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COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 February 2013
terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of white phosphorus, also called elemental or yellow phosphorus, originating in the Republic of Kazakhstan
(2013/81/EU)
A.
PROCEDURE
1. INITIATION
2. PARTIES CONCERNED BY THE PROCEEDING
3. INVESTIGATION PERIOD
4. NON-IMPOSITION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES
5. RIGHTS OF PARTIES AND CONFIDENTIALITY
B.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
1. PRODUCT CONCERNED
2. LIKE PRODUCT
C.
DUMPING
1. MARKET ECONOMY TREATMENT (MET)
2. NORMAL VALUE
3. EXPORT PRICE
4. COMPARISON
5. DUMPING MARGINS
Company |
Dumping margin |
Kazphosphate LLC |
10,5 % |
All other companies |
10,5 % |
D.
INJURY
1. UNION PRODUCTION AND UNION INDUSTRY
2. DETERMINATION OF THE RELEVANT UNION MARKET
3. UNION CONSUMPTION
Index 2008 = 100 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Total market |
100 |
74 |
96 |
103 |
||
Captive market |
100 |
119 |
109 |
117 |
||
Free market |
100 |
54 |
91 |
98 |
||
|
4. IMPORTS FROM THE COUNTRY CONCERNED
4.1.
Volume and market share
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import volumes from Kazakhstan |
100 |
57 |
108 |
132 |
||
Market share in free market |
100 |
107 |
120 |
136 |
||
|
4.2.
Prices of imports and price undercutting
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import prices |
100 |
84 |
75 |
81 |
||
|
5. ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE UNION INDUSTRY
5.1.
General
5.1.1.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Production |
100 |
55 |
68 |
75 |
||
Production capacity |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Capacity utilisation |
100 |
55 |
68 |
75 |
||
|
5.1.2.
Sales volumes and market share
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Sales volume total market |
100 |
84 |
83 |
83 |
||
Market share of Union industry total market (%) |
100 |
114 |
86 |
80 |
||
Sales volume captive market |
100 |
119 |
109 |
117 |
||
Market share of Union industry captive market (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Sales volume free market |
100 |
37 |
47 |
36 |
||
Market share of Union industry free market (%) |
100 |
69 |
52 |
37 |
||
|
5.1.3.
Growth
5.1.4.
Employment, productivity and wages
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Number of employees |
100 |
101 |
98 |
93 |
||
Total Productivity (MT/employee) |
100 |
55 |
69 |
81 |
||
Yearly wages |
100 |
95 |
103 |
106 |
||
|
5.1.5.
Magnitude of the actual margin of dumping
5.1.6.
Stocks
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Stocks |
100 |
26 |
17 |
48 |
||
|
5.1.7.
Sales prices
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Average unit selling price on captive market |
100 |
90 |
67 |
78 |
||
Average unit selling price on free market |
100 |
86 |
75 |
83 |
||
|
5.1.8.
Profitability, cash flow, ability to raise capital, investments and return on investment
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Profitability on free market |
100 |
85 |
73 |
75 |
||
Cash flow on free market |
100 |
56 |
54 |
52 |
||
|
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Investments |
100 |
98 |
79 |
69 |
||
Return on investment on total market |
100 |
20 |
19 |
15 |
||
|
5.1.9.
Conclusion on injury
E.
CAUSATION
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EFFECT OF DUMPED IMPORTS
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Cost of production (euro/MT) |
100 |
105 |
103 |
112 |
||
|
3. EFFECT OF OTHER FACTORS
3.1.
Imports from other third countries
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import Volume People’s Republic of China |
100 |
58 |
118 |
89 |
||
Average Unit price People’s Republic of China |
100 |
62 |
54 |
68 |
||
Import volume Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
100 |
671 |
363 |
470 |
||
Average Unit price Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
100 |
92 |
73 |
74 |
||
Market share of imports from the People’s Republic of China in total market |
100 |
96 |
150 |
102 |
||
Market share of imports from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in total market |
100 |
1 120 |
459 |
540 |
||
|
3.2.
Development of the Union industry’s cost of production
3.3.
Preferential agreement with exporting producer
3.4.
Access to the main raw material
3.5.
Production achievements of the Union industry and imports by the Union industry of the product concerned
3.6.
New production process of the Union industry
3.7.
Export performance of the Union industry
3.8.
Impact of the financial and economic crisis
3.9.
Customer choice of suppliers
3.10.
Impact of the sales in the captive market
3.11.
Compliance with environmental standards
3.12.
Management decisions in 2009
3.13.
Conclusion on causation
F.
UNION INTEREST
1. PRELIMINARY REMARK
2. INTEREST OF THE UNION INDUSTRY
3. INTEREST OF USERS
3.1.
General
3.2.
