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In conclusion, the Commission found a further deterioration of the profitability of the complainants during the first half of 2016.
Komisija je v skladu s členom 31 osnovne uredbe proučila, ali obstajajo utemeljeni razlogi, zaradi katerih bi bilo mogoče sklepati, da v tem primeru sprejetje ukrepov ni v interesu Unije.
It also found indications that the Union steel producers are possibly recovering during the second half of 2016, but this would not compensate for the losses incurred during 2015 and the first half of 2016.
Določitev interesa Unije je temeljila na proučitvi vseh raznovrstnih vključenih interesov, vključno z interesi industrije Unije, uvoznikov in uporabnikov.
Accordingly, the assessment that a threat of imminent injury existed at the end of 2015 has not been invalidated.
Pri tem je Komisija posebno pozornost namenila potrebi po odpravi učinkov škodljivega subvencioniranja, ki izkrivljajo trgovino, in ponovni vzpostavitvi učinkovite konkurence.
Rather the further deterioration in profitability in the entire first half of 2016 confirmed the accuracy of the Commission's assessment of this indicator.
Interes industrije Unije
Foreseeability and imminence of the change in circumstances
Industrija Unije deluje v več državah članicah (v Združenem kraljestvu, Franciji, Nemčiji, Češki, Slovaški, Italiji, Luksemburgu, Belgiji, na Poljskem, Nizozemskem, v Avstriji, na Finskem, Švedskem, Portugalskem, Madžarskem in v Španiji), v njej pa je v zvezi z vroče valjanimi ploščatimi izdelki iz jekla neposredno zaposlenih približno 18000 delavcev.
Article 8(8) of the basic Regulation provides that ‘… the change in circumstances which would create a situation in which the subsidy would cause injury must be clearly foreseen and must be imminent.’
V preiskavi je sodelovalo 17 proizvajalcev.
All the above-mentioned factors have been analysed and verified with respect to the investigation period.
Nobeden od znanih proizvajalcev ni nasprotoval začetku preiskave.
In particular, the profitability of the sampled Union producers reached the unsustainable level of – 10 % in the fourth quarter of 2015 when Chinese price pressure was felt most.
Kot je navedeno v analizi kazalnikov škode, so se v celotni industriji Unije v obravnavanem obdobju kazali nekateri znaki škode.
Furthermore, the post-investigation period data revealed that this negative trend, which started in the second half of 2015, was not invalidated during the first half of 2016.
Močno prizadeti so bili zlasti kazalniki škode, povezani s finančno uspešnostjo vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije, kot je dobičkonosnost.
The available data for the periods July-December 2016 and January-February 2017 presented a mixed picture.
Položaj vzorčenih proizvajalcev Unije se je poslabšal, zlasti od druge polovice leta 2015; nanje je negativno vplival subvencionirani uvoz, ki je povzročal grožnjo škode, ki je ob koncu obdobja preiskave postala neizogibna.
While the Chinese import volumes decreased after July 2016, likely as a result of the registration request in the anti-dumping proceeding against dumped imports from China on the product concerned, the knowledge of intention of the Commission to decide on provisional measures within eight months of initiation in the anti-dumping proceeding against dumped imports from China on the product concerned, and finally the effective imposition of anti-dumping measures in the parallel ongoing anti-dumping case early October 2016 (see recital (485)), the overcapacity remained threatening.
Kljub temu je Komisija ugotovila tudi, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi (542), da se je položaj proizvajalcev jekla iz Unije v smislu dobičkonosnosti v drugi polovici leta 2016 morda začel izboljševati, a tudi če bi to držalo, to ne bi nadomestilo izgub, ki so jih imele leta 2015 in v prvi polovici leta 2016.
Furthermore, as explained in recital (486), it is likely that this decrease in subsidised import volumes would be only temporarily, and such trend would revert if no definitive countervailing measures are imposed.
Po razkritju je kitajska vlada trdila, da ne bo potrebe po uvedbi dokončnih ukrepov v sedanji preiskavi, saj nikakor ni jasno, da bo od njih industrija Unije imela koristi.
