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On this basis they alleged that excluding ‘special heavy plate’ from the product scope ‘will have very limited impact on the overall determination of the investigation’ and that it ‘would not jeopardize the general effect of anti-dumping measures on imports of dumped heavy plate’, since ‘commodity heavy plate’ would remain subject to the measures.
Na podlagi tega Komisija zavrača trditev, da izključitev „posebnih debelih pločevin“ ne bi ogrozila učinkovitosti protidampinških ukrepov.
An analysis of the export sales of the sampled exporting producers from the PRC on the basis of the PCN shows that ‘special heavy plate’ does undercut the sales prices of the Union industry and thereby contribute to the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Sklep
Since it cannot be established that ‘special heavy plate’ has a different end-use than ‘commodity heavy plate’ and is not interchangeable with it, the currently limited quantities of these sales cannot be used as an indication that their exclusion would not jeopardize the effectiveness of the measures.
Na podlagi navedenega Komisija ugotavlja, da nobena od trditev združenja CISA in enega uvoznika ne dokazuje, da bi morale biti „posebne debele pločevine“ izključene iz obsega izdelka v preiskavi.
Indeed, if ‘special heavy plate’ were excluded from the product scope, users currently buying ‘commodity heavy plate’ could switch to ‘special heavy plate’, thereby avoiding the duties and jeopardizing the effectiveness of the measures.
Ker v zvezi z obsegom izdelka ni bilo dodatnih pripomb, Komisija potrjuje opredelitev zadevnega izdelka iz uvodnih izjav 30 in 31 začasne uredbe.
Furthermore, contrary to the situation in other WTO Member States, all types of heavy plate are produced in significant quantities by the Union producers, and all those products suffer from injurious dumping.
DAMPING
On this basis, the Commission rejects the argument that the exclusion of ‘special heavy plate’ would not jeopardize the effectiveness of the anti-dumping measures.
Normalna vrednost
Conclusion
Tržnogospodarska obravnava („TGO“)
On the basis of the above, the Commission concludes that none of the arguments raised by CISA and one importer shows that ‘special heavy plate’ should be excluded from the product scope of the investigation.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 43 začasne uredbe, ni nobeden od vzorčenih proizvajalcev izvoznikov predložil zahtevka za TGO in ni bilo sprejetih zahtevkov za individualno preiskavo, vključno z zahtevki za TGO.
In the absence of further comments as regards the product scope the Commission confirms the definition of the product concerned as set out in recitals 30 and 31 of the provisional Regulation.
Primerljiva država
DUMPING
V začasni uredbi je bila v skladu s členom 2(7) osnovne uredbe kot primerljiva država izbrana Avstralija.
Normal value
Po objavi začasne uredbe je CISA navedla, da je na začetku preiskave predložila pripombo o morebitni uporabi Združenih držav Amerike, v kateri je izrazila veliko zaskrbljenost v zvezi s to izbiro, saj bi posledično Komisija uporabljala podatke od družb, povezanih z industrijo Unije.
MET
CISA je navedla, da bi morala Komisija uporabljati podatke iz drugih držav in ZDA uporabiti le v skrajnem primeru, če druge države ne bi sodelovale.
As set out in recital 43 of the provisional Regulation, none of the sampled exporting producers claimed MET and no requests for individual examination including claims for MET were accepted.
Po objavi začasne uredbe so Eurofer, en proizvajalec izvoznik iz LRK in CISA predložili pripombe o izbiri Avstralije in zahtevali, da Komisija raje uporabi Združene države Amerike.
Analogue country
Eurofer in proizvajalec izvoznik iz LRK sta predlagala, naj Komisija uporabi podatke iz Združenih držav Amerike, saj je tam več konkurenčnih domačih proizvajalcev in bi bili na voljo podatki o več vrstah izdelkov kot od edinega avstralskega proizvajalca.
In the provisional Regulation, the Commission selected Australia as the analogue country in accordance with Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation.
Glede na to, da je pri preiskavi sodeloval le en proizvajalec iz ZDA, podatki od drugih proizvajalcev ne bi bili na voljo, če bi bile ZDA izbrane kot primerljiva država.
After publication of the provisional Regulation, CISA noted that in a submission made at the start of the investigation they had commented on the potential use of the United States of America, expressing great concern at this choice as it would result in the Commission using data from companies related to the Union industry.
