natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Table 14 confirms the trend shown in the table in recital (105) above.
Analiza izvozne učinkovitosti industrije Unije v zvezi z zadevnim izdelkom je bila opravljena na podlagi podatkov Eurostata, kakor je navedeno v nadaljevanju:
Table 14
Preglednica 16
Monthly imports to the US
Izvoz industrije Unije
US (000 tonnes)
Obseg izvoza (v 1000 ton)
Decrease 2018 from 2017
Izvozna cena (v EUR/tono)
Therefore, the imports into the USA, irrespective of the type of comparison carried out, consistently show that there has been a clear and steady trend of a decrease in imports into the USA.
Zgornja preglednica kaže dve stvari.
This progressive decrease is already causing and will further generate trade diversion that is liable to speed up the increase trend of imports into the Union.
Prvič, obseg izvoza industrije Unije v obravnavanem obdobju je sorazmerno majhen v primerjavi z obsegom prodaje na trgu Unije, ki je, odvisno od posameznega leta, znašal od 17 % do 19 % samega obsega prodaje industrije Unije.
Conclusion
Drugič, razvoj izvozne cene je bil v obravnavanem obdobju precej enakomeren, razen leta 2016, ko so bile izvozne cene na splošno znatno nižje kot v drugih letih (stroški proizvodnje so bili prav tako nizki v letu 2016).
Accordingly, in view of an updated analysis of the situation of the Union industry, a thorough analysis of the comments received after disclosure of the provisional measures and during the hearings, as well a detailed analysis the most recent statistical data, the Commission concluded that the Union steel industry is in a situation of threat of serious injury for the product concerned, including the 26 product categories under assessment.
Na podlagi obsega izvoza, razvoja tega obsega v obravnavanem obdobju in izvoznih prodajnih cen Komisija ni mogla utemeljeno domnevati, da je izvozna prodajna učinkovitost industrije Unije veliko tveganje za nastanek resne škode za industrijo Unije.
Recitals (58) to (69) of the provisional Regulation are therefore confirmed.
Kar zadeva vlogo uvoza, ki so ga opravili proizvajalci Unije ali trgovci/distributerji, kot je opisano v uvodni izjavi 44, je bil ta uvoz v obravnavanem obdobju nizek in razmeroma stabilen, in sicer v višini 0,3 % do 0,7 % celotnega uvoza, odvisno od leta.
CAUSATION
Ta uvoz ni vplival na uvozne trende, zato je bila zahteva zavrnjena.
In the provisional Regulation, at recitals (70) to (77) the Commission had concluded that there was a causal link between increased imports of the product under assessment and the vulnerable situation of and threat of serious injury to the Union industry as the steel products produced by the Union producers are commonly like or directly competing with the steel products concerned.
Več zainteresiranih strani je trdilo, da Komisija ni ocenila okoliščin konkurence med uvoženimi izdelki in domačimi izdelki, saj naj ne bi upoštevala obsega in heterogenosti različnih kategorij izdelkov, ki jih zajema zaščitna preiskava, in je sprejela ugotovitve za vse kategorije izdelkov skupaj.
Several interested parties submitted that there was no causation between an increase in imports and the state of the Union industry, as the increase of imports during the period considered had gone hand in hand with an increase in profitability and production and sales volumes.
Prav tako je več zainteresiranih strani trdilo, da bi morala Komisija za vsako kategorijo izdelkov opraviti ločeno analizo vzročne zveze.
As a preliminary point, the Commission wishes to clarify that it has established a threat of serious injury if imports continue to increase.
Kot je pojasnjeno v oddelku 2.1, je Komisija menila, da glede na visoko stopnjo medsebojne povezanosti med kategorijami izdelkov, ki sestavljajo zadevni izdelek, uvoženi izdelek in izdelek Unije predstavljata „podoben ali neposredno konkurenčen“ izdelek.
It has not established injury during the investigation due to the increase of imports over the period considered.
