COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/582
of 9 April 2021
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium flat-rolled products originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
|
Investigation period |
Investigation period monthly average |
September – December 2020 |
September – December 2020 Monthly average |
Imports from China in the EU |
265 727 |
22 144 |
88 576 |
16 382 |
Source: Eurostat and Surveillance database |
1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Request for anonymity
1.5.
Comments on initiation
1.5.1.
Comments on injury
1.5.2.
Comments on dumping
1.6.
Sampling
1.6.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.6.2.
Sampling of importers
1.6.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in China
1.7.
Individual examination
1.8.
Questionnaires and verification visits
1.9.
Investigation period and period considered
1.10.
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product concerned
2.2.
Like product
2.3.
Claims regarding product scope
2.3.1.
Automotive HEX AFRPs
2.3.2.
Aluminium coils for the production of coated coils and ACP
2.3.3.
Lithographic sheets and battery foils
2.3.4.
ACF-30-60
2.3.5.
AFRPs for use in the manufacture of slats for venetian blinds
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.2.
Application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation
3.3.
Normal value
3.3.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.3.1.1. Introduction
3.3.1.2. Significant distortions affecting the domestic prices and costs in China
3.3.1.3. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), first indent of the basic Regulation: the market in question being served to a significant extent by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country
3.3.1.4. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), second indent of the basic Regulation: State presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs
3.3.1.5. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), third indent of the basic Regulation: public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces
3.3.1.6. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), fourth indent of the basic Regulation: the lack, discriminatory application or inadequate enforcement of bankruptcy, corporate or property laws
3.3.1.7. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), fifth indent of the basic Regulation: wage costs being distorted
3.3.1.8. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), sixth indent of the basic Regulation: access to finance granted by institutions which implement public policy objectives or otherwise not acting independently of the State
3.3.1.9. Systemic nature of the distortions described
3.3.1.10. Conclusion
3.3.1.11. Comments by interested parties
3.3.1.12. Overall conclusion on significant distortions
3.4.
Representative country
3.4.1.
General remarks
3.4.2.
A level of economic development similar to China
3.4.3.
Availability of relevant public data in the representative country
3.4.4.
Level of social and environmental protection
3.4.5.
Conclusion
3.5.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs for factors of production
Raw materials |
Commodity codes in Turkey |
Value |
Unit of measurement |
Aluminium alloys |
760120800000 |
14,01 |
kg |
Alumina powder |
281820 |
6,94 |
kg |
Aluminium ingot |
760110 |
12,73 |
kg |
Liquid aluminium |
760110000000 – processing costs |
12,20 |
kg |
Aluminium fluoride |
282612 |
10,37 |
kg |
Aluminium scrap |
760200190000 |
11,01 |
kg |
Aluminium slab |
760120200000 |
13,91 |
kg |
Cathode copper |
740329 |
39,47 |
kg |
Cold rolled coil |
760612920000 |
26,06 |
kg |
Hot rolled coil |
760612930000 760612990000 |
31,86 |
kg |
Hot rolled plate |
760612990000 |
36,02 |
kg |
Magnesium ingot |
810411 |
19,50 |
kg |
Melting copper agent |
740329 |
39,47 |
kg |
Melting Ferro agent |
720299300000 720299800000 |
10,88 |
kg |
Melting manganese agent |
811100 |
15,59 |
kg |
Petroleum coke |
271311 |
0,42 |
kg |
Pitch |
270810 |
3,82 |
kg |
Rolling oil |
271012110000 |
3,17 |
kg |
Steam coal |
270119000000 |
0,59 |
kg |
Titanium carbon wire |
760521 |
21,77 |
kg |
Zinc ingot |
790111 |
15,93 |
kg |
Quick melt silicon agent |
280469 |
18,38 |
kg |
Iron agent |
732690 |
37,13 |
kg |
Chromium agent |
811221 |
54,20 |
kg |
Aluminium slags |
262040 |
7,59 |
kg |
Waste oil |
340399 |
33,3 |
kg |
Labour |
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Labour |
N/A |
42,21 |
hour |
Energy |
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Electricity |
N/A |
0,62 |
Kwh |
Gas |
N/A |
1,95 |
m3 |
Water |
N/A |
5,21 |
m3 |
By product/waste |
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Aluminium scrap |
760200190000 |
11,01 |
kg |
3.5.1.
Raw materials used in the production process
3.5.2.
Labour
3.5.3.
Electricity
3.5.4.
Gas
3.5.5.
Water
3.5.6.
SG&A and profits
3.5.7.
Calculation of normal value
3.5.8.
Export price
3.5.9.
Comparison
3.5.10.
Dumping margins
Company |
Provisional dumping margin |
Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. |
88,3 % |
Nanshan Group |
122,1 % |
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. |
30,0 % |
Other cooperating companies |
68,5 % |
All other companies |
183,7 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Preliminary remark
4.2.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.3.
Determination of the relevant Union market
4.4.
