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The European Commission (‘the Commission’) imposed on 29 January 2016 a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of high fatigue performance steel concrete reinforcement bars (‘HFP rebars’) originating in the People's Republic of China (‘PRC’ or ‘the country concerned’) by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/113 (‘the provisional Regulation’) [2].
Evropska Komisija („Komisija“) je dne 29. januarja 2016 z Izvedbeno uredbo (EU) 2016/113 („začasna uredba“) [2] uvedla začasno protidampinško dajatev na uvoz armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti s poreklom iz Ljudske republike Kitajske („LRK“ ali „zadevna država“).
The investigation was initiated on 30 April 2015 [3] following a complaint lodged on 17 March 2015 by the European Steel Association (‘Eurofer’ or ‘the complainant’) on behalf of producers representing more than 25 % of the total Union production of HFP rebars.
Preiskava se je začela 30. aprila 2015 [3] na podlagi pritožbe, ki jo je 17. marca 2015 vložilo Evropsko jeklarsko združenje („Eurofer“ ali „pritožnik“) v imenu proizvajalcev, ki predstavljajo več kot 25 % celotne proizvodnje armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti v Uniji.
The complaint contained evidence of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting therefrom, which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of an investigation.
Pritožba je vsebovala dokaze o dampingu omenjenega izdelka in o posledični materialni škodi, kar je zadostovalo za uvedbo preiskave.
Registration of imports
Registracija uvoza
By Regulation (EU) 2015/2386 [4], the Commission made imports of HFP rebars originating in the PRC subject to registration as of 19 December 2015 following a request by the complainant which contained sufficient evidence that the relevant conditions set out in Article 10 of the basic Regulation were met.
Komisija je na podlagi zahtevka pritožnika, ki je vseboval zadostne dokaze, da so izpolnjeni zadevni pogoji iz člena 10 osnovne uredbe, sprejela Uredbo (EU) 2015/2386 [4] o obvezni registraciji uvoza armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti s poreklom iz LRK, ki se uporablja od 19. decembra 2015.
Subsequent to the disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which a provisional anti-dumping duty was imposed (‘the provisional disclosure’), Union producers, Chinese exporting producers, importers, users, and an association of importers made written submissions making known their views on the provisional findings.
Po razkritju bistvenih dejstev in premislekov, na podlagi katerih je bila uvedena začasna protidampinška dajatev („začasno razkritje“), so proizvajalci Unije, kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki, uvozniki, uporabniki in združenje uvoznikov predložili pisna stališča do začasnih ugotovitev.
Hearings took place with Chinese exporting producers and with unrelated importers and users in the Union.
Zaslišanja so potekala s kitajskimi proizvajalci izvozniki ter z nepovezanimi uvozniki in uporabniki v Uniji.
The Commission considered the oral and written comments submitted by the interested parties and, where appropriate, modified the provisional findings accordingly.
Komisija je obravnavala ustne in pisne pripombe, ki so jih predložile zainteresirane strani, ter po potrebi ustrezno spremenila začasne ugotovitve.
One interested party requested the intervention of the Hearing Officer to verify the correctness of the data from the analogue country, since the data was not disclosed in the provisional disclosure due to its confidential nature.
Ena zainteresirana stran je zahtevala posredovanje pooblaščenca za zaslišanje, ki naj preveri pravilnost podatkov glede primerljive države, saj ti zaradi zaupne narave v začasnem razkritju niso bili razkriti.
The Hearing Officer has verified the data and has found no errors.
Pooblaščenec za zaslišanje je podatke preveril in ni našel napak.
The same interested party also requested a hearing with the Hearing Officer in order to express its doubts on the calculation method of the duties.
Ista zainteresirana stran je tudi zahtevala zaslišanje pred pooblaščencem za zaslišanje, da bi lahko izrazila dvom o metodi izračuna dajatve.
In conclusion of the hearing, the Hearing Officer found that the Commission services have conducted the investigation in accordance with accepted and regular practice.
Po koncu zaslišanja je pooblaščenec za zaslišanje ugotovil, da so službe Komisije preiskavo vodile v skladu z običajno in sprejeto prakso.
The complainant considered that the target profit in the provisional Regulation was not correctly established and not appropriate for the HFP rebars industry.
Pritožnik je menil, da ciljni dobiček v začasni uredbi ni bil pravilno določen in da ni primeren za industrijo armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti.
It questioned the method used to establish that profit and asked the Commission to deepen its investigation into that issue.
Podvomil je o metodi, uporabljeni za določitev navedenega dobička, in Komisijo prosil, naj poglobi preiskavo o tem vprašanju.