Potrditev, da je glede na tesno medsebojno povezanost med vsemi kategorijami izdelkov, ki so predmet preiskave, potrebna splošna analiza, pomeni tudi, da je najustreznejši način za izvedbo analize vzročne zveze združitev teh treh družin izdelkov, ki so bile v nekaterih delih splošne analize ločene.
On substance, with regard to this claim, it is important to stress that the Union industry indeed achieved profitable levels of production during the year 2017, which was clearly higher than the one achieved in all other years of the period considered, when it was close to break-even only.
Na podlagi tega je bila ta trditev zavrnjena.
However, overall, the largest increase of imports during that period was between 2014 and 2015 (see Table 2 above) and the parallel profitability drop in that same period (down from 0,8 % to 0,6 %, see Table 6 above) demonstrates that there is a doubtless connection between the increase in imports and the state of the Union industry.
Analiza skupnega prispevka drugih dejavnikov iz uvodnih izjav 79 in 80 začasne uredbe ter oddelka 6.1 je pokazala, da drugi dejavniki, in sicer ločeno in skupaj, niso zmanjšali vzročne zveze med povečanjem uvoza in tveganjem za nastanek resne škode za industrijo Unije.
Moreover, as explained in recital (45) of the provisional Regulation, the profitability achieved in 2017 should be considered as temporary in the current circumstances of a continuously increasing import trend and exceptionally favourable sales prices on the market in that period.
Ker drugih pripomb ni bilo, se uvodne izjave 70 do 81 začasne uredbe potrdijo.
Nevertheless, even a profit level of 5,6 % is low in this capital intensive industry.
INTERES UNIJE
It is, in fact, below the regulated minimum target profit level, for all industrial sectors, in trade defence investigations conducted by the Commission.
Namen zaščitnih ukrepov je odpraviti ali preprečiti resno škodo, ki je nastala zaradi povečanega uvoza.
Consequently, the Commission considered that the Union industry will find itself in a vulnerable and critical situation if imports continue to increase.
Komisija je v skladu s členom 16 Uredbe (ES) št. 2015/478 preučila tudi morebitne neizogibne gospodarske razloge, ki bi lahko privedli do ugotovitve, da uvedba ukrepov ni v interesu Unije.
This claim is, therefore, rejected.
V ta namen so bili na podlagi razpoložljivih dokazov upoštevani učinek morebitnih ukrepov na vse proizvajalce Unije, uvoznike in uporabnike zadevnega izdelka ter možne posledice sprejetja ali nesprejetja ukrepov.
It was also submitted by various interested parties that, in previous anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations concerning the same products, the Commission had argued that it was the alleged dumping or subsidisation – and not a mere increase in imports – which had caused price depression and injury.
Kjer je bilo potrebno, je Komisija oblikovala mehanizem, ki bi preprečil nastanek resne škode, hkrati pa omogočil tradicionalne trgovinske tokove na način, ki bi bil združljiv z nadaljnjim konkurenčnim delovanjem trga jekla.
According to these interested parties, the dumped or subsidised imports have already been dealt with successfully through the adoption of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures concluding those investigations, which would be why the Commission should not now argue that the same injury was caused by something else, i.e. increased imports.
Interes proizvajalcev Unije
With regard to this claim, it is important to underline that anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures do not follow the same logic as safeguard measures.
Začasno je bilo sklenjeno, da bi bila uvedba zaščitnih ukrepov v interesu proizvajalcev Unije, saj bi to preprečilo vsako resno škodo, ki bi jo povzročilo nadaljnje in znatno povečanje uvoza.
They have, in fact, different objectives.
Po uvedbi začasnih ukrepov Komisija ni prejela nobenih pripomb proizvajalcev Unije, ki bi temu stališču nasprotovale.
To mention some of the most striking and relevant differences, both anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures are specific to a limited product scope and address the issue of unfair competition, through dumping or subsidisation, with regard to imports from a certain origin (country), whereas they are as a rule applied for five years, with a possibility to extend that period if certain conditions are fulfilled.