CISA je zahtevala, naj Komisija za izračun stopnje dampinga uporabi podatke od edinega sodelujočega proizvajalca iz ZDA in naj v primeru „popolnoma drugačnih“ rezultatov v primerjavi z začasno fazo, v kateri je bila uporabljena Avstralija, zaključi, da Avstralija ni „ustrezna primerljiva država“, ter namesto nje uporabi ZDA.
CISA noted that the Commission should use data from other countries and only use the USA as a last resort in the absence of cooperation from other countries.
Ta zahteva je bila zavrnjena.
Following the publication of the provisional Regulation, Eurofer, one exporting producer in the PRC and CISA made comments on the choice of Australia and requested that the Commission use the United States of America instead.
Kot je navedeno v uvodnih izjavah 44 do 52 začasne uredbe, je bila Avstralija izbrana kot primerljiva država, novi argumenti pa niso dokazali, da Avstralija ni primerna.
Eurofer and the exporting producer from the PRC suggested that the Commission use data from the United States of America as there were more competing domestic producers, and therefore there would be data for more product types than what was available from the sole Australian producer.
CISA je po dokončnem razkritju predložila dodatne pripombe v zvezi s primernostjo Avstralije kot primerljive države.
Given that only one US producer cooperated with the investigation, data from other producers would not have been available if the USA had been chosen as analogue country.
Najprej je opozorila, da je izračun stopenj dampinga za proizvajalce izvoznike iz LRK višji od stopenj škode, tako da je bila normalna vrednost v Avstraliji višja od neškodljive cene industrije Unije, če se upošteva povprečje.
CISA requested that the Commission calculate dumping margins using the data from the sole cooperating US producer, and if the result was ‘completely different’ from that found at provisional stage using Australia, that the Commission should find that Australia is not a ‘valid analogue country’ and use the USA instead.
CISA je na podlagi tega zaključila, da Avstralija „nikakor ne more šteti za ustrezno primerljivo državo“.
This request was rejected.
Ta argument se zavrne.
As set out in recitals 44 to 52 of the provisional Regulation Australia has been chosen as analogue country, and their new arguments did not show that Australia is not appropriate.
Informacija o stopnji normalne vrednosti na podlagi cen ali stroškov v zadevni državi s tržnim gospodarstvom se preveri po izbiri primerljive države.
Following final disclosure CISA submitted further comments regarding the suitability of Australia as analogue country.
Normalna vrednost pomeni domačo ceno podobnega izdelka na domačem trgu države s tržnim gospodarstvom in ni razlog za zavrnitev Avstralije kot primerljive države.
Firstly, they noted that the dumping margins calculated for the exporting producers from the PRC were higher than the injury margins, and therefore the Australian normal value was higher than the non-injurious price of the Union industry, if taken as an average.
CISA je nato navedla nedavno zadevo proti LRK (armaturne palice iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti [12]), v kateri je trdila, da je Komisija nekatere vrste izdelkov odstranila iz normalne vrednosti v primerljivi državi, potem ko so „zainteresirane strani izpodbijale zelo visoke domače cene in stroške proizvodnje“.
On this basis CISA concluded that Australia ‘cannot possibly be considered a valid analogue country’.
Primer, ki ga je navedla CISA, ni pomemben za sedanjo preiskavo.
This argument is rejected.
Komisija je v primeru armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti ugotovila, da so nekatere vrste izdelkov narejene v skladu s standardi primerljive države in niso konkurenčne vrstam izdelkov, ki se izvažajo iz LRK.
The level of the normal value, based on the prices or costs in the market economy country concerned, is information verified after the choice of analogue country is made.
Te določene vrste izdelkov niso bile upoštevane pri primerjavi normalne vrednosti z izvozno ceno proizvajalcev izvoznikov iz LRK.
The normal value is the domestic price of the like product on the domestic market of a market economy country and not a reason to discard Australia as an analogue country.
Ker CISA ni trdila, da proizvajalec v Avstraliji proizvaja vrste izdelkov, ki niso konkurenčne vrstam izdelkov, ki se izvažajo iz LRK v Unijo, primer ni pomemben.
Secondly, CISA made reference to a recent case against the PRC (HFP rebar) [12] where they claimed that the Commission had removed certain product types from the normal value in the analogue country after ‘interested parties challenged the very high domestic prices and costs of production’.
Ker v zvezi s primerljivo državo ni bilo nobenih drugih pripomb, se začasni sklep Komisije iz uvodne izjave 52 začasne uredbe, da se Avstralija uporabi kot primerljiva država, potrdi.
The example quoted by CISA has no relevance to the current investigation.
