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CAUSATION
Čeprav je zmanjšanje povpraševanja negativno vplivalo na uspešnost industrije Unije med letoma 2012 in 2013, je imelo nadaljnje, skoraj neprekinjeno povečevanje uvoza iz LRK po zelo nelojalno nizkih prodajnih cenah jasen negativen učinek na uspešnost industrije Unije.
In accordance with Article 3(6) of the basic Regulation, the Commission examined whether the dumped imports from the PRC caused material injury to the Union industry.
Medtem ko je industrija Unije zmanjšala svoje stroške tako, da je zmanjšala zaposlenost in izkoristila znižanje cen surovin, se je dampinški uvoz še naprej povečeval in prisilil industrijo Unije, da je še bolj znižala svoje prodajne cene in tako omejila izgubo tržnega deleža, četudi v škodo dobičkonosnosti.
In accordance with Article 3(7) of the basic Regulation, the Commission also examined whether other known factors could at the same time have injured the Union industry.
Poleg tega se je dobičkonosnost industrije Unije nekoliko izboljšala leta 2014, saj so se izgube zmanjšale, vendar se je v obdobju preiskave obseg uvoza dodatno povečal, cene pa so se še bolj znižale, zato so se cene in dobičkonosnost industrije Unije dodatno zmanjšale.
The Commission ensured that any possible injury caused by factors other than the dumped imports from the PRC was not attributed to the dumped imports.
Poleg tega sta postopna upočasnitev gospodarstva in zelo velika presežna zmogljivost jeklarske industrije v LRK prisilili njihove proizvajalce jekla, da so preusmerili presežno proizvodnjo na izvozne trge [6] in trg Unije je privlačno namembno izvozno območje.
These factors are: fierce competition caused by demand problems on the Union market, low capacity utilisation of the Union industry, imports from other third countries, export sales performance of the Union producers and competition between vertically integrated producers and re-rollers.
Veliko število drugih tradicionalnih pomembnih izvoznih trgov je uvedlo ali namerava uvesti ukrepe proti izdelkom iz jekla iz LRK, vključno z debelimi pločevinami [7], saj cene umetno znižuje nelojalni uvoz, ki povzroča nezdravo konkurenco.
Effects of the dumped imports
Ker se po svetu vedno pogosteje uvajajo ukrepi trgovinske zaščite, je trg Unije postal eden najprivlačnejših namembnih krajev za dampinški uvoz iz LRK, kar škoduje industriji Unije.
Sales prices of the exporting producers from the PRC decreased by 25 %, from 647 EUR/tonne in 2012 to 460 EUR/tonne in the investigation period.
Ta sklep potrjujejo najnovejši statistični podatki Eurostata, ki kažejo, da se je uvoz iz LRK od konca obdobja preiskave še dodatno povečal.
By continuously lowering their unit sales price during the period considered, the producers from the PRC were able to significantly increase their market share from 4,6 % in 2012 to 14,4 % in the investigation period.
Obseg uvoza za obdobje od marca do maja 2016 se je povečal za približno 15 % v primerjavi z obsegom uvoza v obdobju preiskave, medtem ko so se povprečne cene tega uvoza še naprej zniževale za približno 30 %.
While the drop in demand negatively affected the performance of the Union industry between 2012 and 2013, the subsequent almost continuous increase in imports from the PRC at highly undercutting prices has had a clear negative impact on the performance of the Union industry.
Učinki drugih dejavnikov
Indeed, while the Union industry was cutting its costs by reducing employment and benefitting from the decrease in raw material prices, dumped imports kept on increasing and forced the Union industry to decrease its Union sales prices even more to limit its loss of market share, albeit to the detriment of profitability.
Močna konkurenca, ki so jo povzročile težave s povpraševanjem na trgu Unije
Furthermore, while the Union industry's profitability showed slight improvement by reducing losses in 2014, the volume of imports increased further and prices decreased even more in the investigation period bringing the Union industry prices and profitability further down.