Začasne ugotovitve so bile zato potrjene.
By contrast, safeguard measures address an overall increase in imports, with no distinction in the nature of competition or origin (i.e. they are not applied ‘sui generis’ to a specific type of imports) and are normally limited in duration.
Interes uvoznikov in uporabnikov Unije
Moreover and more specifically, the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures referred to through this claim concern only a few of the product categories covered by the current investigation and only from certain origins.
Komisija je poslala vprašalnike znanim uvoznikom in uporabnikom, da bi ocenila njihov interes.
In spite of those measures, the Commission nevertheless found a significant, sudden and sharp overall increase in imports and established a related threat of injury.
Komisija je prejela 61 odgovorov uvoznikov in 70 odgovorov uporabnikov, ki niso povezani z uvozniki.
That claim is, accordingly, rejected.
Uvozniki in uporabniki so izrazili svoja stališča tudi v ustni in pisni obliki.
Several interested parties submitted that the Commission had not performed a non-attribution analysis to address other factors, which might have caused the injury, in particular with regard to the raw material cost development, declining export performance and imports made by the Union producers.
Več uvoznikov in uporabnikov Unije je trdilo, da uvedba zaščitnih ukrepov ne bi bila v interesu Unije, ker bi povečala uvozne cene in omejila konkurenco na trgu Unije.
The Commission wishes to clarify that, indeed, at provisional stage it has not assessed all factors that might contribute to the serious injury, which the Union industry would suffer if no measures are taken, as due to the critical circumstances, provisional measures needed to be adopted and imposed without delay.
Trdili so tudi, da bi uvedba ukrepov povzročila pomanjkanje oskrbe, saj proizvajalci Unije domnevno ne proizvajajo vseh vrst izdelkov iz jekla ali pa njihove količine niso dovolj velike za zadovoljitev povpraševanja Unije.
After the imposition of provisional measures, the Commission assessed the impact of these three factors on the state of the Union industry and, thus, their possible contribution to the threat of serious injury.
To naj bi še dodatno poslabšalo dejstvo, da je razpoložljivost nekaterih izdelkov v Uniji omejena, saj zanje veljajo protidampinški ali protisubvencijski ukrepi.
With regard to the development of raw material costs, several parties generally observed that the Commission should look into this element, whereas one interested party submitted that the conjectural market situation, linked to cheaper raw materials worldwide, has caused the difficulties ‘alleged’ by the Commission.
Po uvedbi začasnih ukrepov je več uporabnikov in uvoznikov Unije trdilo, da bi bilo treba v primeru sprejetja dokončnih ukrepov upoštevati naslednje elemente:
The data provided by the Union industry demonstrate that the cost of production for the product concerned developed as follows:
raven kvot, določena na podlagi povprečja zadnjih treh let, bi se morala povečati za 10 %, kot se je povečala v zvezi z zaščitnimi ukrepi Unije za jeklo leta 2002, da bi se pokrilo verjetno povečanje povpraševanja v sektorjih na koncu proizvodne verige;
Table 15
vse kvote bi bilo treba dodeliti posameznim državam dobaviteljicam, namesto da se te dodeljujejo na podlagi pristopa „kdor prej pride, prej dobi“; tako bi se ohranili tradicionalni trgovinski tokovi in bi se preprečilo, da bi nekatere države dobaviteljice izkoristile svoj geografski položaj ali izvozne zmogljivosti, s čimer bi hitro izpolnile kvoto in izrinile druge tradicionalne države dobaviteljice;
Cost of production
Ekonomsko varnost bi bilo treba zagotoviti z vzpostavitvijo sistema kvot na podlagi licenc.
Cost of production (EUR/tonne)
Tako bi bilo poskrbljeno za kontinuiteto dobave in zagotovljeno, da se pošiljke vključijo v tarifno kvoto takoj, ko zapustijo državo izvoznico.
