COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1040
of 27 March 2024
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate originating in People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Provisional measures
1.4.
Subsequent procedure
1.5.
Sampling
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.1.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.1.2.
Sources used to establish the undistorted SG&A and profit
3.1.3.
Export price
3.1.4.
Comparison
3.1.5.
Dumping margins
Company |
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16,0 % |
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17,2 % |
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22,6 % |
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19,7 % |
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24,2 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from the country concerned
4.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.4.1.
General remarks
4.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.4.4.
Developments in the investigation period and in the post-investigation period
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Union sales price (EUR/tonne) |
Union cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
Union profitability (%) |
Chinese imports (tonnes) |
Chinese import prices including common customs duty of 6,5 % (EUR) |
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Q2 2023 |
1 111 |
1 140 |
-11 % |
88 952 (including [10 000 - 15 000 ] tonnes of UI imports) |
1 067 |
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Q3 2023 |
1 008 |
1 122 |
-13 % |
20 294 (data on UI imports unavailable) |
1 033 |
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Q1 2022 |
Q2 2022 |
Q3 2022 |
Q4 2022 |
Q1 2023 |
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Average unit sales price in the Union (EUR/ tonne) |
1 350 |
1 511 |
1 538 |
1 347 |
1 114 |
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Index |
100 |
112 |
114 |
100 |
83 |
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Unit cost of production (EUR/ tonne) |
1 198 |
1 383 |
1 408 |
1 460 |
1 209 |
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Index |
100 |
115 |
118 |
122 |
101 |
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4.4.5.
Conclusion on injury
5.
THREAT OF INJURY
5.1.
Introduction
5.2.
Definitive assessment
5.2.1.
Update of post-IP data on Chinese imports
Volume of Chinese imports (tonne) |
January 2023 |
February 2023 |
March 2023 |
April 2023 |
May 2023 |
June 2023 |
July 2023 |
August 2023 |
September 2023 |
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35 842 |
42 619 |
49 148 |
31 579 |
39 561 |
17 813 |
11 703 |
4 955 |
3 636 |
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5.2.2.
Other elements: profitability and other economic indicators
5.3.
Interested parties’ comments after provisional measures
5.4.
Conclusion on threat of injury
6.
CAUSATION
6.1.
Assessment
6.2.
Interested parties’ comments after provisional measures
6.3.
Conclusion on causation
7.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
7.1.
Injury margin
7.2.
Conclusion on the level of measures
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
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Sanfame Group:
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6,6 % |
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Wankai New Materials Group:
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1 0,7 % |
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China Resources Chemical Innovative Materials Group:
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1 7,2 % |
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Other cooperating companies |
1 1,1 % |
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All other companies |
2 4,2 % |
8.
UNION INTEREST
8.1.
Interest of the Union industry
8.2.
Interest of users and unrelated importers
8.3.
Conclusion on Union interest
9.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
9.1.
Definitive measures
Country |
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Injury margin (%) |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
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1 6,0 % |
6,6 % |
6,6 % |
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2 2,6 % |
1 0,7 % |
1 0,7 % |
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1 7,2 % |
2 1,2 % |
1 7,2 % |
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People’s Republic of China |
Other cooperating companies |
1 9,7 % |
1 1,1 % |
1 1,1 % |
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People’s Republic of China |
All other companies |
2 4,2 % |
2 7,5 % |
2 4,2 % |
9.2.
Release of the provisional duties
10.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Country of origin |
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
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Sanfame Group:
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6,6 % |
899V |
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Wankai New Materials Group:
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1 0,7 % |
899W |
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1 7,2 % |
899X |
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People’s Republic of China |
Other cooperating companies |
1 1,1 % |
See annex |
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People’s Republic of China |
All other companies |
2 4,2 % |
8999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled
Country |
Name |
TARIC additional code |
People’s Republic of China |
SINOPEC YIZHENG CHEMICAL FIBRE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY |
899Y |
People’s Republic of China |
Dragon Special Resin (XIAMEN) Co., Ltd. |
899Z |
People’s Republic of China |
Far Eastern Industries (Shanghai) Ltd. |
89AA |
People’s Republic of China |
Jiangsu Ceville New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. |
89AB |