Ena zainteresirana stran je trdila, da škode industriji Unije ne povzroča uvoz iz LRK, ampak težave s povpraševanjem na trgu Unije.
Moreover, the progressive slowing down of the economy and very significant overcapacity of the steel industry in the PRC has pushed their steel producers to redirect their excess production towards export markets [6] and the Union market is an attractive export destination.
Trdila je, da čeprav je povpraševanje v Uniji leta 2014 in v obdobju preiskave okrevalo, je bilo leta 2012 32 % pod največjo stopnjo iz leta 2007, leta 2014 pa 17 % pod domnevno „normalnim“ letom 2004.
Indeed, a large number of other traditionally important export markets imposed or are considering imposing measures against steel products from the PRC, including heavy plates [7], because prices are artificially driven down by unfair imports leading to unhealthy competition.
Ta slabost v povpraševanju je domnevno povzročila močno konkurenco v zvezi z omejenimi količinami, ki so potrebne na trgu, kar je povzročilo velik pritisk na prodajne cene Unije.
With the growing imposition of trade defence measures across the globe, the Union market has become one of the most attractive destinations for dumped imports from the PRC, to the detriment of the Union industry.
Vendar ta močna konkurenca, ki so jo povzročile domnevne težave s povpraševanjem, ni negativno vplivala na sposobnost izvoznikov iz LRK, da prodajajo vedno večje količine dampinških debelih pločevin na trgu Unije in s tem povečajo svoj tržni delež s 4,6 % na 14,4 % ter povzročijo skoraj popolnoma enako izgubo tržnega deleža industrije Unije, kar je povzročilo znaten pritisk na prodajne cene industrije Unije in privedlo k njeni negativni dobičkonosnosti.
This conclusion is corroborated by the most recent Eurostat import statistics which show that imports from the PRC have increased even more since the end of the investigation period.
Čeprav so težave s povpraševanjem sprva imele znatno negativen učinek na uspešnost industrije Unije v letu 2013, je bil prav dampinški uvoz iz LRK glavni vzrok za močno konkurenco na trgu Unije, predvsem leta 2014 in v obdobju preiskave.
Import volumes for the period March to May 2016 increased by approximately 15 % when compared to the import volumes during the investigation period, while average prices of these imports continued to decrease by around 30 %.
Leta 2014 in v obdobju preiskave bi industrija Unije lahko izkoristila okrevanje trga.
Effects of other factors
To ji je preprečilo znatno povečanje uvoza iz LRK, ki se je v teh dveh letih več kot potrojil in prevzel znaten tržni delež v škodo industriji Unije.
Fierce competition caused by demand problems on the Union market
Komisija zato sklene, da težave s povpraševanjem na trgu Unije niso glavni vzrok za škodo industrije Unije in ne prekinjajo vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom in škodo industriji Unije.
One interested party argued that the injury of the Union industry is not caused by imports from the PRC, but by demand problems on the Union market.
Nizka stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti proizvajalcev Unije
It argued that while the demand in the Union recovered in 2014 and the investigation period, in 2012 it was 32 % below the peak level in 2007, and in 2014 it was 17 % below the allegedly ‘normal’ year 2004.
Ena zainteresirana stran je trdila, da škodo industriji Unije povzroča tudi nizka stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, ki jo povzročajo znatne presežne zmogljivosti proizvajalcev Unije.
This weakness in demand has allegedly resulted in fierce competition with regard to the limited quantities needed on the market, which has put a high pressure on the Union sales prices.
Trdijo, da je bila že leta 2012, ko je bil uvoz iz LRK na razmeroma nizki ravni, stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti zelo nizka in da industrija Unije svojih zmogljivosti ni ustrezno zmanjšala.
However, this fierce competition caused by the alleged demand problems did not negatively affect the ability of the exporters from the PRC to sell ever increasing quantities of dumped heavy plates on the Union market, increasing their market share from 4,6 % to 14,4 %, causing an almost exactly corresponding loss of market share of the Union industry and exerting a significant price pressure on the Union industry leading to its negative profitability.
