COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/402
of 9 March 2022
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 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.
Review investigation period and period considered
1.5.
Interested parties
1.6.
Sampling
1.6.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.6.2.
Sampling of importers
1.6.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in the PRC
1.7.
Questionnaire replies and remote cross-checking
2.
PRODUCT UNDER REVIEW AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under review
2.2.
Like product
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Preliminary remarks
3.2.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.3.
Normal value
3.3.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.3.2.
Representative country
(a)
General remarks
(b)
A level of economic development similar to the PRC and production of the product under review
(c)
Availability of relevant public data in the representative country
(d)
Level of social and environmental protection
(e)
Conclusion on the representative country
3.3.3.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.3.4.
Factors of production
Factor of Production |
Commodity Code |
Value (RMB) |
Unit |
Raw materials |
|||
Aluminium alloys unwrought, other (‘casted coil’) |
7601 20 80 |
14,01 |
kg |
Rolling Oil |
2710 19 29 |
12,34 |
kg |
Energy |
|||
Electricity |
N/A |
0,61 |
kWh |
Natural Gas |
2711 21 00 |
1,97 |
M3 |
Labour |
|||
Labour cost in the manufacturing sector (NACE C.24) |
N/A |
57,59 |
hour per kg |
By-product |
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Aluminium scrap |
7602 00 19 |
10,63 |
kg |
(1)
Raw materials and by-product
(2)
Labour
(3)
Electricity
(4)
Natural gas
(5)
Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A and profits
3.3.5.
Calculation of the normal value
3.4.
Export price
3.5.
Comparison and dumping margin
3.6.
Conclusion
4.
LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUATION OF DUMPING SHOULD THE MEASURES LAPSE
4.1.
Production capacity and spare capacity in the PRC
4.2.
Demand in the Chinese domestic market and other third country markets
4.3.
Price behaviour of the Chinese exporting producers to other third country markets
4.4.
Attractiveness of the Union market
4.5.
Conclusion on the likelihood of continuation of dumping
5.
INJURY
5.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
5.2.
Union consumption
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total Union consumption |
74 030 |
72 074 |
74 356 |
80 065 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
100 |
108 |
||
|
5.3.
Imports from the PRC
5.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the PRC
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Volume of imports from the PRC(59) (tonnes) |
2 103 |
2 071 |
2 242 |
1 588 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
107 |
76 |
||
Market share (%) |
2,8 |
2,9 |
3,0 |
2,0 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
106 |
70 |
||
|
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Import volume from the PRC under the normal regime (tonnes) |
861 |
934 |
1 124 |
249 |
||
Index |
100 |
109 |
131 |
29 |
||
Market share (%) |
1,2 |
1,3 |
1,5 |
0,3 |
||
Index |
100 |
112 |
130 |
27 |
||
Import volume from the PRC under the inward processing system (tonnes) |
1 243 |
1 136 |
1 118 |
1 339 |
||
Index |
100 |
91 |
90 |
108 |
||
Market share (%) |
1,7 |
1,6 |
1,5 |
1,7 |
||
Index |
100 |
94 |
90 |
100 |
||
|
5.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Import prices from the PRC under the normal regime |
2 573 |
2 509 |
2 609 |
2 737 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
101 |
106 |
||
Import prices from the PRC under the inward processing system |
2 152 |
2 312 |
2 329 |
2 277 |
||
Index |
100 |
107 |
108 |
106 |
||
Import prices from the PRC (all customs regimes) |
2 179 |
2 373 |
2 450 |
2 351 |
||
Index |
100 |
109 |
112 |
108 |
||
|
5.3.3.
