COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/1428
of 12 October 2020
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium extrusions originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Comments on initiation
1.5.
Sampling
1.5.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.5.2.
Sampling of importers
1.5.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in China
1.6.
Individual examination
1.7.
Replies to the questionnaire
1.8.
Verification visits
1.9.
Claim for the suspension of the investigation
1.10.
Investigation period and period considered
1.11.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product concerned
2.2.
Like product
2.3.
Claims regarding product scope
2.3.1.
Claims that the definition of the product scope is insufficiently clear
2.3.2.
Product exclusion requests
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation
3.2.
Normal value
3.2.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.2.1.1. Introduction
3.2.1.2. Significant distortions affecting the domestic prices and costs in China
3.2.1.3. 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
3.2.1.4. 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
3.2.1.5. 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
3.2.1.6. 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
3.2.1.7. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), fifth indent of the basic Regulation: wage costs being distorted
3.2.1.8. 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
3.2.1.9. Systemic nature of the distortions described
3.2.1.10. Conclusion
3.3.
Representative country
3.4.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.5.
Undistorted costs and benchmarks
Factor of Production |
Turkish goods codes |
Value |
Units |
Raw materials |
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Aluminium (not alloyed, unwrought) |
7601 10 00 |
12,8 |
CNY/KG |
Aluminium alloys (unwrought) |
7601 20 20 |
13,6 |
CNY/KG |
Aluminium scrap |
7602 00 90 |
8,8 |
CNY/KG |
Aluminium bars and rods (not alloyed) |
7604 10 10 |
18,7 |
CNY/KG |
Bars and rods of aluminium alloys |
7604 29 10 |
32,6 |
CNY/KG |
Zinc (minimum 99,99 % of zinc by weight, unwrought) |
7901 11 00 |
18,2 |
CNY/KG |
Zinc alloys |
7901 20 00 |
19,9 |
CNY/KG |
Magnesium (unwrought) |
8104 11 00 |
19,0 |
CNY/KG |
Titanium (unwrought) |
8108 20 00 |
942,5 |
CNY/KG |
Titanium (other) -Bars, rods, profiles and wire |
8108 90 30 |
371,3 |
CNY/KG |
Titanium (other) – Plates, sheets, strip and foil |
8108 90 50 |
430,3 |
CNY/KG |
Titanium (other) – Tubes and pipes |
8108 90 60 |
2 504,3 |
CNY/KG |
Titanium (other) – other |
8108 90 90 |
1 286,1 |
CNY/KG |
Zirconium (unwrought) |
8109 20 00 |
2 012,7 |
CNY/KG |
Manganese (waste and scrap) |
8111 00 19 |
n/a |
CNY/KG |
Manganese (other) |
8111 00 90 |
n/a |
CNY/KG |
Chromium alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel |
8112 21 10 |
3 653,0 |
CNY/KG |
Copper (precipitated) |
7401 00 00 |
1,9 |
CNY/KG |
Articles of copper (other) |
7419 99 90 |
188,7 |
CNY/KG |
Iron oxides and hydroxides |
2821 10 00 |
10,9 |
CNY/KG |
Silicon (minimum. 99,99 % of silicon by weight) |
2804 61 00 |
2 365,6 |
CNY/KG |
Silicon (other) |
2804 69 00 |
16,3 |
CNY/KG |
Sulphuric acid |
2807 00 00 |
0,4 |
CNY/KG |
Nitric acid |
2808 00 00 |
23,0 |
CNY/KG |
Phosphoric acid |
2809 20 00 |
5,3 |
CNY/KG |
Sodium hydroxide |
2815 11 00 |
3,2 |
CNY/KG |
Refining agent (anionic) |
3402 11 00 |
n/a |
CNY/KG |
Energy |
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Electricity |
2716 00 00 |
0,6 |
CNY/KWh |
Natural gas |
2711 11 00 |
2,1 |
CNY/m3 |
Mineral fuel – oil |
2710 19 25 |
6,5 |
CNY/KG |
Water |
2201 90 00 |
7,6 |
CNY/m3 |
Labour |
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Direct and indirect wages in the manufacturing sector |
N/A |
43,0 |
CNY/h |
By-product / waste |
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Aluminium scrap |
7602 00 90 |
8,8 |
CNY/KG |
3.5.1.
Raw materials
3.5.2.
Labour
3.5.3.
Energy inputs
3.6.
Manufacturing overheads costs, SG&A and profits
3.7.
Calculation of the Normal Value
3.8.
Export price
3.9.
Comparison
3.10.
Dumping margins
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty |
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Haomei Group:
|
30,4 % |
||||
PMI Group:
|
38,2 % |
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping margin |
||||
Haomei Group:
|
30,4 % |
||||
PMI Group:
|
38,2 % |
||||
Other cooperating companies |
34,9 % |
||||
All other companies |
48,0 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Determination of the relevant Union market
4.3.
