COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/111
of 18 January 2023
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of fatty acid originating in Indonesia
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Interested parties
1.3.
Comments on initiation
1.4.
Sampling
1.4.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.4.2.
Sampling of importers
1.4.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in Indonesia
1.5.
Individual examination
1.6.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.7.
Investigation period and period considered
1.8.
Non-imposition of provisional measures
1.9.
Disclosure
1.10.
Withdrawal of the complaint
2.
PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION, PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under investigation
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
2.4.
Claims regarding product scope
2.4.1.
Palm fatty acid distillate, palm oil mill effluent, palm acid oil and fatty acid as by-product
2.4.2.
Fatty acid produced from palm waste and used for biodiesel production
2.4.3.
Other types of fatty acid
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin (%) |
P.T. Musim Mas |
46,4 |
P.T. Wilmar Nabati Indonesia |
15,2 |
Company |
Definitive dumping margin (%) |
P.T. Musim Mas |
46,4 |
P.T. Wilmar Nabati Indonesia |
15,2 |
Other cooperating companies |
26,6 |
All other companies |
46,4 |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Total Union consumption |
1 278 072 |
1 295 034 |
1 240 681 |
1 219 265 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
97 |
95 |
||
Captive market |
92 607 |
92 409 |
87 133 |
94 575 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
94 |
102 |
||
Free market consumption |
1 185 465 |
1 202 625 |
1 153 549 |
1 124 691 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
97 |
95 |
||
|
4.3.
Imports from the country concerned
4.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Volume of imports from the country concerned (tonnes) |
202 755 |
228 139 |
231 243 |
228 156 |
||
Index |
100 |
113 |
114 |
113 |
||
Market share of free market (%) |
17,1 |
19,0 |
20,0 |
20,3 |
||
Index |
100 |
111 |
117 |
119 |
||
|
4.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting/price depression
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Indonesia |
912 |
765 |
805 |
1 023 |
||
Index |
100 |
84 |
88 |
112 |
||
|
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 |
Investigation period |
||
Production volume (tonne) |
936 063 |
924 837 |
862 055 |
872 185 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
92 |
93 |
||
Production capacity (tonne) |
1 161 964 |
1 134 616 |
1 097 798 |
1 118 314 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
94 |
96 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
80,6 |
81,5 |
78,5 |
78,0 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
97 |
97 |
||
|
4.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Total Sales volume on the Union market including captive use (tonne) |
947 561 |
943 413 |
875 893 |
862 863 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
92 |
91 |
||
Market share (including captive use) (%) |
74,1 |
72,8 |
70,6 |
70,8 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
95 |
95 |
||
Captive use |
92 607 |
92 409 |
87 133 |
94 575 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
94 |
102 |
||
Captive use as a % of total market sales |
9,8 |
9,8 |
9,9 |
11,0 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
102 |
112 |
||
Free market sales |
854 953 |
851 004 |
788 760 |
768 288 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
92 |
90 |
||
Market share of free market sales (%) |
72,1 |
70,8 |
68,4 |
68,3 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
95 |
95 |
||
|
4.4.2.3. Employment and productivity
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Number of employees (FTE) |
945 |
914 |
952 |
898 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
101 |
95 |
||
Productivity (tonne/employee) |
990 |
1 012 |
906 |
971 |
||
Index |
100 |
102 |
91 |
98 |
||
|
4.4.2.4.
Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Average unit sales price on the free market (EUR/tonne) |
879 |
770 |
861 |
1 101 |
||
Index |
100 |
88 |
98 |
125 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
856 |
764 |
861 |
1 056 |
||
Index |
100 |
89 |
101 |
123 |
||
|
4.4.3.2. Labour costs
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
81 344 |
85 487 |
89 010 |
87 188 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
109 |
108 |
||
|
4.4.3.3. Inventories
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Closing stocks (tonnes) |
21 784 |
23 066 |
23 708 |
19 013 |
||
Index |
100 |
106 |
109 |
87 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production |
3,8 |
4,1 |
4,5 |
3,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
108 |
116 |
93 |
||
|
4.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
1,9 |
– 0,5 |
– 2,1 |
2,5 |
||
Index |
100 |
– 27 |
– 108 |
128 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
27 037 404 |
12 370 885 |
–1 239 176 |
22 774 816 |
||
Index |
100 |
46 |
– 5 |
84 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
7 394 509 |
11 769 077 |
10 473 680 |
8 531 863 |
||
Index |
100 |
159 |
142 |
115 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
9,0 |
0,6 |
– 4,4 |
12,1 |
||
Index |
100 |
7 |
– 48 |
134 |
||
|
4.4.4.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
Imports from third countries
Country |
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Malaysia |
Volume (tonne) |
88 322 |
90 583 |
95 453 |
88 183 |
||
Index |
100 |
103 |
108 |
100 |
|||
Market share (%) |
7,5 |
7,5 |
8,3 |
7,8 |
|||
Index |
100 |
101 |
111 |
105 |
|||
Average price |
1 110 |
849 |
925 |
1 161 |
|||
Index |
100 |
76 |
83 |
105 |
|||
Other third countries |
Volume (tonne) |
39 435 |
32 899 |
38 092 |
40 064 |
||
Index |
100 |
83 |
97 |
102 |
|||
Market share (%) |
3,3 |
2,7 |
3,3 |
3,6 |
|||
Index |
100 |
82 |
99 |
107 |
|||
Average price |
1 331 |
1 522 |
1 329 |
1 443 |
|||
Index |
100 |
114 |
100 |
108 |
|||
Total of all third countries except Indonesia |
Volume (tonne) |
127 757 |
123 482 |
133 545 |
128 247 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
105 |
100 |
|||
Market share (%) |
10,8 |
10,3 |
11,6 |
11,4 |
|||
Index |
100 |
95 |
107 |
106 |
|||
Average price |
1 178 |
1 028 |
1 040 |
1 249 |
|||
Index |
100 |
87 |
88 |
106 |
|||
|
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
|
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Investigation period |
||
Export volume (tonne) |
91 577 |
82 260 |
79 319 |
86 173 |
||
Index |
100 |
90 |
87 |
94 |
||
Average price to unrelated parties (EUR/tonne) |
929 |
804 |
857 |
1 105 |
||
Index |
100 |
87 |
92 |
119 |
||
|
5.2.3.
Consumption
5.2.4.
Raw material issues
5.2.5.
Alleged inefficiencies of the Union industry
5.2.6.
Captive use
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Underselling margin
Company |
Definitive dumping margin (%) |
Underselling margin (%) |
P.T. Musim Mas |
46,4 |
30,5 |
P.T. Wilmar Nabati Indonesia |
15,2 |
38,7 |
Other cooperating companies |
26,6 |
35,9 |
6.2.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Union interest under Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation
7.2.
Spare capacities in the exporting country
7.3.
Competition for raw materials
7.4.
Effect on supply chains for Union companies
7.5.
Conclusion on Union interest under Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation
7.6.
Union interest under Article 21 of the basic Regulation
7.7.
Interest of the Union industry
7.8.
Interest of unrelated importers/traders
7.9.
Interest of users
7.9.1.
General comments on the interest of users following final disclosure
(a)
large multinational groups
(b)
smaller companies and groups
7.9.2.
Comments on market disruption and supply issues
7.9.3.
Conclusion on the Interest of Users
7.10.
Interest of suppliers
7.11.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Company |
Definitive dumping margin (%) |
Definitive injury margin (%) |
Anti-dumping duty (%) |
P.T. Musim Mas |
46,4 |
46,4 |
46,4 |
P.T. Wilmar Nabati Indonesia |
15,2 |
38,7 |
15,2 |
Other cooperating companies |
26,6 |
41,5 |
26,6 |
All other companies |
46,4 |
46,4 |
46,4 |
9.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
TARIC additional code |
P.T. Musim Mas |
46,4 |
C880 |
P.T. Wilmar Nabati Indonesia |
15,2 |
C881 |
Other cooperating companies listed in Annex |
26,6 |
See Annex |
All other companies |
46,4 |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
ANNEX
Name |
TARIC additional code |
P.T. Nubika Jaya P.T. Permata Hijau Palm Oleo |
C882 |
P.T. Unilever Oleochemical Indonesia |
C883 |
P.T. Soci Mas P.T. Energi Sejahtera Mas |
C884 |
P.T. Ecogreen Oleochemicals |
C885 |
P.T. Apical Kao Chemicals P.T. Sari Dumai Sejati P.T. Kutai Refinery Nusantara P.T. Sari Dumai Oleo P.T. Padang Raya Cakrawala P.T. Asianagro Agung Jaya |
C886 |
P.T. Domas Agrointi Prima |
C887 |