Concerning the increase in Chinese prices during the same recent period, even if — hypothetically — the cost of production of the Union industry in the most recent period had decreased, the fact remains that the level of subsidised Chinese prices up to September 2016 had still been exerting an enormous price pressure on the Union steel industry.
Trdila je na primer, da bi v primeru uvedbe dokončnih ukrepov uvoz s Kitajske verjetno bil nadomeščen z uvozom vroče valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz drugih držav, za katere dajatve ne veljajo.
Moreover, as explained in recital (523), the trend of increasing import prices might stop once the volatility of the recent raw material price increases has faded out. .It follows that the threat of injury was imminent and foreseeable after the end of the investigation period.
Komisija je to trditev zavrnila.
The Commission thus confirmed that there was a clearly foreseeable and imminent change in circumstances at the end of the investigation period, which would have created a situation in which the subsidy would have caused injury.
Pričakuje se, da se bodo z uvedbo dokončnih izravnalnih dajatev na trgu Unije znova vzpostavili pošteni tržni pogoji in da bo to omogočilo nadaljnje okrevanje industrije Unije.
As explained in the preceding recital, this change in circumstances was not rebutted by post-IP data, which, in any case, must be viewed through the lens of immediate market reaction to the imposition of anti-dumping duties and the likely further imposition of countervailing measures.
Tako bi se dobičkonosnost industrije Unije izboljšala in približala ravnem, ki se štejejo za potrebne za to kapitalsko intenzivno panogo.
Following disclosure, the GOC claimed that there was no clearly foreseeable and imminent change in circumstances.
Zato je pomembno, da se cene vrnejo na nesubvencionirano ali neškodljivo raven, da se vsem različnim proizvajalcem omogoči delovanje na trgu Unije v poštenih tržnih razmerah.
For the reasons explained in recitals (543) to (547) above, the Commission rejected this claim.
Če ukrepi ne bodo sprejeti, se bo grožnja škode verjetno uresničila in se bo nadaljevalo poslabševanje gospodarskega položaja industrije Unije.
Conclusion on threat of injury
Komisija je zato sklenila, da bi bila uvedba dokončnih izravnalnih dajatev v interesu industrije Unije.
While the Union industry was recovering during 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015, almost all injury indicators started to fall dramatically during the second half of 2015.
Interes uvoznikov
The investigation revealed that this negative trend, which started in the second half of 2015, was not invalidated during the first half of 2016.
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi (21), ni noben nepovezani uvoznik v celoti izpolnil vprašalnika ali Komisiji predložil podatkov, iz katerih bi bilo razvidno, v kakšnem obsegu bi bili uvozniki oškodovani zaradi uvedbe ukrepov.
As a result, all factors assessed in the framework of Article 8(8) of the basic Regulation, in particular the significant rate of increase of subsidised imports in 2015 at further decreasing prices, the huge excess capacity in the PRC, and the negative developments in profitability of the Union industry point to the same direction.
Zato in ob upoštevanju dejstva, da poleg LRK v Unijo izvažajo tudi številne druge države, je Komisija sklenila, da uvedba ukrepov morda ni v interesu uvoznikov.
The available data for the period July-December 2016 present a mixed picture.
Interes uporabnikov
While the Chinese import volumes decreased significantly in particular during the periods October-February 2017, the overcapacity remained threatening and the prices remained up to September 2016 below the Union industry's cost of production despite their more recent increase.
Vroče valjani ploščati izdelki iz jekla se uporabljajo kot industrijski vložek, ki ga končni uporabniki kupijo za različne uporabe, med drugim v gradbeništvu (proizvodnja jeklenih cevi), ladjedelništvu, pri plinskih posodah, tlačnih posodah in cevovodih za oskrbo z energijo.