The above trend is similar to the trend in sales prices, as described in recital 5.1.3 above, with the exception of 2017 when, as explained, sales prices were exceptionally favourable as compared to costs, resulting in a relatively high profit (albeit still under target profit level).
Poleg tega se je trdilo, da bi bilo treba letno kvoto določiti vsako četrtletje, da bi se izognili množičnemu uvozu na začetku leta, kar bi škodilo uporabnikom, ki ne si ne morejo ustvariti zalog in potrebujejo stalno dobavo skozi vse leto.
This trend does not reveal any particular link between raw material cost and profitability development, if only that in the year when the Union industry's profit declined the strongest as compared to the previous year, i.e. in 2015 (down by 25 %), its cost of production decreased significantly.
Za nekatere vrste izdelkov bi morale veljati ločene kvote zaradi njihovih posebnosti v primerjavi z drugimi vrstami izdelkov, ki spadajo v isto kategorijo.
There is therefore no ground for concluding that the development of raw material prices, either upwards or downwards, represents a threat of injury.
Za te izdelke bi bilo treba redno zviševati kvote, da bi odražale pričakovano znatno povečanje povpraševanja na trgu Unije v naslednjih letih.
That claim therefore, was rejected.
Komisija je podrobno preučila te trditve in ugotovila naslednje.
Interested parties also raised the claim that export performance of the Union industry was declining.
Prvič, kot je bilo ugotovljeno že v začasni uredbi, se Komisija strinja z dejstvom, da bi bilo treba tradicionalne trgovinske tokove čim bolj ohraniti.
They based their claims on statements made by Eurofer as well as on the assumption or likelihood that exports to the USA and Turkey would drop in view of the US Section 232 measures and Turkish safeguard investigation.
Na podlagi navedenih ugotovitev glede obstoja tveganja za nastanek resne škode bi resno škodo industriji Unije povzročil le uvoz, ki presega te tradicionalne trgovinske tokove.
An analysis of the export performance of the Union industry with regard to the product concerned has been made based on Eurostat data:
Komisija meni, da se bo z zaščitnimi ukrepi, uvedenimi v obliki tarifne kvote, ohranila učinkovita konkurenca med uvozom in industrijo Unije ter da se tveganje splošnega zvišanja cen in morebitnega pomanjkanja verjetno ne bo uresničilo.
Table 16
Pričakuje se, da se bo ob taki obliki ukrepov uvoz nadaljeval na tradicionalnih neškodljivih ravneh, zaščitni ukrepi pa bi se uporabljali le, če in kadar bi bila dosežena raven kvote in bi se uresničilo tveganje.
Exports of the Union industry
Poleg tega je industrija Unije trdila, da lahko proizvaja vse vrste izdelkov iz jekla.
Export volume (000 tonnes)
V vsakem primeru se bo uvoz (brez ukrepov) ohranil na tradicionalni ravni in je še vedno mogoč nad kvoto, vendar ob upoštevanju zaščitnih ukrepov.
Export price (EUR/tonne)
Cilj protidampinških ali protisubvencijskih ukrepov pa je odpraviti nepoštene trgovinske prakse.
The above table demonstrates two things.
Čeprav lahko ti ukrepi dejansko vplivajo na raven izvoza iz nekaterih držav dobaviteljic, to ne vpliva na raven uvoza po pošteni ceni, ki bi lahko vstopil na trg Unije brez škodljivega dampinga ali subvencioniranja.
Firstly, the volumes exported by the Union industry throughout the period considered are relatively small as compared to the volumes sold on the Union market – they accounted, depending on the year, for 17 % - 19 % of the sales volumes of the Union industry only.
To vprašanje, zlasti kumulacija zaščitnega ukrepa s protidampinškimi ali protisubvencijskimi ukrepi, je obravnavano v uvodni izjavi 186.
Secondly, the export price development was rather flat over the period considered, with the exception of 2016 when export prices were overall significantly lower than in the other years (the cost of production was also at a low in 2016).
