COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/493
of 12 February 2024
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles 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.
Comments on initiation
(a)
Sampling
(b)
Replies to the questionnaire
(c)
Verification
(d)
Subsequent procedure
2.
PRODUCT UNDER REVIEW, PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under review
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Preliminary remarks
4.
LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF DUMPING
4.1.
Production capacity and spare capacity in the PRC
4.2.
Attractiveness of the Union market and export prices to third countries
4.2.1.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation for the imports of ceramic tiles originating in the PRC
4.2.2.
Normal value
4.2.2.1. Existence of significant distortions
4.2.2.2. Representative country
4.2.2.2.1. General remarks
4.2.2.2.2. Conclusion
4.2.2.3. Sources used to establish undistorted costs
4.2.2.3.1. Undistorted costs and benchmarks
4.2.2.3.1.1. Factors of production
Factor of Production |
Commodity Code in Thailand |
Undistorted value (CNY) |
Unit of measurement |
Source of information |
Raw materials |
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Clay |
250840900010 |
1,07 |
kg |
Global Trade Atlas (GTA) |
Feldspar |
25291010 |
0,83 |
kg |
GTA |
Sand |
250510 |
0,66 |
kg |
GTA |
Ceramic glazes |
32072010 |
18,6 |
kg |
GTA |
Labour |
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Labour cost |
n/a |
15,41 |
hour |
National Statistical Office of Thailand |
Energy |
||||
Electricity |
n/a |
0,744 |
KwH |
Metropolitan electricity Authority of Thailand |
Gas |
n/a |
2,24 |
m3 |
Energy Policy and Planning Office – Ministry of Energy of Thailand |
4.2.2.3.1.2. Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A, profits and depreciation
4.2.2.3.2. Calculation of the normal value
4.2.3.
Export price
4.2.4.
Comparison
4.3.
Possible absorption capacity of third country markets and trade defence measures in other export markets
4.4.
Conclusion
5.
INJURY
5.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
5.2.
Union consumption
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total Union consumption |
810 615 053 |
813 894 172 |
863 755 053 |
848 451 585 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
107 |
105 |
||
|
5.3.
Imports from the country concerned
5.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Volume of imports from the country concerned (m2) |
6 739 211 |
6 488 766 |
3 007 817 |
2 341 140 |
||
Index |
100 |
96 |
45 |
35 |
||
Market share (%) |
0,8 |
0,8 |
0,3 |
0,3 |
||
Index |
100 |
96 |
42 |
33 |
||
|
5.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
China |
5,18 |
4,81 |
6,03 |
7,21 |
||
Index |
100 |
93 |
116 |
139 |
||
|
5.4.
Imports from third countries other than China
Country |
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Türkiye |
Volume (m2) |
40 195 746 |
46 262 976 |
50 574 756 |
51 524 789 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
115 |
126 |
128 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
5,0 |
5,7 |
5,9 |
6,1 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
115 |
118 |
122 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/m2) |
6,19 |
6,13 |
6,49 |
7,43 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
99 |
105 |
120 |
||
India |
Volume (m2) |
20 327 952 |
25 519 834 |
32 429 803 |
30 587 140 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
126 |
160 |
150 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
2,5 |
3,1 |
3,8 |
3,6 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
125 |
150 |
144 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/m2) |
4,97 |
5,27 |
6,29 |
7,83 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
106 |
127 |
158 |
||
Other third countries |
Volume (m2) |
19 175 187 |
17 899 114 |
18 642 336 |
19 154 352 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
93 |
97 |
100 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
2,4 |
2,2 |
2,2 |
2,3 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/m2) |
5,75 |
6,01 |
6,70 |
6,97 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
105 |
116 |
121 |
||
|
5.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
5.5.1.
General remarks
5.5.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
5.5.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Production volume (m2) |
1 197 853 524 |
1 097 461 664 |
1 305 299 049 |
1 250 398 286 |
||
Index |
100 |
92 |
109 |
104 |
||
Production capacity (m2) |
1 438 233 198 |
1 441 597 966 |
1 444 595 428 |
1 437 849 886 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Capacity utilisation (%) |
84 |
76 |
90 |
87 |
||
Index |
100 |
91 |
108 |
104 |
||
|
5.5.2.2. Sales volume and market share
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Total Sales volume on the Union market |
724 176 957 |
717 723 482 |
759 100 341 |
744 844 164 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
105 |
103 |
||
Market share (%) |
89,4 |
87,1 |
88,1 |
89,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
97 |
98 |
100 |
||
|
5.5.2.3. Growth
5.5.2.4. Employment and productivity
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Number of employees (FTE) |
55 089 |
54 466 |
54 616 |
54 551 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
99 |
99 |
||
Productivity (m2/employee) |
21 744 |
20 149 |
23 900 |
22 922 |
||
Index |
100 |
93 |
110 |
105 |
||
|
5.5.2.5. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
5.5.3.
