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On behalf of their members, these industry associations have informed the Commission that they support the opening of the safeguard investigation, as well as the adoption of measures to also address the trade diversion resulting from the Section 232 measures that seriously disrupts the steel market which has not yet fully recovered from the steel crisis.
Gibanje celotnega uvoza zadevnih izdelkov je potekalo, kot je razvidno iz preglednice:
Based on the information from Eurostat, the prior steel surveillance mechanism, as well as information submitted by the Union industry, the Commission has carried out a preliminary analysis of the increase in imports of the products concerned over the period 2013-2017.
Uvoz (v 1000 ton)
The Commission has also examined the evolution of imports during the first quarter of 2018 in order to confirm the recent increase in imports.
Indeks 2013 = 100
The total imports of the products concerned have developed as follows:
Tržni deleži
Source: Eurostat
Tudi uvoz velike večine posameznih kategorij izdelkov, ki jih je zajemala preiskava, se je v zadnjih petih letih povečal v absolutnem smislu.
imports (000 tonnes)
Uvoz največjih kategorij v smislu uvoza (kategorije izdelkov št. 1, 4 in 7) se je na primer povečal za 45 %, 168 % oziroma 78 %.
market shares
Komisija zato meni, da bi bilo treba te kategorije izdelkov na tej stopnji izključiti s področja uporabe začasnih ukrepov.
In overall terms, imports of the 28 product categories concerned, taken altogether, increased in absolute terms by 62 % over the period 2013-2017.
Komisija si kljub temu pridržuje pravico, da teh pet kategorij vključi v področje uporabe dokončnih ukrepov in bo v ta namen še naprej spremljala uvoz izdelkov iz teh kategorij.
The increase of imports was especially marked until 2016.
Gibanje uvoza za vsako kategorijo izdelkov je predstavljeno v Prilogi II.
Subsequently, imports continued to increase and remained at a very high level.
Poleg izključitve zgoraj navedenih kategorij izdelkov na tej stopnji je Komisija tudi proučila izključitev nekaterih držav s področja uporabe ukrepov v skladu s sklepi iz uvodne izjave (121).
Imports for the vast majority of the individual product categories covered by the investigation also showed an increase in absolute terms over the last five years.
Zato je Komisija uvoz teh kategorij izdelkov iz navedenih držav izključila iz preostalih predhodnih analiz in še enkrat proučila razvoj uvoza.
For example, the imports of the largest categories in terms of imports (product categories 1, 4, and 7) have increased by 45 %, 168 %, and 78 % respectively.
Na podlagi tega se je uvoz izdelkov, na katere se nanaša ta predhodna analiza, gibal na naslednji način:
There was however not an increase for 5 product categories, namely products 10, 11, 19, 24, and 27.
V obdobju 2013–2017 se je uvoz povečal za 68 % v absolutnem smislu, pri čemer so se tržni deleži povečali z 12,1 % na 17,80 %.
The Commission therefore considers that these product categories should at this stage be excluded from the scope of the provisional measures.
Največ se je povečal v obdobju 2013–2016, vendar se je v letu 2017 še naprej povečeval in ostal na visoki ravni.
The Commission, nevertheless, reserves the right to include these 5 product categories in the scope of the definitive measures and to this effect will continue monitoring the imports within these categories.
Pri devetih kategorijah izdelkov je povečanje več kot 20-odstotno, pri eni izmed teh kategorij (kategorija 13) pa več kot 100-odstotno.
The evolution of imports for each product category is presented in Annex II.
Do tega povečanja je prišlo pred začetkom veljavnosti ukrepov na podlagi oddelka 232.
In addition to the exclusion, at this stage, of the abovementioned product categories, the Commission has also considered the exclusion of certain countries from the scope of the measures in line with the conclusions in recital (121).
Komisija zato ugotavlja, da se je uvoz 23 kategorij izdelkov v absolutnem smislu nenadno znatno povečal.