Komisija zato sklene, da so nizko stopnjo izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, predvsem v letu 2014 in v obdobju preiskave, v glavnem povzročile močno povečane količine dampinškega uvoza iz LRK.
While the demand problems initially had a significant negative impact on the performance of the Union industry in 2013, it is the dumped imports from the PRC which are the main cause for the fierce competition on the Union market, in particular in 2014 and the investigation period.
Uvoz iz drugih tretjih držav
Indeed, in 2014 and the investigation period the Union industry could have benefited from the recovery of the market.
Komisija je določila obseg uvoza na podlagi zbirke podatkov Eurostata.
It was prevented from doing so by a substantial increase in imports from the PRC, which more than tripled during these two years, and captured significant market share to the detriment of the Union industry.
Poleg LRK je uvoz prihajal predvsem iz Ukrajine in Rusije.
The Commission therefore concludes that the demand problems on the Union market are not the root cause of the Union industry's injury and do not break the causal link between the dumped imports and the injury of the Union industry.
Tržni delež uvoza je bil določen tako, da se je obseg uvoza primerjal s potrošnjo Unije, kot je zabeležena v preglednici 3 v uvodni izjavi 87.
One interested party argued that the injury of the Union industry is also caused by low capacity utilisation, caused by significant overcapacities of Union producers.
Preglednica 13
They argue that already in 2012, when imports from the PRC were at a relatively low level, the capacity utilisation was already very low, and that the Union industry has not reduced their capacities accordingly.
Uvoz iz tretjih držav (v tonah) in tržni deleži
In the absence of strongly increasing quantities of dumped imports from the PRC, this increasing demand would have led to an increasing capacity utilisation of the Union industry, even more so since they decreased their production capacity by 2 % in a growing market.
Obseg uvoza (v tonah)
The Commission therefore concludes that the low capacity utilisation, in particular in 2014 and the investigation period, are mainly caused by strongly increasing quantities of dumped imports from the PRC.
Tržni delež
Imports from other third countries
Povprečna cena
The Commission established the volume of imports on the basis of the Eurostat database.
Rusija
Apart from the PRC, the imports came mainly from Ukraine and Russia.
Skupno vse tretje države, razen LRK
The market share of the imports was established by comparing import volumes with the Union consumption as reported in table 3 of recital (87) above.
Tržni delež uvoza iz drugih tretjih držav je v obravnavanem obdobju ostal razmeroma stabilen, medtem ko se je tržni delež uvoza iz LRK povečal za 214 %.
The imports into the Union from other third countries developed over the period considered as follows:
Poleg tega se je tržni delež Ukrajine in Rusije v obravnavanem obdobju le rahlo povečal.
Table 13
Za Ukrajino se je tržni delež povečal s 4,7 % na 6,2 % in za Rusijo z 1,7 % na 2,4 %, to pa samo v škodo drugih držav uvoznic, ki niso LRK.
Imports from third countries (MT) and market shares
V okviru povečanja potrošnje Unije za 5 % in zmanjšanja tržnega deleža industrije Unije za 10 odstotnih točk v obravnavanem obdobju to pomeni, da je uvoz iz LRK pridobil tržni delež samo od industrije Unije.
Ukraine
Posledica tega je, da je v obdobju preiskave uvoz iz LRK predstavljal približno 54 % vsega uvoza v Unijo, medtem ko je uvoz iz Ukrajine predstavljal približno 23 %, uvoz iz Rusije pa 9 %.
Volume of imports (MT)
Povprečna uvozna cena iz drugih tretjih držav se je znižala veliko bolj počasi kot cene uvoza iz LRK.
Market share
Znižala se je za 19 %, medtem ko so se uvozne cene iz LRK znižale za 29 %.
Average price
Čeprav so uvozne cene iz Ukrajine in Rusije v povprečju še vedno tik pod uvoznimi cenami iz LRK, so se v obravnavanem obdobju znižale mnogo počasneje kot uvozne cene iz LRK.