Furthermore, as shown in recital (545), the decrease in Chinese import volumes after July 2016 can likely be explained as a result of the registration request in the anti-dumping proceeding against dumped imports from China on the product concerned, the knowledge of intention of the Commission to decide on provisional measures within eight months of initiation in the anti-dumping proceeding against dumped imports from China on the product concerned, and finally the effective imposition of anti-dumping measures in the parallel ongoing anti-dumping case early October 2016.
V okviru protidampinške preiskave proti Kitajski v zvezi z enakim zadevnim izdelkom je izpolnjen vprašalnik predložil le en uporabnik iz Italije (Marcegaglia Carbon S.p.A.), ki uvaža iz zadevne države ter med drugim proizvaja cevi in izdelke iz jekla s konca prodajne verige.
In addition, as explained in recital (546), the trend of increasing import prices might stop once the volatility of the recent raw material price increases has faded out.
Zadevni izdelek/podobni izdelek je za tega uporabnika strošek.
In the view of this analysis, the Commission concluded that there was a threat of a clearly foreseeable and imminent injury to the Union industry at the end of the investigation period.
Ta italijanski uporabnik je trdil, da bi uvedba ukrepov na uvoz iz zadevne države povzročila, da ne bi več imel dostopa do zanesljive oskrbe z zadevnim izdelkom na trgu Unije, zlasti z visokokakovostnimi kolobarji za ponovno valjanje.
This assessment was not invalidated by the post-IP developments analysed above.
Trdil je, da 88 % celotne proizvodnje Unije priskrbi samo 16 družb v lasti osmih velikih skupin, pri čemer se največji del proizvodnje (približno 70 %) uporabi na zaprtem trgu.
CAUSATION
Zato naj bi proizvajalci Unije zaradi še vedno razmeroma velikih tržnih deležev lahko izvajali velik pritisk na trg zadevnega izdelka in trg na koncu prodajne verige.
In accordance with Article 8(5) of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether the threat of material injury to the Union industry was caused by the existing subsidised imports from the country concerned.
Komisija opozarja, da cilj dokončnih izravnalnih dajatev ni zaprtje trga Unije za uvoz, ampak ponovna vzpostavitev poštene trgovine z odpravo učinka škodljivega subvencioniranja.
In accordance with Article 8(6) of the basic Regulation, the Commission also examined whether other known factors could at the same time have threatened to injure the Union industry.
Zato bi se italijanski uporabnik in drugi uporabniki Unije še vedno lahko zanašali na visokokakovostno oskrbo z zadevnim izdelkom iz Unije ali iz tretjih držav.
These factors are: the economic crisis and decrease in steel demand, the cost of raw materials causing the decrease of the sales prices, imports from other third countries, the export sales performance of the Union producers, and the allegation that one Union producer on its own is injuring the Union industry.
Njegova dobavna veriga zato ni mogla biti bistveno prekinjena.
Effects of the subsidised imports
Tudi če bi se cene zadevnega izdelka iz Kitajske zvišale za približno 30 %, bi to imelo 3-odstotni vpliv na stroške proizvodnje tega italijanskega uporabnika.
Sales prices of the Chinese exporting producers decreased on average from 600 EUR/tonne in 2012 to 404 EUR/tonne during the investigation period (– 33 %).
To je lahko v tem poslu precej, vendar je simulacija pokazala tudi, da bi imel pred davkom še vedno majhen dobiček.
By continuously lowering their unit sales price during the period considered, and as set out in recital (418), the Chinese exporting producers were able to significantly increase their market share from 2012 (0,79 %) to the investigation period (4,32 %).
Ker se pričakuje, da se bo po uvedbi dokončnih izravnalnih dajatev uvoz iz zadevne države in drugih držav nadaljeval, in ker so še vedno na voljo drugi alternativni viri oskrbe, je trditev, da bi uvedba izravnalnih dajatev industriji Unije omogočila izvajanje močnega pritiska na cene, neutemeljena.
In particular, during the investigation period, compared to the previous years, there was a substantial increase of Chinese imports.