On this basis, the imports of the products concerned by this preliminary determination have developed as follows:
V. NEPREDVIDENI RAZVOJ OKOLIŠČIN
Imports increased in absolute terms by 68 % during the period 2013-2017, with market shares increasing from 12,1 % to 17,80 %.
Komisija je predhodno ugotovila, da je bilo zgoraj navedeno povečanje uvoza izdelkov iz jekla v Unijo posledica nepredvidenega razvoja okoliščin zaradi številnih dejavnikov, ki povzročajo in poslabšujejo neravnovesja v mednarodni trgovini zadevnih izdelkov.
The most significant increase took place in the period 2013-2016, but imports continued to increase and remained at a high level in 2017.
Prvič, nominalne svetovne zmogljivosti za proizvodnjo jekla so se od leta 2000 več kot podvojile, in sicer z 1,05 milijarde ton leta 2000 na 2,29 milijarde ton leta 2016, na zelo visoki ravni pa so ostale tudi leta 2017 (2,27 milijarde ton).
The trend of increasing imports continues in 2018.
Poleg tega je dejanska svetovna proizvodnja jekla (1,6 milijarde ton) leta 2016 še vedno za 100 milijonov ton presegala svetovno povpraševanje po jeklu (1,5 milijarde ton).
When comparing the first quarter of 2018 with the first quarter of 2017, the overall import increase amounts to 10 %.
Zaradi tega je v zadnjih letih nastala velika vrzel med nominalnimi globalnimi zmogljivostmi in proizvodnjo ter med proizvodnjo in povpraševanjem, kar je privedlo do doslej največjih presežnih zmogljivosti na svetovnem trgu jekla, ki vztrajajo kljub ukrepom za njihovo zmanjšanje.
For 9 product categories, the increase is more than 20 % and for one of those categories (category 13) the increase is more than 100 %.
Medtem ko se je svetovna proizvodnja v letu 2017 zaradi okrevanja gospodarstva povečala za več kot 5 %, pa se bo povpraševanje po jeklu na svetovni ravni leta 2018 povečalo le zmerno, v letu 2019 pa naj bi se to povečevanje še upočasnilo.
Moreover, this increase took place even before the Section 232 measures entered into force.
V letu 2017 je bilo vidno okrevanje, vendar so še vedno prisotna pomembna tveganja.
The Commission therefore concludes that there has been a sudden, steep, and significant increase of imports in absolute terms for 23 product categories.
Jeklarske družbe so še naprej finančno ranljive, saj so, kot rečeno, v jeklarskem sektorju še vedno prisotna strukturna neravnovesja.
In addition, the increase of imports continues in the first quarter of 2018 and it is expected to be even more significant in view of the expected trade diversion from the Section 232 measures.
Ta neravnovesja še povečujejo izkrivljajoče subvencije in ukrepi državne podpore.
V. UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS
Glede na pomembne fiksne stroške v jeklarskem sektorju so številni proizvajalci jekla, zlasti tam, kjer država izkrivlja običajno delovanje tržnih sil, ohranjali visoko izkoriščenost zmogljivosti in trge tretjih držav preplavili s svojimi izdelki po nizkih cenah, če jih niso mogli prodati na domačem trgu.
The Commission has preliminarily determined that the above-mentioned increase in imports of steel products in the Union has been the result of unforeseen developments that finds its source in a number of factors establishing and aggravating imbalances in the international trade of the products concerned.
Uvoz v EU se je povečal, cene pa so se na splošno znižale.
First of all, the nominal global steelmaking capacity has more than doubled since 2000, from a level of 1,05 billion tonnes in 2000 to 2,29 billion tonnes in 2016 and has remained at a very high level in 2017 (2,27 billion tonnes).
Uvozne cene so bile leta 2017 glede na primerjavo povprečnih cen za vsako kategorijo izdelkov na splošno nižje od cen industrije Unije.
In addition, actual global steel production in 2016 (1,6 billion tonnes) was still 100 million tonnes higher than global steel demand (1,5 billion tonnes).