Replies were received from all four sampled Union producers, which, at the same time, submitted revised cost and profitability calculations for the period considered.
Dali so jih proizvajalci Unije, kitajski proizvajalci izvozniki, uvozniki, uporabniki in združenje uvoznikov.
Subsequent to the registration of imports, the interested parties had a period of 20 days to submit their comments.
Opravljeni so bili preveritveni obiski v prostorih naslednjih strani, da bi se tako preverili podatki, ki so jih dali v izpopolnjenih vprašalnikih iz uvodnih izjav (8) in (10) zgoraj:
Replies were received from three unrelated importers.
Riva Acier, Francija
Questionnaires were also sent to Union producers concerning their sales prices in the period after the investigation period, i.e. from 1 April 2015 to 31 January 2016.
SN Maia, Portugalska
Replies were received from all four sampled Union producers.
nepovezani uvozniki v Uniji
In order to verify the questionnaires replies mentioned in recitals (8) and (10) above, verification visits were carried out at the premises of the following parties:
CMC Ltd, Združeno kraljestvo
Union producers
Eurosteel Ltd, Združeno kraljestvo
Megasa Siderur, Spain
Ronly Ltd, Združeno kraljestvo
Riva Acier, France
Komisija je vse strani obvestila o bistvenih dejstvih in premislekih, na podlagi katerih namerava uvesti dokončno protidampinško dajatev na uvoz armaturnih palic iz jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti („dokončno razkritje“).
SN Maia, Portugal
Za vse strani je bil določen rok, v katerem so lahko predložile pripombe k dokončnemu razkritju.
Unrelated importers in the Union
Pripombe zainteresiranih strani so se preučile in upoštevale, kjer je bilo primerno.
CMC Ltd, United Kingdom
Vzorčenje
Eurosteel Ltd, United Kingdom
Ker v zvezi z metodo vzorčenja ni bilo pripomb, se začasne ugotovitve iz uvodnih izjav od (6) do (11) začasne uredbe potrdijo.
Ronly Ltd, United Kingdom.
Obdobje preiskave in obravnavano obdobje
The Commission informed all parties of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which it intends to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of HFP rebars (‘the definitive disclosure’).
Kot je navedeno v uvodni izjavi 16 začasne uredbe, je preiskava dampinga in škode zajela obdobje od 1. aprila 2014 do 31. marca 2015 („obdobje preiskave“).
All parties were granted a period within which they could make comments on the definitive disclosure.
Proučitev trendov, pomembnih za oceno škode, je zajemala obdobje od 1. januarja 2011 do konca obdobja preiskave („obravnavano obdobje“).
The comments submitted by the interested parties were considered and taken into account where appropriate.
B. ZADEVNI IZDELEK IN PODOBNI IZDELEK
Sampling
Kot je določeno v uvodnih izjavah 17 do 19 začasne uredbe, so izdelek v preiskavi vroče valjane armaturne palice iz železa ali jekla z visoko odpornostjo proti utrujenosti, narejene iz železa, nelegiranega ali legiranega jekla (razen nerjavnega, hitroreznega in silicij-manganovega jekla), brez nadaljnje obdelave, vključno s tistimi, ki so po valjanju zvite; palice imajo vdolbine, rebra, utore ali druge deformacije, ki nastanejo med procesom valjanja, ali pa so po valjanju zvite.
In the absence of comments concerning the method of sampling, the provisional findings set out in recitals (6) to (11) of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Visoka odpornost proti utrujenosti pri armaturnih palicah pomeni zlasti, da prenašajo ponavljajoče se obremenitve, ne da bi se prelomile, tj. lahko prenesejo več kot 4,5 milijona ciklov obremenitev z razmerjem (min./maks.) 0,2 in napetostjo, ki presega 150 MPa.
As set out in recital (16) of the provisional Regulation the investigation of dumping and injury covered the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 (‘the investigation period’).
Po začasnem razkritju je uvoznik trdil, da bo v praksi težko razlikovati med zadevnim izdelkom in drugimi vrstami armaturnih palic iz jekla, ki imajo enake oznake CN.
The examination of trends relevant for the assessment of injury covered the period from 1 January 2011 to the end of the investigation period (‘the period considered’).
Trdil je, da bi zato carinski organi Unije lahko zmotno naložili protidampinško dajatev na druge izdelke, ki niso zajeti v preiskavi, na zadevni izdelek pa dajatve ne bi naložili.
Due to the specific circumstances in the market in the year 2011 explained in recital (148) of the provisional Regulation, the weight of the year 2011 in the injury analysis was reduced, and the developments since 1 January 2012 were given accordingly more emphasis.
