COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/1688
of 8 October 2019
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of mixtures of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Russia, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Provisional measures
1.4.
Subsequent procedure
1.5.
Sampling
1.6.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Claims regarding the product scope
2.2.
Conclusion
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Russia
3.1.1.
Exporting producers
3.1.2.
Normal value
3.1.3.
Export price
3.1.4.
Comparison
3.1.5.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
Acron Group |
31,9 % |
Eurochem Group |
20,0 % |
All other companies |
31,9 % |
3.2.
Trinidad and Tobago
3.2.1.
Normal value
3.2.2.
Export price
3.2.3.
Comparison
3.2.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited |
55,8 % |
All other companies |
55,8 % |
3.3.
United States of America
3.3.1.
Normal value
3.3.2.
Export price
3.3.3.
Comparison
3.3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
37,3 % |
All other companies |
37,3 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from the countries concerned
4.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.4.1.
General remarks
4.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
IP |
100 |
72 |
83 |
89 |
4.4.4.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
The (world) price of urea
5.2.2.
Other factors
5.2.3.
Conclusion
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry for Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Underselling margin (%) |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited |
55,8 |
16,2 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
All other companies |
55,8 |
16,2 |
United States of America |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
37,3 |
23,9 |
United States of America |
All other companies |
37,3 |
23,9 |
6.2.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry for Russia
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Underselling margin (%) |
Russia |
PJSC Acron |
31,9 |
13,7 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Azot” |
20,0 |
16,3 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Nevinnomyssky Azot” |
20,0 |
16,3 |
Russia |
All other companies |
31,9 |
16,3 |
6.3.
Raw material distortions
6.4.
Union interest under Article 7(2b) of the basic Regulation
6.4.1.
Spare capacities in the exporting country
6.4.2.
Competition for raw materials
6.4.3.
Effect on supply chains for Union companies
6.4.4.
Conclusion
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.3.
Interest of users
7.4.
Other factors
7.5.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Form of the measures
8.2.
Definitive measures
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Injury margin (%) |
Definitive duty rate (%) |
Definitive fixed duty rate — EUR per tonne |
Russia |
PJSC Acron |
31,9 |
31,9 |
31,9 |
42,47 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Azot” |
20,0 |
20,0 |
20,0 |
27,77 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Nevinnomyssky Azot” |
20,0 |
20,0 |
20,0 |
27,77 |
Russia |
All other companies |
31,9 |
31,9 |
31,9 |
42,47 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited |
55,8 |
16,2 |
16,2 |
22,24 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
All other companies |
55,8 |
16,2 |
16,2 |
22,24 |
United States of America |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
37,3 |
23,9 |
23,9 |
29,48 |
United States of America |
All other companies |
37,3 |
23,9 |
23,9 |
29,48 |
8.3.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
8.4.
Retroactivity
9.
UNDERTAKING OFFER
10.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Country |
Company |
Fixed amount of duty (EUR per tonne) |
TARIC additional code |
Russia |
PJSC Acron |
42,47 |
C500 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Azot” |
27,77 |
C501 |
Russia |
Joint Stock Company “Nevinnomyssky Azot” |
27,77 |
C504 |
Russia |
All other companies |
42,47 |
C999 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Limited |
22,24 |
C502 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
All other companies |
22,24 |
C999 |
United States of America |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. |
29,48 |
C503 |
United States of America |
All other companies |
29,48 |
C999 |