Taka primerjava povprečnih cen ne odraža nujno vseh posebnosti, ki lahko vplivajo na primerljivost, vseeno pa je dober pokazatelj splošne ravni cen uvoza v primerjavi s cenami Unije.
Consequently, there has been over the last years a major gap between nominal global capacity and production and between production and demand, generating an unprecedented overcapacity in the global steel market which has persisted despite the measures adopted to narrow it.
Nelojalno nižanje prodajnih cen je bilo ugotovljeno za 17 kategorij izdelkov, znašalo pa je med 1,2 % in 23 %.
Moreover, looking forward, whereas global production in 2017 increased by more than 5 % due to an economic recovery, global steel demand in 2018 will show only moderate growth with further deceleration predicted for 2019.
Drugič, navedeni učinek so še zaostrile prakse na trgih tretjih držav, ki omejujejo trgovino.
There was a sign of recovery in 2017, but important risks remain.
Dejansko je v odziv na presežno ponudbo jekla in prakse, ki izkrivljajo trg, od let 2014/2015 več držav začelo pogosteje uporabljati trgovinsko politiko in instrumente trgovinske zaščite v jeklarskem sektorju, da bi zavarovale domače proizvajalce.
The steel firms continue to be financially vulnerable since, as mentioned above, there are persisting structural imbalances in the steel sector.
Mehika, Južna Afrika, Indija in Turčija so za več izdelkov iz jekla povišale uvozne dajatve za 2,5 % do 40 %, in sicer za vroče in hladno valjano jeklo, ploščate izdelke iz jekla, kot so trakovi, ter armaturne palice.
These imbalances are accentuated by distortive subsidies and government support measures.
Uvoz teh izdelkov se je v obdobju preiskave praviloma povečal.
Given the important fixed costs in the steel sector, many steel producers, notably in countries where the State distorts the normal play of market forces, kept capacity utilisation at high rates and flooded third country markets with their products at low prices when they could not be absorbed by domestic consumption.
Poleg tega so tretje države v letu 2017 še naprej uvajale ukrepe omejevanja trgovine; nekatere so uvedle minimalne uvozne cene (Indija), nekatere so uvedle obvezne nacionalne standarde za jeklo (Indonezija), druge pa so uvedle lokalne zahteve glede vsebnosti, med drugim prek vladnih naročil (ZDA).
This has resulted in increasing imports in the EU and overall price depression.
Poleg tega se uporaba instrumentov trgovinske zaščite stalno povečuje.
Import prices have in general undercut Union industry prices in 2017, based on an average price comparison for each product category.
Ker so ZDA ena največjih držav uvoznic jekla na svetu – predstavljajo približno 13,1 % svetovnega uvoza jekla (leta 2016) – je bil učinek takega velikega števila trgovinskih sredstev občuten tudi v svetovnem merilu.
Such an average price comparison does not necessarily reflect all the specificities which may have an impact on comparability, but nevertheless gives a good indication of the general price level of imports as compared to Union prices.
Tretjič, glede na stalne presežne zmogljivosti na svetovni ravni bodo nezakoniti in omejevalni ukrepi ZDA na podlagi oddelka 232 zaradi svoje ravni in obsega verjetno povzročili precejšnjo preusmeritev trgovine z izdelki iz jekla v Unijo.
Undercutting was established for 17 product categories, with ranges between 1,2 % and 23 %.
ZDA so izračunale, da bi morala uvedba enotne dajatve za vse izdelke z ukrepom na podlagi oddelka 232, pri kateri ne bi bila izključena skoraj nobena država, zmanjšati uvoz za približno 13 milijonov ton, kar ustreza 7 % potrošnje v Uniji.
Secondly, the above effect has been exacerbated by trade-restrictive practices in third country markets.
Trg Unije je zaradi povpraševanja in cen na splošno zelo privlačen za izdelke iz jekla.
These products were typically imported in increasing quantities over the period of investigation.
Opozoriti je treba tudi, da lahko dodatno povečanje uvoza, ki lahko še poslabša gospodarski položaj jeklarske industrije Unije, izvira zlasti iz držav, za katere trenutno ne veljajo protidampinški/izravnalni ukrepi.
