COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/1103
of 6 June 2023
imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in India following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Previous investigations and measures in force
1.2.
Request for an expiry review
1.3.
Initiation of an expiry review
1.4.
Separate investigation concerning anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of the product under review
1.5.
Review investigation period and period considered
1.6.
Interested parties
1.7.
Sampling
1.7.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.7.2.
Sampling of importers
1.8.
Questionnaire replies and remote cross-checking
2.
PRODUCT UNDER REVIEW AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under review
2.2.
Like product
3.
LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUATION OR RECURRENCE OF SUBSIDISATION
3.1.
Subsidies and subsidy programmes within the scope of the investigation
3.2.
Schemes originally investigated and confirmed in the last expiry review
3.2.1.
Duty exemption and remission schemes
3.2.2.
Advanced Authorisation Scheme (‘AAS’)
3.2.2.1. Legal basis
3.2.2.2. Eligibility
3.2.2.3. Practical implementation
3.2.2.4. Conclusion on the AAS
3.2.2.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.2.3.
Merchandise Export from India Scheme (‘MEIS’)
3.2.3.1. Legal basis
3.2.3.2. Eligibility
3.2.3.3. Practical implementation
3.2.3.4. Conclusion on MEIS
3.2.3.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.2.4.
Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme (‘EPCGS’)
3.2.4.1. Legal basis
3.2.4.2. Eligibility
3.2.4.3. Practical implementation
3.2.4.4. Conclusion on the EPCGS
3.2.4.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.2.5.
Direct transfer of funds
3.2.6.
Duty Drawback Scheme (‘DDS’)
3.2.6.1. Legal Basis
3.2.6.2. Eligibility
3.2.6.3. Practical implementation
3.2.6.4. Conclusion on the DDS
3.2.6.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.3.
Additional schemes used to determine the continuation of subsidisation
3.3.1.
Duty exemption and remission schemes
3.3.2.
Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (‘RODTEP’)
3.3.2.1. Legal basis
3.3.2.2. Eligibility
3.3.2.3. Practical implementation
3.3.2.4. Conclusion on RODTEP
3.3.2.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.3.3.
Preferential financing: Interest Equalization scheme (‘IES’)
3.3.3.1. Legal basis
3.3.3.2. Eligibility
3.3.3.3. Practical implementation
3.3.3.4. Conclusion on the IES
3.3.3.5. Calculation of the subsidy amount
3.4.
Other additional schemes
3.4.1.
National schemes
3.4.2.
Regional schemes
3.5.
Amount of countervailable subsidies
Schemes |
DDS |
AAS |
MEIS |
RODTEP |
EPCGS |
IES |
Total |
HEG |
1,27 % |
1,66 % |
0,87 % |
0,59 % |
0,31 % |
0,71 % |
5,41 % |
3.6.
Conclusions on the likelihood of a continuation of subsidisation
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total Union consumption |
152 612 |
120 169 |
99 873 |
137 279 |
||
Index |
100 |
79 |
65 |
90 |
||
|
4.3.
Imports from India
4.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from India
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Volume of imports from India (tonnes) |
5 802 |
3 369 |
2 154 |
6 540 |
||
Index |
100 |
58 |
37 |
113 |
||
Market share (%) |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
||
Index |
100 |
74 |
57 |
125 |
||
|
4.3.2.
Prices of the imports from India and price undercutting
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Import prices from India |
13 756 |
10 211 |
4 120 |
2 747 |
||
Index |
100 |
74 |
30 |
20 |
||
|
4.3.3.