Industrija Unije obsega 22 proizvajalcev, ki uporabnikom zagotavljajo širok izbor ponudbe že v Uniji, obstaja pa tudi možnost uvoza iz drugih tretjih držav, ki proizvajajo in izvažajo podobni izdelek.
While the drop in steel demand and the aftermath of the Eurozone debt crisis affected negatively the performance of the Union industry in 2012 and 2013, the Union industry was able to recover slightly in 2014.
Zato je Komisija zavrnila trditev, da bi uvedba ukrepov povzročila pomanjkanje ponudbe zadevnega/podobnega izdelka.
However, in particular from the second half of 2015 onwards, the continuous increase in imports from the country concerned at undercutting prices had a clear negative impact on the performance of the Union industry.
V zvezi z morebitnimi negativnimi učinki na konkurenco na trgu Unije drži, da pravila EU o konkurenci določajo strožja merila ravnanja za družbo, ki ima velik tržni delež.
Indeed, while the Union industry was cutting in 2015 its costs by productivity gains, including some labour reductions and benefitting from the decrease in raw material prices, subsidised imports kept on increasing and forced the Union industry to decrease its Union sales prices even more to limit its loss of market share.
Vsekakor Komisija ni seznanjena z nobeno zlorabo prevladujočega položaja na trgu zadevnega izdelka v Uniji.
As a result, while the Union industry's profitability showed slight improvement by reducing losses in 2014 and the first half of 2015, the trend reversed completely from the second half of 2015 onwards: the volume of Chinese imports increased further and the Chinese prices decreased even more while the Union industry prices and profitability went further down.
Vendar je ne nazadnje naloga organov, pristojnih za konkurenco, da ugotovijo, ali gre za prevladujoči položaj in ali se ta položaj zlorablja.
In view of the coincidence in time between, on the one hand, the ever-increasing level of subsidised imports at continuously decreasing prices and, on the other hand, the Union industry's loss of market share and price depression resulting in further losses, in particular from the second half of 2015 onwards, the Commission concluded that the subsidised imports had a negative impact on the situation of the Union industry.
Po razkritju je kitajska vlada je menila, da kakršne koli koristi, ki bi jih Uniji prinesla uvedba dokončnih ukrepov proti uvozu vroče valjanih ploščatih izdelkov, ne bi odtehtale negativnih učinkov na uporabnike.
Moreover, the progressive slowing down of the Chinese economy and the significant overcapacity of the Chinese steel industry has pushed Chinese steel producers to direct their excess production towards export markets and the Union market is an attractive export destination.
Poleg tega je trdila, da bi bila uvedba ukrepov nesorazmerna zlasti za nepovezane uvoznike, ki neposredno konkurirajo povezanim uporabnikom in so v primerjavi z njimi že tako ali tako v slabšem položaju, saj povezani uporabniki lahko določajo cene in uživajo ugodne tržne pogoje, ki jim jih zagotavljajo integrirani proizvajalci.
Indeed, some other traditionally important export markets imposed measures against Chinese steel products, including hot-rolled flat steel products.
Komisija je to trditev zavrnila na podlagi razlage iz uvodne izjave(607), saj bodo alternativni viri oskrbe še naprej na voljo.
With the growing imposition of trade defence measures across the globe, it is likely that the Union market has become one of the most attractive destinations for Chinese subsidised imports of the product concerned, to the detriment of Union industry.
Komisija je glede na navedeno sklenila, da bi bila uvedba ukrepov v nasprotju z interesom uporabnikov, vendar ne bi jasno nesorazmerno negativno vplivala nanje.
This conclusion is corroborated by
Tudi če bi se kitajski izvoz dejansko končal, bi na trgu še vedno ostala na voljo raznovrstna ponudba.
Eurostat import statistics which show that the level of Chinese imports continues to be significant after the end of the investigation period, in particular during the first half of 2016; and
Poleg tega je Komisija ugotovila, da je bil učinek ukrepov na dobičkonosnost uporabnikov, ki so se javili, majhen.
weakened Chinese internal steel demand.
