COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1404
of 3 July 2023
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of stainless steel refillable kegs originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Provisional measures
1.3.
Subsequent procedure
1.4.
Sampling
1.5.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION, PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under investigation
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.1.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.1.2.
Representative country
3.1.3.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs for factors of production
Factor of Production |
Commodity Code |
Undistorted value |
Raw materials |
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Stainless Steel Coil |
721933 |
16,73 CNY/Kg |
Spear |
84819090 , 84818031 and 84818039 |
386,99 CNY/Kg |
Neck |
73269090 |
100,27 CNY/Kg |
Scrap |
720421 |
8,86 CNY/Kg |
Labour |
||
Labour cost of the actual working hour in manufacture of metal packaging, companies with 100 to 499 employees |
N/A |
48,41 – 54,32 CNY/hour (depending on the company-specific situation) |
Energy |
||
Electricity |
N/A |
0,7475 CNY/kWh |
3.1.4.
Calculation of the normal value
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd |
85,5 % |
Ningbo Major Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd |
67,3 % |
Other cooperating companies |
77,9 % |
All other companies |
85,5 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Additional investigative steps following the provisional measures
4.2.1.
Analysis of custom data from the Custom Authorities of Spain and Romania
4.2.2.
Comparison of exporting producers’ post-IP sales data with Surveillance
(19)
and the Article 14(6) databases
(20)
imports data.
4.2.3.
Data from unrelated importers and small breweries
4.2.4.
Cross-checking import data provided by the cooperating non-sampled exporting producers
4.2.5.
Information concerning small breweries
4.2.6.
Conclusion on imports
4.3.
Union consumption
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
Total Union consumption |
3 493 180 |
2 481 922 |
1 703 848 |
941 237 |
Index |
100 |
71 |
49 |
27 |
Source: Questionnaire replies of Union producers and cooperating exporting producers’ data (see Section 4.4.1) |
4.4.
Imports from the country concerned
4.4.1.
Methodology used to quantify imports from the country concerned
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
IP |
Volume of imports from the country concerned (pieces) |
617 607 |
357 404 |
224 546 |
118 460 |
Index |
100 |
58 |
36 |
19 |
Market share |
18 % |
14 % |
13 % |
13 % |
Index |
100 |
81 |
75 |
71 |
Source: cooperating exporting producers |
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned: price undercutting and price suppression
4.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.5.1.
General remarks
4.5.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.5.2.1. Sales volume and market share
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
Sales volume on the Union market (pieces) |
2 875 573 |
2 124 518 |
1 479 302 |
822 777 |
Index |
100 |
74 |
51 |
29 |
Market share |
82 % |
86 % |
87 % |
87 % |
Index |
100 |
104 |
105 |
106 |
Source: Reply to the macro questionnaire provided by the complainant |
4.5.2.2. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.5.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.5.4.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.1.1.
Analysis of the 2022 situation
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total Union consumption (pcs) |
3 493 180 |
2 481 922 |
1 703 848 |
941 237 |
2 092 723 |
Sales volume of the Union industry (pcs) |
2 875 573 |
2 124 518 |
1 479 302 |
822 777 |
1 533 024 |
Market share |
82 % |
86 % |
87 % |
87 % |
73 % |
Import quantities from China (pcs) |
617 607 |
357 404 |
224 546 |
118 460 |
559 699 |
Market share |
18 % |
14 % |
13 % |
13 % |
27 % |
Average unit sales price of the Union Industry (EUR/piece) |
56 |
55 |
51 |
51 |
76 |
Average unit import price from China (EUR/piece) |
43 |
37 |
38 |
43 |
51 |
Union industry’s unit cost of production (EUR/piece) |
55 |
59 |
63 |
64 |
75 |
Union industry’s profitability |
12 % |
5 % |
-18 % |
-9 % |
1 % |
Source: Data provided by the complainant. Data provided by the sampled Union producers. Data provided by the cooperating exporting producers. Surveillance database. |
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the decrease in consumption
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.3.
Conclusion
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
Country |
Company |
Definitive injury margin |
People’s Republic of China |
Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd |
69,6 % |
Ningbo Major Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd |
62,6 % |
|
Other cooperating companies |
66,7 % |
|
All other companies |
69,6 % |
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.3.
Interest of users
7.4.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin |
Injury margin |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
People’s Republic of China |
Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd |
85,5 % |
69,6 % |
69,6 % |
People’s Republic of China |
Ningbo Major Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd |
67,3 % |
62,6 % |
62,6 % |
People’s Republic of China |
Other cooperating companies listed in Annex |
77,9 % |
66,7 % |
66,7 % |
People’s Republic of China |
All other companies |
85,5 % |
69,6 % |
69,6 % |
8.2.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
9.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Country |
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
People’s Republic of China |
Penglai Jinfu Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd |
69,6 % |
A024 |
People’s Republic of China |
Ningbo Major Draft Beer Equipment Co., Ltd |
62,6 % |
A030 |
People’s Republic of China |
Other cooperating companies listed in Annex |
66,7 % |
|
People’s Republic of China |
All other companies |
69,6 % |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
Country |
Name |
TARIC additional code |
People’s Republic of China |
Kingyip – Guangzhou JingYe Machinery Co., Ltd. |
A031 |
|
Ningbo Hefeng Container Manufacturer Co., Ltd. |
A032 |
|
Qingdao HenKeg Craft Beer Technology Co., Ltd. |
A033 |
|
Yantai Toptech Ltd. |
A034 |