagi podatkov iz izpolnjenih vprašalnikov vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije.
Table 1b
Makroekonomski kazalniki so: proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost, izkoriščenost zmogljivosti, obseg prodaje, tržni delež, rast, zaposlenost, produktivnost, višina subvencijske stopnje in okrevanje od preteklega subvencioniranja.
Union consumption for cells (in MW)
Mikroekonomski kazalniki so: povprečne cene na enoto, stroški na enoto, stroški dela, zaloge, dobičkonosnost, denarni tok, naložbe, donosnost naložb in zmožnost zbiranja kapitala.
In overall terms the Union consumption decreased considerably between 2012 and the RIP.
Makroekonomski kazalniki
The Union consumption for modules fell by 56 %.
Proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
However, after the dramatic drop between 2012 and 2013 by 35 %, the consumption remained rather stable in 2014 and the RIP.
Celotna proizvodnja Unije, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti so se v obravnavanem obdobju gibale na naslednji način:
Concerning cells, consumption decreased slightly less, that is by 26 % during the period considered.
Preglednica 5a
The drop in consumption took place mainly between 2013 and 2014 when it plummeted by 26 %.
Moduli – proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
However, it started to recover during the RIP when it increased by 4,5 % in comparison with 2014.
Vir: Europressedienst, stalni odgovori, preverjeni izpolnjeni vprašalniki.
Imports from the country concerned
Obseg proizvodnje (v MW)
Import volumes and values were based on different sources.
Proizvodna zmogljivost (v MW)
For 2012 and part of 2013 they were based on data provided by the applicant, but collected on its behalf by Europressedienst, since at that time modules and cells were imported into the Union under customs headings covering other products not subject to the present investigation and Eurostat could thus not be used.
Izkoriščenost zmogljivosti (%)
After the registration of imports of modules and cells had been introduced on 6 March 2013 [56], Eurostat data could be used.
Preglednica 5b
Consequently, for the rest of 2013, 2014 and the RIP the Commission based its findings on the Comext database [57] and the Article 14(6) database.
Celice – proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
Celotna proizvodnja modulov v Uniji se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšala za 26 %, vendar se je med letom 2014 in OPP povečala za 4,5 %.
Imports into the Union from the country concerned developed as follows:
Glede na zmanjšanje povpraševanja se je proizvodna zmogljivost odzvala na trend zmanjševanja proizvodnje in se v obravnavanem obdobju prav tako zmanjšala za 25 %.
Table 2a
Zato je stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti od začetka do konca obravnavanega obdobja ostala stabilna in dosegla 53 % v OPP.
Imports of modules from the PRC (in MW) and market share [58]Source: Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Vendar se je med letom 2014 in OPP izkoriščenost zmogljivosti znatno povečala, in sicer za 9 odstotnih točk (to je 19-odstotno povečanje).
Import volumes from the PRC
Poudariti je treba, da so imeli vzorčeni proizvajalci modulov v Uniji v obravnavanem obdobju mnogo višjo stopnjo izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, in sicer so dosegli 85 % v OPP, kar je za 39 % več v primerjavi z letom 2012 (61 %).
Index
Proizvodnja celic v Uniji se je v obravnavanem obdobju povečala za 19 %.
Market share (%)
Proizvodnja se je med letoma 2012 in 2013 zmanjšala za 31 %, med letoma 2013 in 2014 pa povečala za 49 % in nato še za 15 % med letom 2014 in OPP.
Table 2b
To je sovpadalo z uvedbo izravnalnih ukrepov decembra 2013, medtem ko se je potrošnja med letoma 2012 in 2014 stalno zmanjševala, med letom 2014 in OPP pa povečala.
Imports of cells from the PRC (in MW) and market share
Hkrati so se proizvodne zmogljivosti v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšale za 24 %, kar je povzročilo znatno povečanje izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, in sicer s 45 % leta 2012 na 70 % v OPP.
Source: Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Vzorčeni proizvajalci celic so imeli podobno kot proizvajalci modulov mnogo višjo stopnjo izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti kot celotna industrija Unije (86 %), ki je v obravnavanem obdobju ostala stabilna.
During the period considered the import volumes of modules from the PRC decreased by 73 %, with a corresponding decrease in market share by 39 %, i.e. from 66 % in 2012 to 41 % during the RIP.
Skratka, industrija Unije je zmanjšala svoje zmogljivosti kot odziv na zmanjšanje potrošnje.
However, after the existing measures were imposed in 2013, import volumes of modules decreased by 45 % between 2013 and 2014, while consumption decreased by 31 %.
Hkrati pa je v OPP povečala proizvodnjo v primerjavi z letom 2014, zato se je stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti dodatno izboljšala.
Regarding cells, the import volumes increased by 65 % during the period considered, which resulted in a much bigger increase in market share, i.e. by 123 % (from 7 % in 2012 to 16 % during the RIP), in the context of a shrinking market.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež
At the same time between 2013 and 2014 the imports of cells increased by 59 %, which resulted in an increase in market share of 10 percentage points.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež industrije Unije sta se v obravnavanem obdobju gibala na naslednji način:
Even though the surge did not continue in the RIP, the level of imports remained much higher during the RIP than in 2012 and 2013.
Preglednica 6a
Prices of the imports from the country concerned
Moduli – obseg prodaje in tržni delež
The Commission established the prices of imports on the basis of Comext and Article 14(6) database.
Celotni obseg prodaje (zaprti in odprti trg) v Uniji (v MW)
The average price of imports into the Union from the country concerned developed as follows:
Preglednica 6b
Table 3a
Celice – obseg prodaje in tržni delež
Import prices of modules (EUR/kW)
Obseg prodaje modulov se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšal za 40 %.
PRC's import prices
Vendar je to glede na 56-odstotno zmanjšanje potrošnje pomenilo znatno povečanje tržnega deleža v obravnavanem obdobju, in sicer za 40 %, tako da je ta dosegel 35 % v OPP.
Table 3b
V zvezi s celicami se je obseg prodaje industrije Unije v obravnavanem obdobju povečal za 9 %.
Import prices of cells (EUR/kW)
To je povzročilo povečanje tržnega deleža s 23 % leta 2012 na 33 % v OPP, medtem ko se je potrošnja zmanjšala mnogo manj kot za module, tj. za 26 %.
The average import price from the PRC dropped by 22 % for modules and by 43 % for cells during the period considered.
Industriji Unije je kljub zmanjševanju potrošnje in uvedbi izravnalnih ukrepov uspelo povečati svoj tržni delež za module in celice.