Iz zgoraj navedenih razlogov se trditve strani, opisane v uvodni izjavi 133, zavrnejo.
Based on the export sales volumes, the development of those volumes over the period considered and the export sales prices, the Commission found no reason to assume that export sales performance of the Union industry is a major threat of serious injury to the Union industry.
Kar zadeva obliko in raven ukrepov, je Komisija preučila elemente, navedene v nadaljevanju.
As concerns the role of imports made by Union producers or traders/distributors related thereto, as described in recital (44) above, these imports were marginal and relatively stable over the period considered, representing 0,3 % to 0,7 % of total imports depending on the year.
Raven tarifne kvote
These imports have not affected the import trends, and the claim was therefore rejected.
Medtem ko uporabniki in uvozniki menijo, da bi bilo treba vsako tarifno kvoto določiti na ravni, ki je za 10 % višja od povprečnega uvoza v zadnjih treh letih, saj se bo poraba jekla v nekaterih kategorijah izdelkov v Uniji verjetno povečala za dvomestno stopnjo rasti, so proizvajalci Unije trdili, da bo poraba jekla v Uniji v prihodnjih letih ostala razmeroma nespremenjena.
Several interested parties submitted that the Commission had not assessed the conditions of competition between the imported products and domestic products as it has allegedly disregarded the breadth and heterogeneity of different product categories covered by the safeguard investigation and only reached conclusions for all product categories in the aggregate.
V skladu s členom 15(3) Uredbe 2015/478 se vsaka kvota načeloma določi glede na povprečno raven uvoza v zadnjih treh reprezentativnih letih.
In the same vein, several interested parties claimed that, for each of the product categories, the Commission should have performed a separate causation analysis.
Toda ta določba se uporablja le, če so ukrepi v obliki kvote.
As explained in section 2.1, the Commission considered that, in view of the high degree of interrelation between the product categories that make up the product concerned, that the imported product and the Union product are ‘like or directly competing’.
Kot potrjuje ustrezna sodna praksa, tarifna kvota ni količinska omejitev v skladu s Sporazumom STO o zaščitnih ukrepih, zato Komisija ni zavezana, da v tem primeru določi raven tarifne kvote na ravni, ki strogo ustreza povprečnemu uvozu v zadnjih treh letih.
The acknowledgement that a global analysis is warranted given the strong interrelations between all product categories subject to the investigation also entails that the most appropriate way to perform the causation analysis is by aggregating the three product families that were distinguished in certain parts of the overall analysis.
Glede na trditve iz uvodne izjave 141 in v skladu z veliko gospodarsko, politično in pravno diskrecijsko pravico, ki jo ima Komisija v skladu s členom 16 Uredbe (EU) 2015/478 in členom 13 Uredbe (EU) 2015/755, je Komisija menila, da je treba raven tarifne kvote prilagoditi nad povprečno ravnjo uvoza za zadnja tri leta, da se upoštevajo konkurenčni interesi med uporabniki in uvozniki na eni strani ter industrijo Unije na drugi strani.
On this basis, the claim was rejected.
V zvezi s tem, kot je razvidno iz uvodne izjave 32, Komisija ugotavlja, da se je uvoz zadevnih kategorij izdelkov od leta 2017 do zadnjega obdobja povečal za 4 %, ne da bi povzročil resno škodo.
The cumulative attribution analysis of the other factors in recitals (79) and (80) in the provisional Regulation and in section 6.1 above showed that the other factors, both separately and when taken together, did not attenuate the causal link between increase in imports and the threat of serious injury to the Union industry.
Možnosti za prihodnjo, čeprav zmernejšo, stopnjo rasti uvoza v običajnih tržnih razmerah skupaj z gospodarskimi in političnimi interesi industrije Unije kot celote torej ustrezno narekujejo uvedbo količinske ravni tarifne kvote tik nad povprečno ravnjo uvoza v obdobju od leta 2017 do zadnjega obdobja.