Impact on users
3.2.1.
General
3.2.2.
Acid derivatives segment
3.2.3.
Non-acid derivatives segment
3.2.4.
Downstream users
3.2.5.
Competition in the derivatives market
3.2.6.
Employment
3.2.7.
Conclusion
4. THE EUROPEAN UNION’S RAW MATERIAL INITIATIVE
5. COMPETITION ISSUES
6. TRADE BALANCE BETWEEN KAZAKHSTAN AND THE UNION
7. GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES
8. CONCLUSION ON UNION INTEREST
G.
PROPOSAL FOR TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING
Article 1
Article 2
COMMISSION DECISION
of 13 February 2013
terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of white phosphorus, also called elemental or yellow phosphorus, originating in the Republic of Kazakhstan
(2013/81/EU)
A.
PROCEDURE
1. INITIATION
2. PARTIES CONCERNED BY THE PROCEEDING
3. INVESTIGATION PERIOD
4. NON-IMPOSITION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES
5. RIGHTS OF PARTIES AND CONFIDENTIALITY
B.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
1. PRODUCT CONCERNED
2. LIKE PRODUCT
C.
DUMPING
1. MARKET ECONOMY TREATMENT (MET)
2. NORMAL VALUE
3. EXPORT PRICE
4. COMPARISON
5. DUMPING MARGINS
Company |
Dumping margin |
Kazphosphate LLC |
10,5 % |
All other companies |
10,5 % |
D.
INJURY
1. UNION PRODUCTION AND UNION INDUSTRY
2. DETERMINATION OF THE RELEVANT UNION MARKET
3. UNION CONSUMPTION
Index 2008 = 100 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Total market |
100 |
74 |
96 |
103 |
||
Captive market |
100 |
119 |
109 |
117 |
||
Free market |
100 |
54 |
91 |
98 |
||
|
4. IMPORTS FROM THE COUNTRY CONCERNED
4.1.
Volume and market share
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import volumes from Kazakhstan |
100 |
57 |
108 |
132 |
||
Market share in free market |
100 |
107 |
120 |
136 |
||
|
4.2.
Prices of imports and price undercutting
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import prices |
100 |
84 |
75 |
81 |
||
|
5. ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE UNION INDUSTRY
5.1.
General
5.1.1.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Production |
100 |
55 |
68 |
75 |
||
Production capacity |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Capacity utilisation |
100 |
55 |
68 |
75 |
||
|
5.1.2.
Sales volumes and market share
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Sales volume total market |
100 |
84 |
83 |
83 |
||
Market share of Union industry total market (%) |
100 |
114 |
86 |
80 |
||
Sales volume captive market |
100 |
119 |
109 |
117 |
||
Market share of Union industry captive market (%) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Sales volume free market |
100 |
37 |
47 |
36 |
||
Market share of Union industry free market (%) |
100 |
69 |
52 |
37 |
||
|
5.1.3.
Growth
5.1.4.
Employment, productivity and wages
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Number of employees |
100 |
101 |
98 |
93 |
||
Total Productivity (MT/employee) |
100 |
55 |
69 |
81 |
||
Yearly wages |
100 |
95 |
103 |
106 |
||
|
5.1.5.
Magnitude of the actual margin of dumping
5.1.6.
Stocks
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Stocks |
100 |
26 |
17 |
48 |
||
|
5.1.7.
Sales prices
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Average unit selling price on captive market |
100 |
90 |
67 |
78 |
||
Average unit selling price on free market |
100 |
86 |
75 |
83 |
||
|
5.1.8.
Profitability, cash flow, ability to raise capital, investments and return on investment
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Profitability on free market |
100 |
85 |
73 |
75 |
||
Cash flow on free market |
100 |
56 |
54 |
52 |
||
|
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Investments |
100 |
98 |
79 |
69 |
||
Return on investment on total market |
100 |
20 |
19 |
15 |
||
|
5.1.9.
Conclusion on injury
E.
CAUSATION
1. INTRODUCTION
2. EFFECT OF DUMPED IMPORTS
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Cost of production (euro/MT) |
100 |
105 |
103 |
112 |
||
|
3. EFFECT OF OTHER FACTORS
3.1.
Imports from other third countries
(Index 2008 = 100) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
IP |
||
Import Volume People’s Republic of China |
100 |
58 |
118 |
89 |
||
Average Unit price People’s Republic of China |
100 |
62 |
54 |
68 |
||
Import volume Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
100 |
671 |
363 |
470 |
||
Average Unit price Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
100 |
92 |
73 |
74 |
||
Market share of imports from the People’s Republic of China in total market |
100 |
96 |
150 |
102 |
||
Market share of imports from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in total market |
100 |
1 120 |
459 |
540 |
||
|