Microeconomic indicators
5.5.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average unit sales price to unrelated customers |
7,79 |
8,06 |
8,27 |
8,94 |
||
Index |
100 |
103 |
106 |
115 |
||
Unit cost of production |
7,29 |
7,22 |
7,83 |
9,26 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
107 |
127 |
||
|
5.5.3.2. Labour costs
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
36 804 |
34 880 |
34 596 |
34 858 |
||
Index |
100 |
95 |
94 |
95 |
||
|
5.5.3.3. Inventories
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review investigation period |
||
Closing stocks (m2) |
27 178 880 |
24 910 893 |
27 661 428 |
25 251 258 |
||
Index |
100 |
92 |
102 |
93 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production (%) |
42,1 |
41,6 |
33,2 |
28,5 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
79 |
68 |
||
|
5.5.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Review Investigation period |
||
Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
5,0 |
6,5 |
4,1 |
–0,9 |
||
Index |
100 |
130 |
82 |
-17 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
49 753 845 |
70 287 254 |
45 379 169 |
- 670 081 |
||
Index |
100 |
141 |
91 |
-1 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
33 238 212 |
28 136 814 |
80 991 601 |
142 551 682 |
||
Index |
100 |
85 |
244 |
429 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
7,0 |
16,3 |
10,5 |
–4,6 |
||
Index |
100 |
231 |
150 |
-65 |
||
|
5.6.
Conclusion on the situation on the Union Market
6.
LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF INJURY
6.1.
Production capacities and spare capacities in China
6.2.
Attractiveness of the Union Market
6.2.1.
Behaviour of Chinese exporting producers in third country markets
6.3.
Effect on the Union industry situation
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Preliminary Remarks
7.2.
Interest of the Union Industry
7.3.
Interest of Importers
7.4.
Interest of Users and Consumers
7.5.
Weighing and balancing of interests
7.6.
Conclusion on Union Interest
8.
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Article 1
Country |
Company |
Anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
the People’s Republic of China |
Dongguan City Wonderful Ceramics Industrial Park Co., Ltd; Guangdong Jiamei Ceramics Co., Ltd |
32,0 % |
B938 |
the People’s Republic of China |
Qingyuan Gani Ceramics Co. Ltd; Foshan Gani Ceramics Co. Ltd |
13,9 % |
B939 |
the People’s Republic of China |
Guangdong Xinruncheng Ceramics Co. Ltd |
29,3 % |
B009 |
the People’s Republic of China |
Shandong Yadi Ceramics Co Ltd |
36,5 % |
B010 |
the People’s Republic of China |
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex |
30,6 % |
|
the People’s Republic of China |
All other companies |
69,7 % |
B999 |
Article 2
ANNEX
Chinese cooperating producers:
Name |
Taric additional code |
Dongguan He Mei Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B132 |
Dongpeng Ceramic (Qingyuan) Co. Ltd |
B133 |
Eagle Brand Ceramics Industrial (Heyuan) Co. Ltd |
B134 |
Enping City Huachang Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B135 |
Enping Huiying Ceramics Industry Co. Ltd |
B136 |
Enping Yungo Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B137 |
Foshan Aoling Jinggong Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B138 |
Foshan Bailifeng Building Materials Co. Ltd |
B139 |
Foshan Bragi Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B140 |
Foshan City Fangyuan Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B141 |
Foshan Gaoming Shuncheng Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B142 |
Foshan Gaoming Yaju Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B143 |
Foshan Guanzhu Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B144 |
Foshan Huashengchang Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B145 |
Foshan Jiajun Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B146 |
Foshan Mingzhao Technology Development Co. Ltd |
B147 |
Foshan Nanhai Jingye Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B148 |
Foshan Nanhai Shengdige Decoration Material Co. Ltd |
B149 |
Foshan Nanhai Xiaotang Jinzun Border Factory Co. Ltd |
B150 |
Foshan Nanhai Yonghong Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B151 |
Foshan Oceanland Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B152 |
Foshan Oceano Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B153 |
Foshan Sanshui Hongyuan Ceramics Enterprise Co. Ltd |
B154 |
Foshan Sanshui Huiwanjia Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B155 |
Foshan Sanshui New Pearl Construction Ceramics Industrial Co. Ltd |
B156 |
Foshan Shiwan Eagle Brand Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B157 |
Foshan Shiwan Yulong Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B158 |
Foshan Summit Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B159 |
Foshan Tidiy Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B160 |