In the absence of any other comments, recitals (70) to (81) of the provisional Regulation are confirmed.
Komisija na podlagi tega in za omejitev povečanja uvoza na raven, ki verjetno ne bo povzročila resne škode industriji Unije, hkrati pa zagotovila ohranitev tradicionalnih trgovinskih tokov ter zadostno podporo obstoječe in uvozne industrije, meni, da bi morala količinska raven tarifne kvote temeljiti na povprečnem uvozu v obdobju 2015–2017 z dodatkom 5 %.
UNION INTEREST
Dodelitev tarifnih kvot
The purpose of safeguard measures is to remedy or prevent serious injury that has occurred as a result of increased imports.
Skoraj vse zainteresirane strani, vključno z industrijo Unije, so zagovarjale dodelitev tarifnih kvot posameznim državam dobaviteljicam namesto globalnega sistema kvot, kot je bil vzpostavljen v začasni fazi.
In accordance with Article 16 of Regulation 2015/478, the Commission has also examined whether any compelling economic reasons exist which could lead to the conclusion that it is not in the Union interest to impose measures.
Komisija se strinja, da je sistem tarifne kvote za posamezne države najbolj ustrezen sistem za zagotavljanje tradicionalnih trgovinskih tokov.
For this purpose, the impact of possible measures on all Union producers, importers and users of the product concerned and the possible consequences of taking or not taking the measures were considered based on the evidence available.
Vendar pa ima nekatere omejitve.
Where necessary, the Commission devised a mechanism which would prevent serious injury from occurring whilst permitting traditional trade flows in a way compatible with a continued competitive functioning of the steel market.
Prvič, vsako kategorijo izdelkov dobavljajo številne države dobaviteljice.
Interest of the Union producers
Ni smiselno, da bi se tarifne kvote dodelile vsaki od njih.
It was provisionally concluded that imposing safeguard measures would be in the interest of Union producers as it would prevent any serious injury caused by a further and significant increase of imports.
Drugič, Komisija meni, da je za ustrezno dodelitev tarifnih kvot treba upoštevati posebne dejavnike, ki bodo vplivali na trgovino z zadevnimi izdelki.
After the imposition of provisional measures, the Commission did not receive any comments from the Union producers contradicting this view.
Za številne izdelke, ki spadajo v obseg te preiskave, je Unija nedavno uvedla protidampinške ukrepe oziroma ukrepe izravnalne dajatve za nekatere države izvoznice.
The provisional conclusions were therefore confirmed.
To je v zadnjem letu pogosto povzročilo znatno zmanjšanje uvoza iz teh držav, kar se bo nadaljevalo tudi v obdobju uvedbe teh ukrepov.
Interest of the Union importers and users
Posebna tarifna kvota za te posamezne države bo zato skoraj zagotovo uporabljena le v zanemarljivi meri, saj raven tarifne kvote temelji na povprečni ravni uvoza v letih 2015–2017, tj. vključno z obdobjem, ko protidampinški ukrepi oziroma ukrepi izravnalne dajatve še niso bili uvedeni, raven uvoza pa je bila znatna zaradi nepoštenih trgovinskih praks.
The Commission sent questionnaires to known importers and users in order to evaluate their interest.
Zato ne bi bilo v interesu Unije, da se v teh okoliščinah dodeli posebna tarifna kvota za posamezne države, saj bi bila raven prihodnjega uvoza neizogibno nižja od njihovih tradicionalnih ravni trgovanja.
The Commission received 61 responses from importers and 70 responses from users other than those related to importers.
Komisija je ugotovila, da bi bil glede na zgoraj navedene okoliščine najprimernejši mešani pristop.
Importers and users also made their views known both orally and in writing.
Prvič, tarifno kvoto za posamezne države bi bilo treba dodeliti državam, ki imajo na podlagi uvoza v zadnjih 3 letih znaten interes za dobavo.