Sklep o interesu Unije
Moreover, the reasons for the decrease in subsidised Chinese import volumes to the Union have been explained in recital (550).
Komisija je sklenila, da bi uvedba ukrepov prispevala k okrevanju industrije Unije v smislu njene dobičkonosnosti.
As also set out in recital (545), it is likely that this decrease in subsidised import volumes would be only temporarily, and that this trend would reverse if no definitive countervailing measures were imposed.
Proizvajalcem Unije bi omogočila potrebne naložbe ter raziskave in razvoj za boljšo proizvodno opremo za proizvodnjo vroče valjanih ploščatih izdelkov iz jekla in povečanje konkurenčnosti.
Following disclosure, the GOC claimed that there is a lack of causal link between the subsidised imports and their negative impact on the situation of the Union industry for the following reasons.
Industrija Unije se je že v (nedavni) preteklosti močno prestrukturirala.
While imports of HRF from China only increased from 0,79 % to 4,32 %, Chinese prices were consistently higher than the prices of Brazil, Iran, Russia and Ukraine, and only fell below the prices of the Union industry in 2014.
Če ukrepi ne bodo uvedeni, se bo grožnja neizogibne škode ob koncu obdobja preiskave verjetno uresničila.
Concerning the Chinese prices, it refers to recitals (465), (526) and (527) above.
Natančneje, to ne bi nesorazmerno vplivalo na cene, dobičkonosnost in zaposlenost v uporabniški industriji.
Finally, concerning the losses of the Union producers, the Commission referred once again to recital (465) above.
Zato ima uvedba dokončnih izravnalnih ukrepov na predlagani ravni le omejen učinek na cene v dobavni verigi in uspešnost uporabnikov.
Effects of other factors
Komisija je pretehtala in proučila močne interese pomembne panoge Unije, ki jo je treba zaščititi pred nepoštenimi praksami, ter omejene verjetne učinke ukrepov na nepovezane uvoznike in uporabnike, ki imajo še naprej koristi od zelo raznovrstne ponudbe v Uniji, in sklenila, da ni prepričljivih razlogov, zaradi katerih uvedba ukrepov za subvencionirani uvoz zadevnega izdelka s poreklom iz zadevne države ne bi bila v interesu Unije.
The economic crisis
DOKONČNI PROTISUBVENCIJSKI UKREPI
The Government of China argued that the Union industry is in part suffering as a result of the continued effect on the Union industry of the economic recession.
Na podlagi ugotovitev Komisije v zvezi s subvencijo, grožnjo škode, vzročno zvezo in interesom Unije bi bilo treba uvesti dokončne protisubvencijske ukrepe in preprečiti uresničitev grožnje neizogibne znatne škode, ki bi jo industriji Unije povzročil subvencionirani uvoz.
The drop in steel demand mainly in the year 2012 and the aftermath of the Eurozone debt crisis affected negatively the performance of the Union steel industry in the years 2012 and 2013.
Stopnja odprave škode (stopnja škode)
As mentioned in recital (450), the Commission recognised the negative effect.
Komisija je za določitev stopnje ukrepov najprej določila znesek dajatve, potreben za odpravo grožnje škode, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
It is also observed, however, that the Union industry started recovering during the years 2014 and 2015.
Grožnja škode bi bila odpravljena, če bi industrija Unije lahko krila svoje stroške proizvodnje in ustvarila dobiček (t. i. ciljni dobiček) pred obdavčitvijo, ki bi ga taka industrija v tem sektorju s prodajo podobnega izdelka na trgu Unije lahko razumno ustvarila v običajnih konkurenčnih pogojih, tj. če dampinškega uvoza ne bi bilo.
Therefore, on the one hand, even if the Union industry was impacted by the Eurozone debt crisis, namely during the years 2012-2013, the market was recovering slightly from their effects with a relatively stable, even increasing Union market demand from 2013 onwards.