Russia
Prav tako za te cene ni nujno, da so neposredno primerljive, ker na povprečno ceno vpliva drugačen nabor izdelkov.
Total of all third countries except the PRC
Poleg tega se obseg uvoza iz Ukrajine in Rusije ter tudi iz vseh drugih tretjih držav ni povečal tako znatno kot obseg iz LRK.
The market share of imports from other third countries remained relatively stable over the period considered while that of imports from the PRC increased by 214 %.
Medtem ko se je obseg uvoza iz LRK v obravnavanem obdobju povečal za skoraj 1 milijon ton, se je obseg uvoza iz Ukrajine povečal za približno 160000 ton, obseg iz Rusije za približno 75000 ton in obseg iz vseh drugih tretjih držav (vključno z Ukrajino in Rusijo) za približno 90000 ton.
Furthermore, the market share of Ukraine and Russia increased only slightly over the period considered.
Na podlagi navedenega in glede na veliko manjši obseg uvoza iz Ukrajine in Rusije v primerjavi z obsegom uvoza iz LRK nič ne kaže na to, da je uvoz iz teh dveh držav industriji Unije povzročil škodo.
For Ukraine the market share rose from 4,7 % to 6,2 % and for Russia from 1,7 % to 2,4 % and this merely to the detriment of other importing countries than the PRC.
Uvoz iz vseh drugih tretjih držav (vključno z Rusijo in Ukrajino) ima v povprečju višjo ceno kot uvoz iz LRK in je pridobil samo zanemarljiv tržni delež, in sicer 1 odstotno točko.
In the context of Union consumption increasing by 5 % and market share of the Union industry decreasing by 10 percentage points over the period considered this means that the imports from the PRC gained market share only from the Union industry.
Komisija zato sklene, da uvoz debelih pločevin iz tretjih držav ni temeljni vzrok za škodo industriji Unije in ne prekinja vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom iz LRK in škodo industriji Unije.
In result, the imports from the PRC account for around 54 % of all imports into the Union in the investigation period, whereas imports from Ukraine are at around 23 % and Russia accounts for 9 %.
Izvoz industrije Unije
The average import price from other third countries decreased much slower than import prices from the PRC.
Obseg in povprečne izvozne cene izvozov industrije Unije so se v obravnavanem obdobju gibale na naslednji način:
They decreased by 19 % while the import prices from the PRC decreased by 29 %.
Preglednica 14
Even though the import prices from Ukraine and Russia are on average still just below the import prices from the PRC they decreased at a much slower rate than the import prices from the PRC over the period considered.
Izvoz
Also, these prices are not necessarily directly comparable, since the average price is affected by a different product mix.
Vir: Preverjen predloženi dokument Eurofera in izpolnjeni vprašalniki
Furthermore the import volumes from Ukraine and Russia in particular or from all other third countries in general have not increased as substantially as those from the PRC.
Obseg izvoza nepovezanim strankam (industrija Unije)
While the volume of imports from the PRC increased by almost 1 million tonnes over the period considered, the import volume from Ukraine increased by around 160000 tonnes, that from Russia by around 75000 tonnes and that from all other third countries (including Russia and Ukraine) by around 90000 tonnes.
Povprečna izvozna cena (v EUR/tono)
On the basis of above and given the much smaller import volumes from Ukraine and Russia as compared to those from the PRC there is no indication that imports from these two countries were causing injury to the Union industry.
(vzorčeni proizvajalci)
Imports from all other third countries (including Russia and Ukraine) are — on average — higher priced than imports from the PRC and only had an insignificant market share gain of 1 percentage point.
Obseg izvoza nepovezanim strankam zunaj Unije se je v obravnavanem obdobju zmanjšal za 18 %.
The Commission therefore concludes that imports of heavy plates from third countries are not the root cause of the Union industry's injury and do not break the causal link between the dumped imports from the PRC and the injury of the Union industry.