Eurofer je predložil pripombo o začasni metodologiji Komisije iz uvodne izjave 68 začasne uredbe v zvezi z vrstami izdelkov, ki jih primerljivi proizvajalec ne prodaja.
In the HFP rebar case the Commission identified certain product types made to an analogue country's standards and not in competition with product types exported from the PRC.
Zahtevali so, naj Komisija „vključi prilagoditev, ki bi upoštevala višje stroške“ izdelkov, ki se ne prodajajo na domačem trgu primerljive države.
These particular product types were not taken into account when comparing the normal value to the export price of the exporting producers from the PRC.
Komisija to zahtevo zavrača, saj so v zvezi s stroški ali ceno debele pločevine v Avstraliji na voljo le preverjeni podatki proizvajalca iz primerljive države.
As CISA has made no claim that the producer in Australia manufactures product types that do not compete with the product types exported from the PRC to the Union, the example has no relevance.
Če proizvajalec ni proizvedel določene vrste izdelka, ki ga izvaža proizvajalec izvoznik iz LRK, ni na voljo nobenih podatkov za takšno prilagoditev.
In the absence of any further comments regarding analogue country, the Commission's provisional conclusion to use Australia as analogue country, as set out in recital 52 of the provisional Regulation is therefore confirmed.
Ker v zvezi z normalno vrednostjo ni bilo nobenih drugih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 53 do 68 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
Eurofer commented on the Commission's provisional methodology set out in recital 68 of the provisional Regulation regarding product types not sold by the analogue producer.
Izvozna cena
They requested that the Commission should ‘include an adjustment to account for the higher costs’ of products not sold on the domestic market of the analogue country.
Ker v zvezi z izvozno ceno ni bilo pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 69 in 70 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
The Commission rejects this request as the only data available regarding the cost or price of heavy plate in Australia is the verified data of the analogue country producer.
Primerjava
Where the producer did not manufacture a particular product type exported by an exporting producer from the PRC, no data is therefore available to make such an adjustment.
Ker v zvezi s primerjavo ni bilo pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 71 do 73 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
In the absence of any further comments regarding normal value, the conclusions set out in recitals 53 to 68 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Stopnje dampinga
Export price
Ker v zvezi s stopnjami dampinga ni bilo pripomb, se začasne stopnje dampinga iz preglednice 2 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
In the absence of comments regarding export price, the conclusions set out in recitals 69 and 70 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
ŠKODA
Comparison
Opredelitev pojmov industrija Unije in proizvodnja Unije
In the absence of comments regarding comparison, the conclusions set out in recitals 71 to 73 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Ker v zvezi z opredelitvijo pojmov industrija Unije in proizvodnja Unije ni bilo nobenih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 82 do 85 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
Dumping margins
Potrošnja Unije
In the absence of comments regarding the dumping margins, the provisional dumping margins set out in Table 2 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Ker v zvezi s potrošnjo Unije ni bilo pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 86 do 89 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
INJURY
Obseg in tržni deleži uvoza
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
Ker v zvezi z obsegom in tržnim deležem uvoza iz LRK ni bilo pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 90 do 94 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
In the absence of any comments with respect to the definition of the Union industry and Union production the conclusions set out in recitals 82 to 85 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Uvozne cene iz LRK in nelojalno nižanje prodajnih cen
Union consumption
Eurofer je navedel, da Komisija „ne bi smela podcenjevati stopnje nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen z nerealno visokimi prilagoditvami za stroške, nastale po uvozu“.
In the absence of comments with respect to Union consumption the conclusions set out in recitals 86 to 89 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Toda Komisija navaja, da so bili zneski za stroške, nastale po uvozu, potrjeni med preveritvami na kraju samem, zato jih ni mogoče šteti za nerealno visoke.
Volume and market shares of the imports
Eurofer je nadalje trdil, da „se cene industrije Unije prav tako ne bi smele znižati zaradi provizij povezanih strank, plačanih znotraj skupine družb“.
In the absence of comments with respect to the volume and market share of imports from the PRC, the conclusions set out in recitals 90 to 94 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Komisija navaja, da je odbitek za provizije upravičen, kadar družba, ki posreduje pri transakciji, opravlja funkcije zastopnika, ne glede na to, ali je družba povezana ali ne.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
Poleg tega ni niti Eurofer niti kateri koli posamezni proizvajalec Unije predložil nobenega argumenta, ki bi dokazoval nasprotno.
Eurofer submitted that ‘the Commission should be careful not to underestimate the margin of undercutting by making unrealistically high adjustments for post-importation costs.’