Kot je bilo pojasnjeno v uvodni izjavi 18 začasne uredbe, opredelitev izdelka ustreza izključno zahtevam britanskega standarda BS4449, običajno pa je prepoznaven po certifikatu CARES in označbah na samih armaturnih palicah iz jekla.
The indexes are thus based on the year 2012, whenever applicable.
Uvoznik ni mogel pojasniti, kako bi se lahko opredelitev izdelka prekrivala z opredelitvijo drugih vrst armaturnih palic iz jekla, ali bi jo bilo mogoče z njimi zamenjati.
B. PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
Zato je Komisija menila, da ni nobenih težav s praktičnim izvajanjem ukrepov, in trditev zavrnila.
As set out in recitals (17) to (19) of the provisional Regulation, the product subject to investigation are high fatigue performance iron or steel concrete reinforcing bars and rods made of iron, non-alloy steel or alloy steel (but excluding stainless steel, high-speed steel and silico-manganese steel), not further worked than hot-rolled, but including those twisted after rolling; these bars and rods contain indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or are twisted after rolling.
Komisija opozarja, da certifikat v opis izdelka ni bil vključen, da bi tako preprečili možnost izogibanja z uvozom necertificiranega blaga, ki bi bilo certificirano šele, ko bi prispelo v Unijo.
The key characteristic of high fatigue performance is the ability to endure repeated stress without breaking and, specifically, the ability to resist in excess of 4,5 million fatigue cycles using a stress ratio (min/max) of 0,2 and a stress range exceeding 150 MPa.
Po dokončnem razkritju sta dve zainteresirani strani trdili, da je zadevni izdelek dejansko na prodaj tudi v Španiji in na Portugalskem ter da posledično vrednosti potrošnje, ki jih je navedla Komisija, ne zajemajo celotne potrošnje Unije.
The product concerned is the product described in recital (15) above, originating in the PRC, currently falling within CN codes ex72142000, ex72283020, ex72283041, ex72283049, ex72283061, ex72283069, ex72283070 and ex72283089.
Zainteresirani strani sta to trdili na podlagi navedbe na spletni strani proizvajalca Unije, ki je Španijo in Portugalsko navajal kot državi, v katerih se uporabljajo visoko raztezne armaturne palice iz jekla.
Following the provisional disclosure, an importer claimed that it would be difficult in practice to separate the product concerned from other types of rebars, falling under the same CN codes.
Komisija znova potrjuje, da armaturne palice iz jekla, ki ustrezajo španskim in portugalskim standardom, niso zajete v zadevnem izdelku, saj tehnične zahteve armaturnih palic iz jekla v Španiji in na Portugalskem ne ustrezajo opredelitvi izdelka v tej preiskavi, kot je določena v uvodni izjavi 15.
It alleged that the Union customs authorities could thus mistakenly impose anti-dumping duties on other products not concerned by the investigation and not impose duties on the product concerned.
Trditev je zato treba zavrniti.
As explained in recital (18) of the provisional Regulation, the product definition exclusively corresponds to the requirements of the British Standard BS4449 and is typically distinguishable by CARES certification and markings embossed on the rebars themselves.
Drugih pripomb v zvezi z zadevnim izdelkom in podobnim izdelkom ni bilo, zato se sklepi iz uvodnih izjav od 17 do 19 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
The importer could not specify in what way the product definition would overlap or be confused with the definition of other types of rebars.
C. DAMPING
Therefore, the Commission considered that there is no problem of practical implementation of the measures and rejected the claim.
Podrobni podatki o izračunu dampinga so navedeni v uvodnih izjavah od 21 do 45 začasne uredbe.
The Commission observes that the certification has not been included in the product description in order to prevent the possibility of circumvention through imports of non-certified goods that would only be certified once inside the Union.
Po začasnem razkritju sta dve zainteresirani strani ponovno izrazili nestrinjanje, opisano v uvodni izjavi 22 začasne uredbe, z dejstvom, da sta skupini za potrebe izračunavanja dampinga in stopnje škode obravnavani kot povezani.
Following definitive disclosure, two interested parties claimed that the product concerned is in fact being sold also in Spain and in Portugal, and that as a consequence the Commission's consumption figures do not include all Union consumption.
Navedeni strani sta ponovno trdili, da med njima ni nikakršne operativne povezave in da imata povsem ločena postopka odločanja.
The interested parties based the claim on a statement on the website of a Union producer, which listed Spain and Portugal as countries that use high-ductility rebars.