Imports from third countries other than the PRC
Country |
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Armenia |
Volume (tonnes) |
14 164 |
19 278 |
18 373 |
17 257 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
136 |
130 |
122 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
19 |
27 |
25 |
22 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
140 |
129 |
113 |
||
|
Average price |
2 804 |
2 895 |
2 730 |
2 533 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
103 |
97 |
90 |
||
Thailand |
Volume (tonnes) |
28 |
1 027 |
2 659 |
6 820 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
3 693 |
9 565 |
24 534 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
0,04 |
1,4 |
4 |
9 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
3 793 |
9 364 |
22 685 |
||
|
Average price |
2 337 |
2 544 |
2 426 |
2 381 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
109 |
104 |
102 |
||
Turkey |
Volume (tonnes) |
16 221 |
15 289 |
17 565 |
18 103 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
94 |
108 |
112 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
22 |
21 |
24 |
23 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
97 |
108 |
103 |
||
|
Average price |
2 878 |
2 952 |
2 828 |
2 601 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
103 |
98 |
90 |
||
Rest of the world |
Volume (tonnes) |
3 407 |
2 539 |
1 968 |
558 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
75 |
58 |
16 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
77 |
58 |
15 |
||
|
Average price |
2 751 |
2 928 |
2 918 |
3 117 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
106 |
106 |
113 |
||
Total third countries except the PRC |
Volume (tonnes) |
33 820 |
38 133 |
40 564 |
42 738 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
113 |
120 |
126 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
46 |
53 |
55 |
53 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
116 |
119 |
117 |
||
|
Average price |
2 834 |
2 910 |
2 764 |
2 545 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
103 |
98 |
90 |
||
Total third countries except Thailand and the PRC |
Volume (tonnes) |
33 792 |
37 106 |
37 905 |
35 918 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
110 |
112 |
106 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
46 |
51 |
51 |
45 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
113 |
112 |
98 |
||
|
Average price |
2 834 |
2 921 |
2 785 |
2 576 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
103 |
98 |
91 |
||
|
5.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
5.4.1.
General remarks
5.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
5.4.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Production volume (tonnes) |
41 387 |
35 173 |
36 292 |
39 460 |
||
Index |
100 |
85 |
88 |
95 |
||
Production capacity (tonnes) |
52 900 |
47 600 |
48 100 |
50 750 |
||
Index |
100 |
90 |
91 |
96 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
78,2 |
73,9 |
75,5 |
77,8 |
||
Index |
100 |
94 |
96 |
99 |
||
|
5.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total sales volume on the Union market (tonnes) |
38 107 |
31 871 |
31 550 |
35 739 |
||
Index |
100 |
84 |
83 |
94 |
||
Market share (%) |
51 |
44 |
42 |
45 |
||
Index |
100 |
86 |
82 |
87 |
||
|
5.4.2.3. Growth
5.4.2.4. Employment and productivity
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Number of employees (FTE) |
394 |
356 |
359 |
378 |
||
Index |
100 |
90 |
91 |
96 |
||
Productivity (unit/employee) |
105 |
99 |
101 |
104 |
||
Index |
100 |
94 |
96 |
99 |
||
|
5.4.2.5. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
5.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
5.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average unit sales price in the Union on the total market (EUR/tonne) |
2 822 |
2 930 |
2 810 |
2 663 |
||
Index |
100 |
104 |
100 |
94 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
2 645 |
2 776 |
2 620 |
2 574 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
99 |
97 |
||
|
5.4.3.2. Labour costs
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
19 444 |
19 827 |
20 487 |
22 184 |
||
Index |
100 |
102 |
105 |
114 |
||
|
5.4.3.3. Inventories
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Closing stocks (tonnes) |
978 |
940 |
1 693 |
1 425 |
||
Index |
100 |
96 |
173 |
146 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production |
2,4 |
2,7 |
4,7 |
3,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
113 |
197 |
153 |
||
|
5.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Review investigation period |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
8,2 |
7,4 |
6,8 |
3,4 |
||
Index |
100 |
90 |
83 |
41 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
10 768 045 |
10 888 351 |
8 682 415 |
10 199 898 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
81 |
95 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
1 141 165 |
4 327 224 |
1 119 149 |
1 665 356 |
||
Index |
100 |
379 |
98 |
146 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
10 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
||
Index |
100 |
74 |
55 |
15 |
||
|
5.4.4.
Conclusion on injury
6.
LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF INJURY
6.1.
Production volume and spare capacity in the PRC – attractiveness of the Union market
6.2.
Likely price levels of imports from the PRC and their impact on the Union industry’s situation should the measures lapse
6.3.
Existence of circumvention practices
6.4.
Conclusion
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.
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Article 1
Country |
Company |
Anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
PRC |
Alcoa (Shanghai) Aluminium Products Co., Ltd and Alcoa (Bohai) Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd |
6,4 % |
A944 |
Shandong Loften Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd |
20,3 % |
A945 |
|
Zhenjiang Dingsheng Aluminium Co., Ltd |
24,2 % |
A946 |
|
All other companies |
30,0 % |
A999 |
Company name |
TARIC additional code |
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd |
C198 |
Luoyang Wanji Aluminium Processing Co., Ltd |
C199 |
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd |
C200 |
Yantai Donghai Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd |
C201 |