Potem, ko se je zmanjšal za 28 % med letoma 2012 in 2013, se je leta 2014 povečal za 25 odstotnih točk, nato pa spet padel za 15 odstotnih točk v obdobju preiskave.
Export sales performance of the Union industry
Kar zadeva cene, so se v obravnavanem obdobju bistveno znižale, in sicer za 24 %, kar je v skladu z znižanjem cen na trgu Unije (– 25 %).
The volume and average export prices of exports of the Union industry developed over the period considered as follows:
Na splošno izvoz industrije Unije v veliki meri odraža njeno uspešnost na trgu Unije.
Table 14
Vendar je trg Unije za industrijo Unije veliko bolj pomemben kot izvozni trgi.
Export performance
V obravnavanem obdobju so bile prodaje na trgu Unije približno štirikrat višje kot izvoz.
Source: Verified submission of Eurofer and questionnaire replies
Komisija zato meni, da zaradi omejene pomembnosti tega izvoza, izvoz industrije Unije ne more prekiniti vzročne zveze med dampinškim uvozom iz LRK in škodo, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije.
Export volume to unrelated customers (Union industry)
Konkurenca med vertikalno povezanimi proizvajalci Unije in valjarnami za ponovno valjanje v Uniji
Average export price (EUR/t)
Ena zainteresirana stran je trdila, da stopnjo dobička vertikalno povezanih proizvajalcev Unije zmanjšujejo nižje cene valjarn za ponovno valjanje v Uniji, ki domnevno zaračunavajo od 6 % do 9 % nižje cene kot vertikalno povezani proizvajalci.
(Sampled producers)
Valjarna za ponovno valjanje je družba, ki ne proizvaja lastnega vhodnega materiala, tj. jeklenih plošč.
The volume of exports to unrelated customers outside the Union decreased by 18 % over the period considered.
Vsi vzorčeni proizvajalci unije proizvajajo lastne jeklene plošče in so zato vertikalno povezani proizvajalci.
After decreasing by 28 % between 2012 and 2013 they increased in 2014 by 25 percentage points, dropping again in the investigation period by 15 percentage points.
Komisija v zvezi s tem ugotavlja, da so cene dampinškega uvoza iz LRK v obdobju preiskave povprečno nelojalno nižale cene industrije Unije za 29 %, kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 99.
As far as prices are concerned, they dropped significantly by 24 % over the period considered, in line with the price decrease on the Union market (– 25 %).
Na podlagi tega so bile cene dampinškega uvoza iz LRK še vedno vsaj 20 % nižje kot cene valjarn za ponovno valjanje.
Overall, the export performance of the Union industry largely mirrors its performance on the Union market.
Ista stran je trdila tudi, da se količina, ki jo proizvajajo valjarne za ponovno valjanje v Uniji, zmanjšuje, ker so mnoge odvisne od oskrbe jeklenih plošč iz Ukrajine.
The Union market, however, is significantly more important for the Union industry than the export markets.
Vendar se je oskrba iz Ukrajine zmanjšala zaradi pomanjkanja oskrbe v obravnavanem obdobju, zmanjšane oskrbe pa ni nadomestila proizvodnja drugih proizvajalcev Unije, kljub njihovi nizki stopnji izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti.
Throughout the period considered, sales on the Union market are around 4 times higher than export sales.
V zvezi s tem zainteresirana stran ni predložila nobenih dokazov, da proizvajalci Unije niso zainteresirani ali ne želijo oskrbeti teh dodatnih količin.
The Commission therefore considers that due to the limited significance of these export sales, the export performance of the Union industry cannot break the causal link between the dumped imports from the PRC and the injury suffered by the Union industry.
Zato je jasno, da so predvsem te cenovno občutljive stranke prešle z izdelkov, ki jih proizvaja industrija Unije, na še bolj nizkocenovni dampinški uvoz iz LRK.