Dodatno sta zainteresirani strani trdili, da so ju v protidampinških postopkih, ki so jih vodile tretje države (tj. Malezija, Tajska in Združene države Amerike), obravnavali kot ločena subjekta.
The Commission reaffirms that rebars corresponding to Spanish and Portuguese standards are not included in the scope of the product concerned, because the technical requirements of the rebars in Spain and in Portugal do not correspond with the product definition of the present investigation, as set out in recital (15).
Zadevni zainteresirani strani sta iste trditve glede tega ponovili tudi po dokončnem razkritju.
The claim must therefore be rejected.
Kljub temu Komisija še vedno meni, da narava in tesnost odnosov med obema skupinama, tj. njune kapitalske povezave in pravica imenovati predstavnike ene skupine v statutarne organe druge skupine, ki je jasno določena v statutu, ne omogočata obravnave navedenih zainteresiranih strani kot ločenih subjektov, zlasti zato, ker navedena povezanost brez težav omogoča vzpostavitev tesnejšega strukturnega in tržnega odnosa med njima.
In the absence of any other comments regarding the product concerned and the like product, the conclusions reached in recitals (17) to (19) of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Že samo dejstvo, da obe zainteresirani strani trdita, da bi ju morali obravnavati ločeno, čeprav bi taka odločitev dejansko imela za posledico višje protidampinške ukrepe za eno od njiju, lahko vodi do zgornjega sklepa.
C. DUMPING
Poleg tega je treba poudariti, da Komisija nikakor ni dolžna upoštevati odločitev organov tretjih držav, kadar ti odločajo v protidampinških postopkih na podlagi svoje domače zakonodaje.
The details of the dumping calculation are set out in recitals (21) to (45) of the provisional Regulation.
Zato se potrdi predhodni sklep, sprejet v uvodni izjavi 23 začasne uredbe, o skupni obravnavi obeh skupin izvoznikov.
Following the provisional disclosure, two interested parties repeated their concerns, described in the recital (22) of the provisional Regulation, as to the fact that both groups of companies were considered to be related for the purpose of the dumping and injury margins calculations.
Po začasnem razkritju je ena zainteresirana stran ponovno podvomila o izbiri Republike Južne Afrike kot primerljive države in posledične določitve normalne vrednosti na podlagi navedene države.
These parties repeated previous arguments concerning the lack of any operational links between the two groups and the absence of involvement in each other decision making process.
Zainteresirana stran je poudarila, da nobena od osmih vrst izdelka, ki jih proizvajajo in prodajajo kitajski izvozniki, ni prestala preizkusa reprezentativnosti 5 % domače prodaje v Republiki Južni Afriki, treh pa proizvajalec iz Republike Južne Afrike sploh ne proizvaja.
Additionally the interested parties pointed out that in anti-dumping procedures conducted by third countries (namely Malaysia, Thailand and United States) they were treated as separate entities.
Zato za te tri vrste ni podatkov o stroških proizvodnje.
The interested parties in question reiterated the same arguments in this regard after the definitive disclosure.
Zainteresirana stran je nasprotovala tudi visoki stopnji dobička (10–20 % [5]), na podlagi katere je bila določena normalna vrednost.
Nevertheless, the Commission is still of the opinion that the nature and strength of the relations between the groups, namely their capital links and the right, which is clearly set up in the articles of association, to nominate the officials of one of the groups in the statutory bodies of the other, do not allow to treat these interested parties as separate entities, in particular because that interconnection makes it possible to establish a closer structural and commercial relationship between them without difficulty.
In končno, zainteresirana stran je navedla, da so stroški proizvodnje v Republiki Južni Afriki visoki, celo bistveno višji od prodajnih cen v Uniji, in trdila, da to nasprotuje začasnemu sklepu Komisije, da v Republiki Južni Afriki deluje prosti trg, na katerem obstajata notranja in zunanja konkurenca.
The mere fact that both interested parties raise the claim of separate treatment, while this decision would actually lead to the higher anti-dumping measures for one of them, could also lead to the above conclusion.
V odgovor na zgornje trditve je treba najprej pojasniti, da tudi če domača prodaja določene vrste izdelka proizvajalca v primerljivi državi ne zadošča, da bi prestala preizkus reprezentativnosti 5 %, to ne pomeni, da za tako vrsto izdelka ni mogoče določiti normalne vrednosti.
Furthermore, it should be stressed that the Commission has no obligation to follow the decisions taken by the authorities of third countries in their anti-dumping procedures on the basis of their domestically applicable legislation.