Komisija zato vztraja pri stališču, da je odbitek upravičen.
The Commission notes however that the amounts for post-importation costs were confirmed during the on-spot verifications and therefore cannot be considered unrealistically high.
Eurofer je predložil tudi, da „kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki običajnim konstrukcijskim jeklom pogosto dodajo določeno količino bora ali kroma, da bi bili upravičeni do kitajskih davčnih olajšav, nato pa na trgu Unije jeklo prodajo kot običajno nelegirano konstrukcijsko jeklo (npr. razredi S235, S275 in S355)“.
Eurofer further claimed that ‘the Union industry prices should also not be reduced for related-party commissions paid within a corporate group.’
Zahteval je, da Komisija „v svoji analizi nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen zagotovi ustrezno usklajenost teh izdelkov s prodajo razredov S235, S275 in S355 industrije Unije“.
The Commission notes that a deduction for commissions is warranted when the company intervening in a transaction performs the functions of an agent, irrespective of whether the company is related or not.
Analiza nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen primerja uvozne cene iz LRK s cenami Unije na podlagi kontrolne številke izdelka, ki je skupna vsem delom preiskave.
Moreover neither Eurofer nor any individual Union producer provided any argument that this is not the case.
Razred jekla je del kontrolne številke izdelka in je bil preverjen med preveritvenimi obiski pri vzorčenih proizvajalcih izvoznikih iz LRK in proizvajalcih Unije.
The Commission therefore maintains the position that the deduction is warranted.
Isti razredi jekla so bili torej usklajeni za analizo nelojalnega nižanja prodajnih cen.
Eurofer submitted also that ‘Chinese exporting producers often add certain amounts of boron or chromium to normal structural steels in order to qualify for Chinese tax rebates but then sell the steel as normal non-alloy structural steel in the Union market (e.g. grades S235, S275 and S355)’.
Ker v zvezi z uvoznimi cenami iz LRK in nelojalnim nižanjem prodajnih cen ni bilo nobenih dodatnih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 95 do 99 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
They requested that the Commission ensures that ‘these products are properly matched with Union industry sales of grades S235, S275 and S355 in its undercutting analysis’.
Gospodarski položaj industrije Unije
The undercutting analysis compares import prices from the PRC with Union prices on the basis of the PCN which is common to all parts of the investigation.
Splošne opombe
The steel grade forms part of the PCN and was verified during the verification visits at the sampled exporting producers from the PRC and Union producers.
Komisija v uvodni izjavi 104 začasne uredbe ugotavlja, da je eden od vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije decembra 2015 prekinil proizvodnjo debelih pločevin.
Therefore the same steel grades were matched for the undercutting analysis.
En proizvajalec izvoznik iz LRK je trdil, da bi morala Komisija tega vzorčenega proizvajalca Unije izključiti iz analize škode, ker „ostaja možnost izkrivljanja, tako da bi bilo treba opraviti revidirano analizo brez informacij nekdanje družbe ali pa bi bilo treba zbrati podatke od drugega proizvajalca EU“.
In the absence of any further comments with respect to the price of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting the conclusions set out in recitals 95 to 99 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Prekinitev proizvodnje ne vpliva na kazalnike škode, ker so jo izvedli v zadnjih dneh obdobja preiskave, zato je bilo za oba sklopa podatkov, tj. za makroekonomske podatke, ki se nanašajo na vse proizvajalce Unije, in mikroekonomske kazalnike, ki se nanašajo na vzorčene proizvajalce Unije, ugotovljeno, da sta reprezentativna za gospodarski položaj industrije Unije.
Economic situation of the Union industry
Ker v zvezi s splošnimi opombami o gospodarskem položaju industrije Unije ni bilo nobenih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 100 do 104 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
In recital 104 of the provisional Regulation the Commission notes that one of the sampled Union producers suspended the production of heavy plate in December 2015.
Proizvodnja, proizvodna zmogljivost in izkoriščenost zmogljivosti
One exporting producer from the PRC claimed that the Commission should exclude this sampled Union producer from the injury analysis because ‘the potential for distortion remains, such that either a revised analysis without the defunct company's information should be conducted, or data from another EU producer should be collected’.
Ker v zvezi s proizvodnjo, proizvodno zmogljivostjo in izkoriščenostjo zmogljivosti industrije Unije ni bilo nobenih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 105 do 110 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
This suspension of production has no impact on any injury indicator as it took place at the last days of the investigation period and therefore both sets of data that is macroeconomic data relating to all Union producers and the microeconomic indicators relating to the sampled Union producers were found to be representative of the economic situation of the Union industry.