Foshan VIGORBOOM Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B161 |
Foshan Xingtai Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B162 |
Foshan Zhuyangyang Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B163 |
Fujian Fuzhou Zhongxin Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B164 |
Fujian Jinjiang Lianxing Building Material Co. Ltd |
B165 |
Fujian Minqing Jiali Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B166 |
Fujian Minqing Ruimei Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B167 |
Fujian Minqing Shuangxing Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B168 |
Gaoyao Yushan Ceramics Industry Co. Ltd |
B169 |
Guangdong Bode Fine Building Materials Co. Ltd |
B170 |
Guangdong Foshan Redpearl Building Material Co. Ltd |
B171 |
Guangdong Gold Medal Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B172 |
Guangdong Grifine Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B173 |
Guangdong Homeway Ceramics Industry Co. Ltd |
B174 |
Guangdong Huiya Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B175 |
Guangdong Juimsi Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B176 |
Guangdong Kaiping Tilee’s Building Materials Co. Ltd |
B177 |
Guangdong Kingdom Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B178 |
Guangdong Monalisa Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B179 |
Guangdong New Zhong Yuan Ceramics Co. Ltd Shunde Yuezhong Branch |
B180 |
Guangdong Ouya Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B181 |
Guangdong Overland Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B182 |
Guangdong Qianghui (QHTC) Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B183 |
Guangdong Sihui Kedi Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B184 |
Guangdong Summit Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B185 |
Guangdong Tianbi Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B186 |
Guangdong Winto Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B187 |
Guangdong Xinghui Ceramics Group Co. Ltd |
B188 |
Guangning County Oudian Art Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B189 |
Guangzhou Cowin Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B190 |
Hangzhou Nabel Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B191 |
Hangzhou Nabel Group Co. Ltd |
B192 |
Hangzhou Venice Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B193 |
Heyuan Becarry Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B194 |
Guangdong Luxury Micro-crystal stone Technology Co., Ltd |
B195 |
Hitom Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B196 |
Huiyang Kingtile Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B197 |
Jiangxi Ouya Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B198 |
Jingdezhen Tidiy Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B199 |
Kim Hin Ceramics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd |
B200 |
Lixian Xinpeng Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B201 |
Louis Valentino (Inner Mongolia) Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B202 |
Louvrenike (Foshan) Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B203 |
Nabel Ceramics (Jiujiang City) Co. Ltd |
B204 |
Ordos Xinghui Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B205 |
Qingdao Diya Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B206 |
Qingyuan Guanxingwang Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B207 |
Qingyuan Oudian Art Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B208 |
Qingyuan Ouya Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B209 |
RAK (Gaoyao) Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B210 |
Shandong ASA Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B211 |
Shandong Dongpeng Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B212 |
Shandong Jialiya Ceramic Co. Ltd |
B213 |
Shanghai CIMIC Holdings Co., Ltd |
B214 |
Sinyih Ceramic (China) Co. Ltd |
B215 |
Sinyih Ceramic (Penglai) Co. Ltd |
B216 |
Southern Building Materials and Sanitary Co. Ltd of Qingyuan |
B217 |
Tangshan Huida Ceramic Group Co. Ltd |
B218 |
Tangshan Huida Ceramic Group Huiquin Co. Ltd |
B219 |
Tegaote Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B220 |
Tianjin Honghui Creative Technology Co., Ltd |
B221 |
Topbro Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B222 |
Xingning Christ Craftworks Co. Ltd |
B223 |
Zhao Qing City Shenghui Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B224 |
Zhaoqing Jin Ouya Ceramics Company Limited |
B225 |
Zhaoqing Zhongheng Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B226 |
Zibo Hualiansheng Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B227 |
Zibo Huaruinuo Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B228 |
Shandong Tongyi Ceramics Co. Ltd |
B229 |
Onna Ceramic Industries (China) Co., Ltd |
B293 |
Everstone Industry (Qingdao) Co., Ltd |
B998 |
Zhuhai Xuri Ceramics Co., Ltd |
C505 |