Komisija je pri določitvi ciljnega dobička najprej analizirala pritožnikov predlog v protidampinški preiskavi proti Kitajski v zvezi z enakim zadevnim izdelkom, ki je v skladu s predhodno odločbo Komisije v zvezi z enakim izdelkom [101] navedel 12,9-odstotni dobiček.
As a result, whereas between 2014 and 2015 the Union industry could have benefited more from the recovery of the market, it was prevented from doing so by a steep increase in imports from the PRC.
Vendar je ta ugotovitev iz leta 2000, podatkov izpred več kot 15 let pa ni več mogoče obravnavati kot reprezentativne glede na tehnološke in finančne spremembe v industriji Unije od takrat in glede na spremembo velikosti trga Unije od leta 2000 zaradi povečanja števila držav članic v obdobju 2000–2016.
Low-priced Chinese imports gradually increased and captured market shares to the detriment of the Union industry.
Kitajska vlada je menila, da se lahko za razumno šteje le največ 5-odstotna stopnja dobička [102].
The continuous pressure of imports started to be fully felt from the second half of 2015.
V zvezi s tem se je sklicevala na prejšnjo prakso Komisije, ko se je v zadevi v zvezi z armaturnimi palicami [103] oziroma brezšivnimi cevmi [104] za primeren določil 4,8-odstotni oziroma 3-odstotni ciljni dobiček.
Following disclosure, the GOC claimed that any alleged threat of material injury to the Union industry would at least partly be due to the effects of the economic recession to be felt throughout the period considered.
Vendar so ti izdelki na koncu proizvodne verige in niso podobni zadevnemu izdelku.
The Commission rejected this claim for the reasons and explanations provided in recitals (558) to (560) above.
Komisija je nato uporabila podatke o dobičkonosnosti iz leta 2008, ki je bilo po njenem mnenju najbolj reprezentativno leto za izdelke na koncu prodajne verige, in sicer za hladno valjane jeklene izdelke [105].
The Commission thus concluded that the Eurozone debt crisis had had a negative impact during mainly the years 2012 and 2013 of the period considered and before the investigation period.
Zadevni izdelek v sedanji preiskavi je v številnih pogledih podoben nekaterim hladno valjanim ploščatim izdelkom iz jekla (hladno valjani izdelki) iz naslednjih razlogov:
However, it did not contribute to the threat of injury found at the end of 2015.
Pri obeh izdelkih (železova ruda in koksni premog) nekatere zlitine zajemajo večji del proizvodnih stroškov, poleg tega se za oba uporabljajo podobni procesi (peč, topla valjarna za tračno jeklo).
The volume of imports and market share (in volume of total imports) from third countries developed over the period considered as follows:
Na tej podlagi je Komisija izračunala stopnjo dobička v višini 14,4 %.
Table 20
Vendar več elementov iz navedene zadeve v zvezi s škodljivim dampingom iz Kitajske in Rusije ni tudi v tej zadevi, v okviru katere je Komisija ugotovila, da subvencionirani izvoz iz Kitajske pomeni grožnjo škode, za kar je potrebna analiza, ki je usmerjena v prihodnost.
Volumes, unit prices and market shares from third countries
V navedeni zadevi je uvoz po nizkih cenah iz držav, ki sta bili predmet preiskave, potekal štiri leta pred obdobjem preiskave.
BRAZIL
Komisija je nato poskušala določiti ciljni dobiček s simulacijo, kako bi industrija Unije okrevala po recesiji, ki jo je povzročila gospodarska in finančna kriza leta 2009, če okrevanja ne bi ovirale velike količine uvoza iz Kitajske, ki je povzročal zniževanje cen.
Volume of imports from Brazil
Ta študija zlasti podpira 17-odstotni povprečni dobiček pred obrestmi, davki in amortizacijo (EBITDA) po vsem svetu [106].
Unit import prices from Brazil
V poročilu so navedeni tudi povprečni 7-odstotni investicijski stroški in poprečni 3-odstotni stroški dolga.
Share in total Union import volume
Komisija je ti kategoriji stroškov odštela in dobila 7-odstotni dobiček pred davki (EBT).