Furthermore, third countries continued throughout 2017 to impose trade restrictive measures: some countries introduced minimum import prices (India), some imposed mandatory national standards for steel (Indonesia) and others imposed local content requirements, including through government procurement (U.S.).
Zaradi tega nepredvidenega razvoja okoliščin se je uvoz jekla v Unijo občutno povečal, povečeval pa se bo tudi v prihodnje.
In addition, recourse to trade defence instruments has steadily increased.
TVEGANJE ZA NASTANEK RESNE ŠKODE
Based on WTO statistics, whereas during 2011-2013 on average around 77 steel-related investigations had been initiated per year, during 2015-2016 this average increased to 117.
Splošne razmere jeklarske industrije Unije
In February 2018, the U.S. had 169 anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders in place on steel, as well as 25 ongoing investigations that could lead to an even more restrictive picture for imports of steel into the U.S.
Da bi lahko formulirala predhodno oceno o tem, ali obstajajo dokazi o resni škodi ali tveganju za nastanek resne škode za industrijo Unije za zadevni izdelek v postopku ocenjevanja, je Komisija v skladu s členom 9 Uredbe 2015/478 in členom 6 Uredbe 2015/755 proučila trende potrošnje, proizvodnje, izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti, prodaje, tržnega deleža, cen, donosnosti, zalog, donosnosti vloženega kapitala (ROCE), denarnega toka in zaposlenosti za zadevni izdelek za leta od 2013 do 2017 (podatki za leto 2018 še niso zbrani).
As the U.S. is one of the world's largest steel importing countries – representing around 13,1 % of the world steel imports (in 2016) – the impact of such a large number of trade remedies has been strongly felt globally.
Ta analiza je bila izvedena za vseh 23 kategorij izdelkov skupaj in za posamezne kategorije, pokazala pa je povečanje uvoza (v nadaljnjem besedilu: izdelki/kategorije izdelkov v ocenjevanju).
Third, in the context of the prevailing persistent worldwide overcapacity, the illegal and restrictive U.S. Section 232 measures, given their level and scope, are likely to cause substantial trade diversion of steel products into the Union.
Kot je pojasnjeno v oddelku II, Komisija meni, da je takšna globalna in celovita analiza v tej preiskavi ustrezna glede na medsebojno povezanost in raven konkurence med različnimi izdelki z vidika povpraševanja in ponudbe.
The U.S. have calculated that the imposition of a single across-product tariff under the Section 232 measures with almost no country exclusion should decrease imports by approximately 13 million tonnes – corresponding to 7 % of Union consumption.
Pri proučevanju splošnega stanja so se potrošnja v Uniji, prodaja proizvajalcev v Uniji in ustrezen tržni delež gibali na naslednji način:
The Union market is generally a very attractive market for steel products both in terms of demand and prices.
Vir: podatki Eurostata in industrije.
Some of the main exporters to the US are also traditional steel suppliers to the Union and there is no doubt that these countries, as well as others whose exports and production will be affected by the U.S. measures and the foreseeable trade diversion cascade, will redirect their exports to the Union.
(v 1000 ton)
Even a partial diversion of the abovementioned trade flows into the Union will unavoidably result in a new price depression and undercutting on the EU market, bringing price down to levels comparable to those of 2016, with significant negative consequences on the profitability of the Union steel industry.
Potrošnja
It should finally be noted that the additional import increase which is liable to further deteriorate the economic situation of the Union steel industry might especially originate from countries currently not subject to anti-dumping/countervailing duty measures.
Domača prodaja
Consequently, the abovementioned unforeseen developments have lead and will further lead to a clear increase of steel imports into the Union.
Tržni deleži (%)
THREAT OF SERIOUS INJURY
Potrošnja izdelkov v ocenjevanju se je povečala vsako leto v obdobju 2013–2017, na splošno za 15 %.