Ker je navedene vrste proizvajal in prodajal proizvajalec iz Republike Južne Afrike, je bila normalna vrednost določena na podlagi dejanskih stroškov proizvodnje.
Therefore, the preliminary conclusion reached in recital (23) of the provisional Regulation as to the common treatment of the two exporters' Groups is hereby confirmed.
Določitev normalne vrednosti treh vrst izdelka, ki jih v Republiki Južni Afriki ne proizvajajo, temelji na stroških proizvodnje tem najbolj podobnih vrst izdelka, ki jih proizvajajo v Republiki Južni Afriki.
Following the provisional disclosure, one interested party raised again its concerns as to the choice of South Africa as an analogue country and subsequent construction of the normal value on the basis of this country.
V tem primeru so bile najbolj podobne vrste izdelka opredeljene s spremembo le enega parametra izdelka, njegove dolžine.
The interested party underlined the fact that none of the eight product types produced and sold by Chinese exporters passed the 5 % representativity test on domestic sales in South Africa and three of them were not even produced by the South African producer.
Uporabljeni so bili stroški proizvodnje (na kg) srednjih dolžin, namesto kratkih ali dolgih.
Therefore no cost of production was available for these three types.
Glede dobička, uporabljenega pri določitvi normalne vrednosti, je bila uporabljena standardna metoda.
The interested party contested also the high level of profit (in a range of 10-20 % [5]) used for the construction of the normal value.
Glede vrst izdelka, za katere niso obstajale domača prodaja ali dobičkonosne domače transakcije, je bil uporabljen povprečen dobiček družbe pri vseh domačih prodajah zadevnega izdelka.
Finally, the interested party indicated that the cost of production in South Africa was high, and even substantially higher than sales prices in the Union, and alleged that this contradicted the Commission's provisional conclusion that South Africa is an open market with internal and external competition.
Preiskava je pokazala, da se je navedeni domači dobiček gibal med 10 in 20 %.
In response to the above claims, it should first be explained that even if a producer in the analogue country does not have sufficient volumes of domestic sales of certain product types to meet the 5 % representativity test, this does not prevent the normal value to be established for these product types.
Poleg tega je Komisija pri določitvi normalnih vrednosti tistih vrst izdelka, za katere ni bilo zadostnih dobičkonosnih domačih transakcij, upoštevala tudi odločitev Odbora STO v primeru norveškega lososa [6].
Given that these types were produced and sold by the South African producer, normal value was constructed based on actual costs of production.
V navedenem primeru je bil uporabljen dejanski dobiček dobičkonosnih domačih transakcij glede na vrsto izdelka.
With regard to the three product types not produced in South Africa, the construction of their normal value was based on the costs of production of the closest product types produced in South Africa.
V navedenem primeru je bila stopnja dobička običajno nižja od 10–20 %
In this case, the closest product types were identified by changing only one parameter of the product, namely its length.
Na koncu se je v preiskavi dejansko izkazalo, da so stroški proizvodnje v Republiki Južni Afriki višji od stroškov in cen industrije Unije.
Cost of production (per kg) of the medium lengths was used instead of short or long ones.
To so dejanski stroški, ki so preverjeni v prostorih proizvajalca in o katerih je proizvajalec iz Republike Južne Afrike pravilno poročal.
With regard to the profit used for the construction of the normal values, the standard method was applied.
Komisija ne razume, kako navedeno nasprotuje njenemu predhodnemu sklepu o odprtosti in konkurenčnosti trga Republike Južne Afrike.
For the product types where there were no domestic sales or no profitable domestic transactions, the average company profit on all domestic sales of the product concerned was used.
Poudariti je treba, da medtem ko so cene industrije Unije zmanjšane zaradi nizkocenovnega dampinškega uvoza s Kitajske, lahko proizvajalec iz Republike Južne Afrike deluje v običajnih konkurenčnih razmerah.
The investigation showed that this domestic profit ranged between 10-20 %.
Razmere v industriji Unije niso izhodišče za izbiro primerljive države, ki je vendar nadomestek Kitajske.
Furthermore, the Commission also applied the ruling of WTO panel in the Norwegian Salmon case [6] for the construction of normal values for those product types for which there were not sufficient profitable domestic transaction.
Po dokončnem razkritju je zadevna zainteresirana stran podrobneje predstavila svoje trditve glede domnevno zelo visokih domačih cen in stroškov proizvodnje v primerljivi državi, pri čemer je navedla, da je normalna vrednost, določena na podlagi takih vrednosti za skoraj 40 % višja od ciljne cene Unije, ki je bila uporabljena za določitev stopnje nelojalnega nižanja ciljnih cen.