Imports from third countries other than India
Country |
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
PRC |
Volume (tonnes) |
22 054 |
19 284 |
20 074 |
26 065 |
||
Index |
100 |
87 |
91 |
118 |
|||
Market share (%) |
14 |
16 |
20 |
19 |
|||
Index |
100 |
111 |
139 |
131 |
|||
Average price |
10 875 |
5 253 |
2 337 |
2 614 |
|||
Index |
100 |
48 |
21 |
24 |
|||
Russia |
Volume (tonnes) |
1 076 |
3 229 |
780 |
3 371 |
||
Index |
100 |
300 |
72 |
313 |
|||
Market share (%) |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|||
Index |
100 |
381 |
111 |
348 |
|||
Average price |
9 623 |
5 771 |
4 898 |
2 851 |
|||
Index |
100 |
60 |
51 |
30 |
|||
Mexico |
Volume (tonnes) |
1 374 |
12 |
896 |
1 437 |
||
Index |
100 |
1 |
65 |
105 |
|||
Market share (%) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|||
Index |
100 |
1 |
100 |
116 |
|||
Average price |
2 530 |
3 264 |
3 976 |
3 435 |
|||
Index |
100 |
129 |
157 |
136 |
|||
Rest of the world |
Volume (tonnes) |
4 482 |
2 471 |
2 616 |
3 621 |
||
Index |
100 |
55 |
58 |
81 |
|||
Market share (%) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|||
Index |
100 |
70 |
89 |
90 |
|||
Average price |
8 253 |
10 648 |
5 737 |
3 979 |
|||
Index |
100 |
129 |
70 |
48 |
|||
Total third countries except India |
Volume (tonnes) |
28 987 |
24 996 |
24 366 |
34 494 |
||
Index |
100 |
86 |
84 |
119 |
|||
Market share (%) |
19 |
21 |
24 |
25 |
|||
Index |
100 |
110 |
128 |
132 |
|||
Average price |
10 027 |
5 852 |
2 844 |
2 814 |
|||
Index |
100 |
58 |
28 |
28 |
|||
|
4.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.4.1.
General remarks
4.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.4.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Production volume (tonnes) |
251 009 |
219 744 |
164 413 |
219 330 |
||
Index |
100 |
88 |
66 |
87 |
||
Production capacity (tonnes) |
283 500 |
294 900 |
294 900 |
285 235 |
||
Index |
100 |
104 |
104 |
101 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
89 |
75 |
56 |
77 |
||
Index |
100 |
84 |
63 |
87 |
||
|
4.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total sales volume on the Union market (tonnes) |
117 824 |
91 804 |
73 352 |
96 245 |
||
Index |
100 |
78 |
62 |
82 |
||
Market share (%) |
77 |
76 |
73 |
70 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
95 |
91 |
||
|
4.4.2.3. Growth
4.4.2.4. Employment and productivity
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Number of employees (FTE) |
1 165 |
1 148 |
1 102 |
1 143 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
95 |
98 |
||
Productivity (unit/employee) |
215 |
191 |
149 |
192 |
||
Index |
100 |
89 |
69 |
89 |
||
|
4.4.2.5. Magnitude of the subsidy margin and recovery from past subsidization
4.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average unit sales price in the Union on the total market (EUR/tonne) |
8 483 |
9 578 |
5 870 |
4 682 |
||
Index |
100 |
113 |
69 |
55 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
3 696 |
4 685 |
4 864 |
3 556 |
||
Index |
100 |
127 |
132 |
96 |
||
|
4.4.3.2. Labour costs
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
91 856 |
87 714 |
84 993 |
87 519 |
||
Index |
100 |
95 |
93 |
95 |
||
|
4.4.3.3. Inventories
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Closing stocks (tonnes) |
7 026 |
9 447 |
8 172 |
8 812 |
||
Index |
100 |
134 |
116 |
125 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
||
Index |
100 |
154 |
178 |
144 |
||
|
4.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Review investigation period |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
75 |
62 |
2 |
31 |
||
Index |
100 |
82 |
2 |
42 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
659 909 270 |
475 537 375 |
120 592 009 |
210 732 326 |
||
Index |
100 |
72 |
18 |
32 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
23 523 042 |
28 065 231 |
21 574 327 |
29 396 885 |
||
Index |
100 |
119 |
92 |
125 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
722 |
467 |
35 |
154 |
||
Index |
100 |
65 |
5 |
21 |
||
|
4.4.4.
Conclusion on injury
5.
LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF INJURY
5.1.
Production capacity and spare capacity
5.2.
Export volumes and prices from India to the other third country markets
5.3.
Existing measures in the other third countries
5.4.
Attractiveness of the Union market
5.5.
Likely price levels of imports from India and their impact on the Union industry’s situation should the measures lapse
5.6.
Conclusion
6.
UNION INTEREST
6.1.
Interest of the Union industry
6.2.
Interest of unrelated importers, traders, and users
6.3.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.
ANTI-SUBSIDY MEASURES
Article 1
Company |
Countervailing duty (%) |
TARIC additional code |
Graphite India Limited (GIL), 31 Chowringhee Road, Kolkatta – 700016, West Bengal |
6,3 |
A530 |
HEG Limited, Bhilwara Towers, A-12, Sector-1, Noida – 201301, Uttar Pradesh |
7,0 |
A531 |
All other companies |
7,2 |
A999 |