Global situation of the Union steel industry
Povečala se je tudi prodaja proizvajalcev v Uniji, vendar v precej manjšem obsegu kot potrošnja v Uniji, tj. samo za 7 %.
In order to formulate its preliminary determination as to whether there is evidence of serious injury or threat of serious injury to the Union industry for the product concerned under assessment, the Commission, in line with Article 9 of Regulation 2015/478 and Article 6 of Regulation 2015/755, has examined the trends of consumption, production, capacity utilisation, sales, market share, prices, profitability, stocks, Return On Capital Employed (ROCE), cash flow and employment for the product concerned for the years 2013 to 2017 (pending the collection of 2018 data).
Zato proizvajalci v Uniji niso mogli izkoristiti naraščajočega povpraševanja v Uniji, njihov tržni delež pa se je zmanjšal s 86,8 % na 80,9 %.
This analysis has been carried out globally and also individually for the 23 product categories showing an increase of import volumes (‘the products/product categories under assessment’).
Kot rečeno, se je uvoz v istem obdobju uvoz povečal za 68 %.
As explained in Section II above, the Commission considers such a global and comprehensive analysis adequate in this investigation, given the interrelation, interconnection, and the level of competition between the different products from a demand and supply point of view.
Na podlagi izpolnjenih vprašalnikov proizvajalcev v Uniji sta se proizvodnja in proizvodna zmogljivost gibali na naslednji način:
When looking at the overall situation, the Union consumption, sales of Union producers and the corresponding market share developed as follows:
Vir: podatki industrije
Source: Eurostat and industry data
(v 1000 ton)
(000 tonnes)
Proizvodnja v EU
Consumption
Proizvodna zmogljivost
Domestic sales
Izkoriščenost zmogljivosti (v %)
market shares (%)
Proizvodne zmogljivosti so se v obdobju 2013–2017 povečale za 3 %, kar je manj, kot se je povečala raven proizvodnje, tj. za 9 %.
The consumption of the products under assessment increased consistently every year during the period 2013-2017, and by 15 % overall.
Stopnja izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti se je tako z 72 % povečala na 76 %.
The sales of Union producers also increased, but to a much lesser extent than Union consumption, i.e. by 7 % only.
Zaloge sodelujočih družb so se v obdobju 2013–2017 skupaj povečale za 20 %.
Consequently, the Union producers could not benefit from the increasing Union demand and lost market shares, going from 86,8 % to 80,9 %.
Vir: izpolnjeni vprašalniki
It should be recalled that during the same period imports increased by 68 %.
Zaloge
On the basis of the questionnaire replies received from the Union producers, production and production capacity developed as follows:
Prodajne cene na enoto, dobičkonosnost in denarni tok proizvajalcev Unije so se gibali na naslednji način:
Source: Industry data
Prodajna cena na enoto (EUR/tono)
000 tonnes
Dobičkonosnost
EU production
Denarni tok (v mio.
production capacity
EUR)
capacity utilisation (%)
V obdobju 2013–2016 je prišlo do znatnega padca cen na trgu Unije: prodajne cene na enoto so se znižale za 15 %.
Production capacity increased by 3 % during the period 2013-2017, but less than the production level which increased by 9 %.
Kot rečeno, se je uvoz v tem obdobju znatno povečal.
As a result, the capacity utilisation rate increased from 72 % to 76 %.
Razmere so se v letu 2017 začasno izboljšale.
The stocks held by the cooperating companies increased overall by 20 % in the period 2013-2017.
Proizvajalci v Uniji, ki proizvajajo zadevne kategorije izdelkov v ocenjevanju, so v petih letih izgubili skoraj 10000 delovnih mest.
Source: questionnaire replies
Zaposlenost (ekvivalent polnega delovnega časa)
Stocks
Razmere za posamezne kategorije izdelkov
Unit sales prices, profitability and cash flow of the Union producers developed as follows:
Poleg splošne analize svetovnih razmer za zadevni izdelek, za katero Komisija meni, da je ustrezno izhodišče za presojo nujnosti zaščitnih ukrepov v tej preiskavi, je Komisija ocenila tudi stanje na ravni posameznih kategorij izdelkov, da bi potrdila zgoraj navedene trende na razčlenjeni ravni.