Union consumption
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Total Union consumption |
2 623 119 |
2 772 585 |
2 659 616 |
2 403 637 |
Index |
100 |
106 |
101 |
92 |
Captive market |
19 347 |
29 987 |
34 953 |
33 204 |
Index |
100 |
155 |
181 |
172 |
Free market |
2 603 772 |
2 742 598 |
2 624 664 |
2 370 433 |
Index |
100 |
105 |
101 |
91 |
Source: European Aluminium and Eurostat |
4.5.
Imports from the country concerned
4.5.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Volume of imports from the country concerned (tonnes) |
160 869 |
321 851 |
345 720 |
265 727 |
Index |
100 |
200 |
215 |
165 |
Volume of imports from the country concerned under inward processing regime (tonnes) |
15 588 |
108 188 |
104 054 |
60 824 |
Index |
100 |
694 |
668 |
390 |
Volume of imports from the country concerned excluding inward processing |
145 281 |
213 662 |
241 666 |
204 904 |
Index |
100 |
147 |
166 |
141 |
Market share of imports from the country concerned (%) |
6,2 |
11,7 |
13,2 |
11,2 |
Index |
100 |
190 |
213 |
181 |
Market share of imports from the country concerned under inward processing regime (%) |
0,6 |
3,9 |
3,9 |
2,5 |
Index |
100 |
657 |
658 |
426 |
Market share of imports from the country concerned excluding inward processing (%) |
5,5 |
7,7 |
9,1 |
8,5 |
Index |
100 |
139 |
164 |
154 |
Source: Eurostat |
4.5.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
All imports |
2 437 |
2 296 |
2 177 |
2 205 |
Index |
100 |
94 |
89 |
91 |
Inward processing |
2 856 |
2 139 |
1 968 |
2 098 |
Index |
100 |
75 |
69 |
73 |
Imports excluding inward processing |
2 391 |
2 376 |
2 266 |
2 237 |
Index |
100 |
99 |
95 |
94 |
LME Aluminium 3 Month – Ask (EUR/tonne) |
1 752 |
1 791 |
1 617 |
1 535 |
Index |
100 |
102 |
92 |
88 |
Source: Eurostat, LME |
4.6.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.6.1.
General remarks
4.6.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.6.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Production volume (tonnes) |
2 130 916 |
2 164 561 |
2 104 231 |
1 907 127 |
Index |
100 |
102 |
99 |
89 |
Production capacity (tonnes) |
2 471 262 |
2 528 879 |
2 522 331 |
2 509 831 |
Index |
100 |
102 |
102 |
102 |
Capacity utilisation (%) |
86,2 |
85,6 |
83,4 |
76,0 |
Index |
100 |
99 |
97 |
88 |
Source: European Aluminium, sampled Union producers |
4.6.2.2. Sales volume and market share
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Total Sales volume on the Union market – both free and captive use (tonnes) |
1 742 739 |
1 726 391 |
1 650 249 |
1 518 343 |
Index |
100 |
99 |
95 |
87 |
Captive market sales and use |
19 347 |
29 987 |
34 953 |
33 204 |
Index |
100 |
155 |
181 |
172 |
Captive market sales and use as a % of total market sales |
0,7 |
1,1 |
1,3 |
1,4 |
Index |
100 |
147 |
178 |
187 |
Free market sales |
1 723 392 |
1 696 403 |
1 615 297 |
1 485 139 |
Index |
100 |
98 |
94 |
86 |
Market share (of free market sales (%) |
66,2 |
61,9 |
61,5 |
62,7 |
Index |
100 |
93 |
93 |
95 |
Source: European Aluminium, Eurostat and sampled Union producers |
4.6.2.3. Growth
4.6.2.4. Employment and productivity
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Number of employees (Full Time Equivalent ‘FTE’) |
9 025 |
8 518 |
8 644 |
8 240 |
Index |
100 |
94 |
96 |
91 |
Productivity (tonne/FTE) |
236 |
254 |
243 |
231 |
Index |
100 |
108 |
103 |
98 |
Source: European Aluminium and sampled Union producers |
4.6.2.5. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.6.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.6.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Average unit sales price on the free market (EUR/tonne) |
2 792 |
2 888 |
2 752 |
2 680 |
Index |
100 |
103 |
99 |
96 |
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
2 712 |
2 854 |
2 762 |
2 739 |
Index |
100 |
105 |
102 |
101 |
LME Aluminium 3 Month – Ask (EUR/tonne) |
1 752 |
1 791 |
1 617 |
1 535 |
Index |
100 |
102 |
92 |
88 |
Source: Sampled Union producers and LME |
4.6.3.2. Labour costs
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
70 255 |
72 448 |
72 523 |
73 430 |
Index |
100 |
103 |
103 |
105 |
Source: Sampled Union producers |
4.6.3.3. Inventories
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Closing stocks (tonnes) |
63 273 |
66 879 |
65 204 |
65 455 |
Index |
100 |
106 |
103 |
103 |
Closing stocks as a percentage of production (%) |
7,8 |
8,3 |
8,4 |
9,2 |
Index |
100 |
106 |
108 |
118 |
Source: Sampled Union producers |
4.6.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
2,8 |
1,2 |
-0,4 |
-2,2 |
Index |
100 |
42 |
-13 |
-78 |
Cash flow (EUR) |
97 502 816 |
82 877 851 |
92 397 462 |
43 585 647 |
Index |
100 |
85 |
95 |
45 |
Investments (EUR) |
64 646 226 |
73 447 421 |
160 412 341 |
141 607 601 |
Index |
100 |
114 |
248 |
219 |
Return on investments (%) |
12,0 |
7,3 |
3,6 |
-2,8 |
Index |
100 |
60 |
30 |
-23 |
Source: Sampled Union producers |
4.6.4.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.1.2.