Union consumption
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Total Union consumption |
3 078 972 |
3 315 536 |
3 409 292 |
3 284 766 |
||
Index |
100 |
108 |
111 |
107 |
||
Captive market |
61 338 |
60 455 |
60 143 |
56 640 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
98 |
92 |
||
Free market consumption |
3 017 634 |
3 255 081 |
3 349 149 |
3 228 126 |
||
Index |
100 |
108 |
111 |
107 |
||
|
4.4.
Imports from the country concerned
4.4.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Volume of imports from the country concerned (tonnes) |
209 064 |
255 347 |
283 407 |
309 853 |
||
Index |
100 |
122 |
136 |
148 |
||
Market share on the free market (%) |
6,9 |
7,8 |
8,5 |
9,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
113 |
122 |
139 |
||
|
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
China |
2 812 |
2 733 |
2 798 |
2 912 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
100 |
104 |
||
|
4.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.5.1.
General remarks
4.6.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.6.1.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Production volume (tonnes) |
2 760 000 |
2 890 000 |
2 960 000 |
2 810 000 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
107 |
102 |
||
Production capacity (tonnes) |
4 135 000 |
4 140 000 |
4 261 000 |
4 284 000 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
103 |
104 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
66,7 |
69,8 |
69,5 |
65,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
104 |
98 |
||
|
4.6.2.
Sales volume and market share
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Total Sales volume on the Union market - both free and captive (tonnes) |
2 629 338 |
2 751 455 |
2 817 143 |
2 675 640 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
107 |
102 |
||
Captive market sales |
61 338 |
60 455 |
60 143 |
56 640 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
98 |
92 |
||
Captive market sales as a % of total market sales |
2,0 |
1,8 |
1,8 |
1,7 |
||
Index |
100 |
92 |
89 |
87 |
||
Free market sales |
2 568 000 |
2 691 000 |
2 757 000 |
2 619 000 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
107 |
102 |
||
Market share of free market sales (%) |
85,1 |
82,7 |
82,3 |
81,1 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
97 |
95 |
||
|
4.6.3.
Growth
4.6.4.
Employment and productivity
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Number of employees (FTE) |
39 326 |
41 449 |
42 551 |
39 836 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
108 |
101 |
||
Productivity (tonnes/FTE) |
70,18 |
69,72 |
69,56 |
70,54 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
99 |
101 |
||
|
4.6.5.
Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.7.
Microeconomic indicators
4.7.1.
Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Average unit sales price on the free market (EUR/tonne) |
3 053 |
3 372 |
3 508 |
3 619 |
||
Index |
100 |
110 |
115 |
119 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/ tonne) |
2 960 |
3 245 |
3 448 |
3 541 |
||
Index |
100 |
110 |
116 |
120 |
||
LME 3 month aluminium billet delivered (Rotterdam, Germany and Italy average in EUR/ tonne) |
1 766 |
2 066 |
2 163 |
1 950 |
||
Index |
100 |
117 |
122 |
110 |
||
|
4.7.2.
Labour costs
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
33 971 |
33 002 |
33 734 |
34 584 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
99 |
102 |
||
|
4.7.3.
Inventories
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Closing stocks (tonnes) |
8 583 |
8 930 |
11 056 |
10 845 |
||
Index |
100 |
104 |
129 |
126 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production (%) |
3,4 |
3,4 |
4,1 |
4,4 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
119 |
128 |
||
|
4.7.4.
Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
4,9 |
4,3 |
3,0 |
2,0 |
||
Index |
100 |
88 |
61 |
42 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
37 678 269 |
43 401 626 |
8 594 466 |
35 807 285 |
||
Index |
100 |
115 |
23 |
95 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
27 645 569 |
46 341 778 |
28 774 003 |
47 614 938 |
||
Index |
100 |
168 |
104 |
172 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
34,8 |
25,4 |
16,7 |
10,0 |
||
Index |
100 |
73 |
48 |
29 |
||
|
4.7.5.
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 |
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Turkey |
Volume (tonnes) |
77 136 |
87 706 |
107 393 |
110 463 |
||
Index |
100 |
114 |
139 |
143 |
|||
Market share on the free market (%) |
2,6 |
2,7 |
3,2 |
3,4 |
|||
Average price |
3 520 |
3 601 |
3 569 |
3 448 |
|||
Index |
100 |
102 |
101 |
98 |
|||
Other third countries |
Volume (tonnes) |
163 434 |
221 028 |
201 350 |
188 809 |
||
Index |
100 |
135 |
123 |
116 |
|||
Market share on the free market (%) |
5,4 |
6,6 |
6,0 |
5,8 |
|||
Average price |
3 629 |
3 513 |
3 841 |
3 879 |
|||
Index |
100 |
97 |
106 |
107 |
|||
Total of all imports except the country concerned |
Volume (tonnes) |
240 570 |
308 734 |
308 743 |
299 273 |
||
Index |
100 |
128 |
128 |
124 |
|||
Market share on the free market (%) |
8,0 |
9,5 |
9,2 |
9,3 |
|||
Average price |
3 594 |
3 538 |
3 747 |
3 720 |
|||
Index |
100 |
98 |
104 |
104 |
|||
|
5.3.
