COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/468
of 23 March 2022
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of calcium silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Provisional measures
1.3.
Subsequent procedure
1.4.
Comments on initiation
1.5.
Sampling
1.6.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.1.1.
Significant distortions
3.1.2.
Representative country
3.1.3.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs for factors of production
3.1.3.1.
Raw materials
3.1.3.2.
Electricity
3.1.4.
Factors of production and sources of information
Factor of Production (FOP) |
Commodity codes in Brazil |
Undistorted value in CNY/Unit of measurement |
Source of information |
Raw materials |
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Anhydrous stemming/Anhydrous cannon clay |
3816 00 11 3816 00 12 3816 00 19 3816 00 21 3816 00 29 3816 00 90 |
10,2791 /kg |
GTA |
Bituminous coal |
2701 12 00 |
0,6997 /kg |
GTA |
Coal |
2701 19 00 |
0,6997 /kg (*1) |
GTA |
Coke/semi-coke |
2704 00 11 2704 00 12 2704 00 90 |
1,7616 /kg |
GTA |
Electrode paste |
3801 30 10 3801 30 90 |
6,3301 /kg |
GTA |
Graphite brick |
3801 90 00 |
46,7364 /kg |
GTA |
Limestone |
2521 00 00 |
0,1500 /kg |
GTA |
Quartzite/silica rock |
2506 20 00 |
0,2705 /kg (*2) |
Union industry |
Steel products (other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel) |
7215 50 00 |
11,6723 /kg |
GTA |
Labour |
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Labour costs in the manufacturing sector |
[N/A] |
29,7989 /Man hour |
ILO statistics |
Energy |
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Electricity |
[N/A] |
0,4487 /Kwh |
EDP Brasil |
By-products/waste |
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Slag, ash and residues |
2620 99 90 |
0,0442 /kg (*3) |
GTA |
Silica-calcium precipitated fine powder |
7202 99 90 |
10,2812 /kg (*3) |
GTA |
3.1.4.1.
Raw materials
3.1.4.2.
Electricity
3.1.4.3.
By-products
3.1.4.4.
Consumables, manufacturing overheads and transportation costs for the supply of raw materials
3.1.5.
Calculation of the normal value
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co. Ltd |
52,3 % |
Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co., Ltd |
123,6 % |
Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co. Ltd |
75,0 % |
All other companies |
132,6 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Determination of the relevant Union market
4.3.
Union consumption
4.4.
Imports from the PRC
4.4.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the PRC
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
4.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.5.1.
General remarks
4.5.2.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
4.5.3.
Sales volume and market share
4.5.4.
Growth
4.5.5.
Employment and productivity
4.5.6.
Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.5.7.
Prices and factors affecting prices
4.5.8.
Labour costs
4.5.9.
Inventories
4.5.10.
Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
4.5.11.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
Country |
Company |
Definitive injury margin |
PRC |
Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co. Ltd. |
31,5 % |
PRC |
Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co. Ltd. |
42,7 % |
PRC |
Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co. Ltd. |
32,8 % |
PRC |
All other companies |
50,7 % |
6.1.1.
Raw material distortions
6.2.
Conclusion on the level of measures
Country |
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
PRC |
Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co. Ltd. |
31,5 % |
PRC |
Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co. Ltd. |
42,7 % |
PRC |
Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co. Ltd. |
32,8 % |
PRC |
All other companies |
50,7 % |
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers traders and users
7.3.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin |
Injury margin |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
PRC |
Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co. Ltd, Hongguozi Industrial Zone, Huinong District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Province |
52,3 % |
31,5 % |
31,5 % |
PRC |
Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co., Ltd, Zhongwei Industrial Park, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province |
123,6 % |
42,7 % |
42,7 % |
PRC |
Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co. Ltd, Yangxian Eco- Industrial Park, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province |
75,0 % |
32,8 % |
32,8 % |
PRC |
All other companies |
132,6 % |
50,7 % |
50,7 % |
8.2.
Price undertaking offers
8.3.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
9.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Country |
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
PRC |
Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co. Ltd, Hongguozi Industrial Zone, Huinong District, Shizuishan City, Ningxia Province |
31,5 % |
C721 |
PRC |
Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co., Ltd, Zhongwei Industrial Park, Zhongwei City, Ningxia Province |
42,7 % |
C722 |
PRC |
Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co. Ltd, Yangxian Eco- Industrial Park, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province |
32,8 % |
C723 |
PRC |
All other companies |
50,7 % |
C999 |