Effects of other factors
5.1.2.1. Contraction in demand
5.1.2.2. COVID-19 pandemic
5.1.2.3. Imports from third countries
Country |
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Total of all third countries except the country concerned |
Volume (tonnes) |
719 511 |
724 344 |
663 648 |
619 566 |
|
Index |
100 |
101 |
92 |
86 |
|
Market share on the free market (%) |
27,6 |
26,4 |
25,3 |
26,1 |
|
Index |
100 |
96 |
92 |
95 |
|
Average price |
3 091 |
3 075 |
2 924 |
2 887 |
|
Index |
100 |
99 |
95 |
93 |
Of which Turkey |
Volume (tonnes) |
165 649 |
173 429 |
189 574 |
184 824 |
|
Index |
100 |
105 |
114 |
112 |
|
Market share on the free market (%) |
6,4 |
6,3 |
7,2 |
7,8 |
|
Index |
100 |
98 |
113 |
122 |
|
Average price |
2 622 |
2 714 |
2 517 |
2 443 |
|
Index |
100 |
103 |
96 |
93 |
Source: Eurostat |
5.1.2.4. Commercial strategy of the Union industry
5.1.2.5. Export performance of the Union industry
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Export volume (tonnes) |
315 664 |
370 316 |
387 640 |
328 898 |
Index |
100 |
117 |
123 |
104 |
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
2 855 |
2 996 |
2 902 |
2 794 |
Index |
100 |
105 |
102 |
98 |
Source: European Aluminium and sampled Union producers |
5.1.2.6. Efficiency of the Union industry
5.1.2.7. Imports by the Union industry
5.1.2.8. LME Aluminium price
5.1.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
UNION INTEREST
6.1.
Interest of the Union industry and suppliers
6.2.
Interest of importers
6.3.
Interest of users
6.3.1.
Building and construction
6.3.2.
Foil stock
6.3.3.
Technical
6.3.4.
Other industries
6.3.5.
Conclusion on interest of users
6.4.
Other interests
6.5.
Weighing of the competing interests
6.6.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
7.1.
Underselling margin
Company |
Dumping margin |
Underselling margin |
Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. |
88,3 % |
28,3 % |
Nanshan Group |
122,1 % |
19,3 % |
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. |
30,0 % |
21,4 % |
Other cooperating companies |
68,5 % |
22,6 % |
All other companies |
183,7 % |
46,7 % |
7.2.
Raw material distortions
8.
PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty |
Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. |
28,3 % |
Nanshan Group |
19,3 % |
Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. |
21,4 % |
Other cooperating companies |
22,6 % |
All other companies |
46,7 % |
9.
INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
10.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty (%) |
TARIC additional code |
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Jiangsu Alcha Aluminum Group Co., Ltd. |
28,3 |
C610 |
||||||||
Nanshan Group
|
19,3 |
C611 |
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Xiamen Xiashun Aluminium Foil Co., Ltd. |
21,4 |
C612 |
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Other cooperating companies (Annex) |
22,6 |
|
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All other companies |
46,7 |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled
Name |
TARIC additional code |
Southwest Aluminium (Group) Co., Ltd |
C613 |
Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co., Ltd |
C614 |
Shanghai Huafon Aluminium Corporation |
C615 |
Alnan Aluminium Inc. |
C616 |
Yinbang Clad Material Co., Ltd. |
C617 |
Jiangsu Metcoplus Industry Intl. Co., Ltd. |
C618 |
Dalishen Aluminum CO.,Ltd |
C619 |
Binzhou Hongbo Aluminium Foil Technology Co., Ltd. |
C620 |
Yong Jie New Material Co., Ltd. |
C621 |
Chalco Ruimin Co., Ltd. |
C622 |
Luoyang Wanji Aluminium Processing Co., Ltd. |
C623 |
Jiangyin Dolphin Pack Limited Company |
C624 |
Henan Xindatong Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. |
C625 |
Zhejiang Yongjie Aluminum Co., Ltd. |
C626 |
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd. |
C627 |
Zhengzhou Guandong Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. |
C628 |