Profitability
V Prilogi III so navedeni ekonomski kazalniki za posamezne kategorije izdelkov.
In the period 2013-2016 there was a significant price depression on the Union market: Unit sales prices decreased by 15 %.
Medtem ko je bilo to povečanje pri nekaterih posameznih izdelkih majhno (najmanjše povečanje je znašalo 2 %), pa je bilo pri drugih veliko večje; največje povečanje je znašalo 169 %.
It should be recalled that imports also increased significantly during this period.
Obseg prodaje je bil v obdobju 2013–2017 na splošno stabilen, v nekaterih primerih pa se je nekoliko povečal, vendar se z izjemo treh kategorij izdelkov ni povečal toliko kot potrošnja v EU.
The average unit sales price recovered however in 2017 and reached a level comparable to 2013.
Posledica tega je bilo zmanjšanje tržnih deležev v petletnem obdobju za vse izdelke razen treh.
Profitability overall remained at a very low level during the period 2013-2016.
Proizvodnja se je na splošno povečala za 18 od 23 izdelkov, prav tako pa tudi stopnje izkoriščenosti zmogljivosti.
Despite a significant decrease in prices, the Union industry could nevertheless reduce its cost of production in 2016 to such an extent that it managed to make a small level of profit of 2,2 %.
Cene vseh izdelkov so se v obdobju 2013–2016 znatno znižale (razen enega izdelka, za katerega so veljale protidampinške dajatve v obliki minimalne uvozne cene).
The situation temporarily recovered in 2017.
V letu 2017 so se cene popravile zaradi splošnega okrevanja trga jekla in različnih ukrepov trgovinske zaščite, sprejetih proti nepoštenemu določanju cen in subvencioniranemu uvozu.
Sales prices increased by almost 20 % between 2016 and 2017 and reached their 2013 level.
Vsi drugi izdelki so še naprej ustvarjali izgubo (trije izdelki) ali pa so bili blizu praga dobička (13 izdelkov).
The Union industry achieved a level of profit of 6,2 % since cost of production (raw material), even if increasing, remained lower than in 2013.
Stopnja dobička, nižja od 6 %, ne šteje za zadostno za pokritje naložb, ki so potrebne za vzdrževanje dejavnosti, saj je Komisija v večini nedavnih preiskav kot zadostno za pokritje naložb v tem sektorju uporabila stopnjo dobička okrog 8 %.
The overall cash flow position of the Union industry increased by approximately 60 %.
Zaloge so se za 17 kategorij izdelkov povečale.
In terms of employment, over the 5-year period, the Union producers of the product categories under assessment lost almost 10000 jobs.
Zmanjšale so se samo za pet kategorij izdelkov, za eno kategorijo izdelkov pa so v zadevnem obdobju ostale na isti ravni.
employment (FTE)
Ti trendi so obstajali tako na svetovni ravni kot na ravni posameznih izdelkov.
Situation at the level of individual product categories
Razmere so se v letu 2017 deloma izboljšale.
In addition to the global analysis of the situation for the product concerned overall, which the Commission considers to be the appropriate standpoint for the appraisal of the necessity of safeguard measures in this investigation, the Commission has also assessed the situation at the level of the individual product categories in order to confirm the above trends at a disaggregated level.
Čeprav so številne kategorije izdelkov še vedno pod ravnjo trajnostnega dobička, se je za nekatere stanje izboljšalo, najverjetneje zaradi nedavne uvedbe protidampinških in protisubvencijskih ukrepov.
While this increase remained modest for some individual products, with a minimum increase of 2 %, it was much more marked for others, with a maximum increase of 169 %.
Vendar je bil uvoz iz teh držav nedavno delno nadomeščen z uvozom iz Indije, Koreje in Turčije, pri čemer sta Koreja in Turčija tudi pomembni dobaviteljici ZDA.