Competition between vertically integrated Union producers and re-rollers in the Union
Komisija zato sklene, da lahko zmanjšane količine debelih pločevin z zmerno ceno, ki jih proizvajajo valjarne za ponovno valjanje v Uniji, vplivajo samo v zelo omejenem obsegu na zmanjševanje dobičkonosnosti vertikalno povezanih proizvajalcev Unije.
One interested party argued that the profit margin of the vertically integrated Union producers is eroded by the lower prices charged by re-rollers in the Union, which allegedly charge prices 6 % - 9 % below the prices charged by vertically integrated producers.
Prav tako sklene, da je zmanjševanje njihove dobičkonosnosti pretežno posledica zelo znatno nizkocenovnega dampinškega uvoza iz LRK, katerega količine so se prav tako znatno povečale.
A re-roller is a company who does not produce their own input material, namely steel slabs.
Sklep o vzročni zvezi
All sampled Union producers produce their own steel slabs and are therefore vertically integrated producers.
Vzročna zveza je bila začasno vzpostavljena med škodo, ki so jo utrpeli proizvajalci Unije, in dampinškim uvozom iz LRK.
The Commission notes in this respect that the prices of dumped imports from the PRC undercut the Union industry prices on average by 29 % during the investigation period, as stated in recital (99) above.
Komisija je opredelila učinke vseh znanih dejavnikov na položaj industrije Unije in jih ločila od škodljivih učinkov dampinškega uvoza.
On this basis, prices of dumped imports from the PRC would still be at least 20 % lower than prices of re-rollers in the Union.
Začasno je bilo ugotovljeno, da drugi opredeljeni dejavniki, kot so močna konkurenca, ki jo povzročijo težave s povpraševanjem, nizka stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, uvozi iz tretjih držav, izvozi proizvajalcev Unije, konkurenca med vertikalno povezanimi proizvajalci in valjarnami za ponovno valjanje, ne prekinjajo vzročne zveze, čeprav bi lahko imeli skupni učinek.
The same party also argued that the quantity produced by re-rollers in the Union is decreasing, since many of them depend on supplies of steel slabs from Ukraine.
Začasno zmanjšanje potrošnje v letu 2013 je morda nekoliko prispevalo k škodi v tistem letu, vendar bi v odsotnosti vse večjega obsega dampinškega uvoza po vse nižjih cenah industrija Unije nedvomno lahko izkoristila rast trga v naslednjih letih.
This supply from Ukraine has however decreased due to supply shortages during the period considered, and that this decrease in supply has not been compensated by production of the other Union producers despite their low capacity utilisation.
Zlasti bi obseg prodaj okreval, prodajne cene se ne bi znižale na tako nizke ravni, dosegla pa bi se boljša dobičkonosnost.
In this respect, the party provided no evidence that the Union producers were not interested or not willing to supply these additional quantities.
Na podlagi navedenega je Komisija v tej fazi sklenila, da je znatna škoda, ki jo je utrpela industrija Unije, posledica dampinškega uvoza iz LRK in da drugi posamično ali skupaj upoštevani dejavniki niso prekinili vzročne zveze.
It is therefore clear that especially these price sensitive customers moved away from products produced by the Union industry to even lower priced dumped imports from the PRC.
INTERES UNIJE
The Commission therefore concludes that the decreasing profitability of vertically integrated Union producers can only be affected to a very limited extent by decreasing quantities of moderately priced heavy plates produced by re-rollers in the Union.
V skladu s členom 21 osnovne uredbe je Komisija proučila, ali bi lahko kljub ugotovitvi o škodljivem dampingu jasno sklenila, da sprejetje ukrepov v tem primeru ni v interesu Unije.
It also concludes that their decreasing profitability is overwhelmingly due to very significantly lower-priced dumped imports from the PRC, which also significantly increased in quantity.
Določitev interesa Unije je temeljila na oceni vseh različnih zadevnih interesov, vključno z interesi industrije Unije, uvoznikov in uporabnikov.