Obseg prodaje in tržni delež
In the absence of any comments with respect to the general remarks on the economic situation of the Union industry the conclusions set out in recitals 100 to 104 of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
CISA je predložila, da se ne strinja z metodologijo primerjave kazalnikov škode obsega prodaje „od ‚začetka‘ (2012) do ‚konca‘ (2015, tj. OP)“ in s sklepom, da se je obseg prodaje industrije Unije zmanjšal za 7 %.
Macroeconomic indicators
CISA meni, da so za določitev škode relevantnejši novejši podatki.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
CISA trdi tudi, da bi morala Komisija „nameniti večjo pozornost nedavnemu gibanju obsega prodaje industrije Unije, ki ne kaže nobenega zmanjšanja v zadnjih treh letih“ (tj. med letoma 2013 in 2015).
In the absence of any comments with respect to production, production capacity and capacity utilisation of the Union industry the conclusions set out in recitals 105 to (110) of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Komisija ta argument zavrača iz naslednjih razlogov:
Sales volume and market share
Prvič, Komisija opozarja na uvodno izjavo 3 zgoraj, v kateri je navedeno, da je proučevanje gibanj, pomembnih za oceno škode, zajelo obdobje od 1. januarja 2012 do konca obdobja preiskave.
CISA submitted that it disagrees with the methodology of a ‘“beginning-point” (2012) to “end-point” (2015, i.e. IP)’ comparison of the sales volume injury indicator and the resulting conclusion that the Union industry's sales volume has decreased by 7 %.
Komisija je proučila vse kazalnike škode tako, da je predstavila njihovo gibanje v celotnem obravnavanem obdobju ter po potrebi analizo posameznih let.
In CISA's view more recent data are more relevant to the determination on injury.
Drugič, v uvodni izjavi 112 začasne uredbe je navedeno: „Po zmanjšanju za 7 % med letoma 2012 in 2013 in nadaljnjem zmanjšanju leta 2014 za 2 odstotni točki se je obseg prodaje v obdobju preiskave nekoliko povečal za 2 odstotni točki“.
CISA further claims that the Commission should have ‘added more weight on the recent trend of sales volume of the Union industry, which does not show any decrease throughout the recent 3 years’, i.e. between 2013 and 2015.
Zato je jasno, da Komisija ni opravila preproste primerjave „od ‚začetka‘ (2012) do ‚konca‘ (2015, tj. OP)“, kot je trdila, temveč celovito primerjavo vseh let v obravnavanem obdobju.
The Commission rejects this argument for the following reasons:
Tretjič, stabilen obseg prodaje med letoma 2013 in 2015 je treba obravnavati v okviru močnega povečanja potrošnje za 11 odstotnih točk, kot je navedeno v preglednici 3 začasne uredbe.
Firstly, the Commission recalls recital 3 above providing that the examination of trends relevant for the assessment of injury covered the period considered.
Stabilen obseg prodaje torej ni preprečil znatne izgube tržnega deleža za 9,3 odstotne točke v istem obdobju, kot je navedeno v preglednici 7 začasne uredbe.
The Commission examined all injury indicators by presenting their trends over the whole period considered as well as year to year analysis, where relevant.
Zato se stabilen obseg prodaje med letoma 2013 in 2015 šteje kot znak škode, saj je treba obseg prodaje analizirati v okviru naraščajoče potrošnje in vse manjšega tržnega deleža.
Secondly, recital 112 of the provisional Regulation states that ‘after a 7 % decrease between 2012 and 2013 and an even further decrease in 2014 by 2 percentage points the sales volume increased slightly by 2 percentage points in the IP’.
Ker v zvezi z obsegom prodaje in tržnim deležem industrije Unije ni bilo nobenih dodatnih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 111 do 114 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
It is therefore clear that the Commission did not carry out a simple ‘“beginning-point” (2012) to “end-point” (2015, i.e. IP)’ comparison as alleged, but a comprehensive comparison of all years in the period considered.
Zaposlenost in produktivnost
Thirdly, the stable sales volume between 2013 and 2015 has to be seen in the context of a strongly increasing consumption of 11 percentage points, as stated in Table 3 of the provisional Regulation.
Ker v zvezi z zaposlenostjo in produktivnostjo industrije Unije ni bilo nobenih pripomb, se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav 115 do 117 začasne uredbe potrdijo.