Export performance of the Union industry
|
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Investigation period |
||
Export volume (tonnes) |
201 697 |
212 634 |
218 680 |
208 144 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
108 |
103 |
||
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
5 213 |
5 436 |
5 623 |
5 797 |
||
Index |
100 |
104 |
108 |
111 |
||
|
5.4.
Consumption
5.5.
Captive use
5.6.
The Price of Raw Materials
5.7.
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
6.4.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
7.1.
Calculation of the non-injurious price
Company |
Dumping margin |
Underselling margin |
Haomei Group |
30,4 % |
30,5 % |
PMI Group |
38,2 % |
56,4 % |
Other co-operators |
34,9 % |
45,5 % |
All other companies |
48,0 % |
65,6 % |
7.2.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry
7.3.
Conclusion
8.
PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Company |
Dumping margin |
Injury margin |
Provisional anti-dumping rate |
Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co., Ltd., |
30,4 % |
30,5 % |
30,4 % |
Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co., Ltd. |
30,4 % |
30,5 % |
30,4 % |
Press Metal International Ltd., |
38,2 % |
56,4 % |
38,2 % |
Press Metal International Technology Ltd. |
38,2 % |
56,4 % |
38,2 % |
Other co-operators |
34,9 % |
45,5 % |
34,9 % |
All other companies |
48,0 % |
65,6 % |
48,0 % |
9.
REGISTRATION
10.
INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
11.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
Guangdong Haomei New Materials Co., Ltd. |
30,4 % |
C562 |
Guangdong King Metal Light Alloy Technology Co., Ltd. |
30,4 % |
C563 |
Press Metal International Ltd. |
38,2 % |
C564 |
Press Metal International Technology Ltd. |
38,2 % |
C565 |
Other cooperating companies listed in Annex |
34,9 % |
|
All other companies |
48,0 % |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled
Name |
TARIC additional code |
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Foshan Guangcheng Aluminium Co Ltd |
C566 |
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Foshan Modern Copper & Aluminum Extrusion Co.,Ltd. |
C567 |
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Foshan City Nanhai Yongfeng Aluminium Co., Ltd |
C568 |
||||||
Foshan QianYang aluminium Co.,Ltd |
C569 |
||||||
Foshan Sanshui Fenglu Aluminium Co., Ltd |
C570 |
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Foshan Sanshui Match Hardware Products Co., Ltd. |
C571 |
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Fuyao Group:
|
C572 |
||||||
Giant Light Metal Technology Co., Ltd. |
C573 |
||||||
Goomax Metal Co., Ltd. Fujian |
C574 |
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Guangdong Huachang Aluminium Factory Co Ltd |
C575 |
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Guangdong Jiangsheng Aluminium Co., Ltd. |
C599 |
||||||
Guangdong Jihua Aluminium Co., Ltd. |
C576 |
||||||
Guangdong Nanhai Light Industrial Products Imp. & Exp. Co Ltd |
C577 |
||||||
Guangdong Weiye Aluminium Factory Group Co., Ltd. |
C578 |
||||||
Guangdong Xingfa Aluminium Co., Ltd |
C579 |
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Guangya Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd |
C580 |
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HOSHION Group:
|
C581 |
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Jiangmen Cosco Shipping Aluminium Co., Ltd |
C582 |
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Jiangsu Asia-Pacific Light Alloy Technology Co., Ltd |
C583 |
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Jilin Qixing Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd |
C584 |
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JMA Group:
|
C585 |
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PanAsia Aluminium (China) Limited |
C586 |
||||||
Pingguo Jianfeng Aluminium Co., Ltd. |
C587 |
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Qingyuan Time Aluminum Co., Ltd. |
C588 |
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Shandong Huajian Aluminium Group Co., Ltd |
C589 |
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Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co., Ltd |
C590 |
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Shandong Nollvetec Lightweight Equipment Co.Ltd |
C591 |
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Shandong Xinyudong Aluminium Co., Ltd. |
C592 |
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Shenyang Yuanda Aluminium Industry Engineering Co., Ltd. |
C593 |
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Sihui Shi Guoyao Aluminum Co., Ltd |
C594 |
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Tai Shan City Kam Kiu Aluminium Extrusion Co., Ltd |
C595 |
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Tongcheng Metal Material Co., Ltd |
C596 |
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Xinhe Group:
|
C597 |
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Yingkou Liaohe Aluminum Products Co., Ltd. |
C598 |