COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1943
of 11 July 2024
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of optical fibre cables originating in India
1. PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
Origin |
Investigation period monthly average |
December 2023 – April 2024 monthly average |
December 2022 – April 2023 monthly average |
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India |
8 591 |
4 541 |
9 731 |
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1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Comments on initiation
1.5.
Sampling
1.6.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.7.
Investigation period and period considered
2. PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION, PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under investigation
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
2.4.
Claims regarding product scope
3. DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.3.1.
Adjustments made to the normal value
3.3.2.
Adjustments made to the export price
3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Provisional dumping margin |
MP Birla Group |
6,9 % |
Sterlite Technologies Limited |
11,4 % |
HFCL Limited |
0 % |
Company |
Provisional dumping margin |
MP Birla Group |
6,9 % |
Sterlite Technologies Limited Group |
11,4 % |
HFCL Group |
0 % |
Other cooperating companies |
9,0 % |
All other companies |
11,4 % |
4. INJURY
4.1.
Unit of measurement
4.2.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.3.
Captive use
4.4.
Union consumption
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Total Union consumption (free and captive) |
2 388 549 |
2 744 968 |
2 578 597 |
2 480 978 |
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Index |
100 |
116 |
108 |
104 |
||
Captive market |
139 500 |
141 971 |
212 803 |
205 264 |
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Index |
100 |
88 |
145 |
145 |
||
Free market |
2 249 049 |
2 602 997 |
2 365 795 |
2 275 714 |
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Index |
100 |
116 |
105 |
101 |
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4.5.
Imports from the country concerned
4.5.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
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2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Volume of dumped imports from the country concerned (cable-km) |
[48 300 –58 500 ] |
[76 300 –92 400 ] |
[136 700 –165 500 ] |
[136 700 –165 400 ] |
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Index |
100 |
158 |
283 |
283 |
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Market share (%) |
[2 –3 ] |
[2 –4 ] |
[5 –7 ] |
[6 –8 ] |
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Index |
100 |
136 |
269 |
279 |
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4.5.2.
Prices of the dumped imports from the country concerned, price undercutting and price suppression
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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India |
1 015 |
593 |
574 |
548 |
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Index |
100 |
58 |
57 |
54 |
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|
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
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Production volume (cable-km) |
1 441 476 |
1 694 627 |
1 755 090 |
1 730 822 |
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Index |
100 |
118 |
122 |
120 |
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Production capacity (cable-km) |
2 475 938 |
2 605 845 |
2 678 345 |
2 796 286 |
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Index |
100 |
105 |
108 |
113 |
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Capacity utilisation (%) |
58 |
65 |
66 |
62 |
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Index |
100 |
112 |
113 |
106 |
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4.6.2.2.
Sales volume and market share
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Total sales volume on the Union market (free and captive) (cable-km) |
1 023 831 |
1 185 920 |
1 212 812 |
1 244 041 |
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Index |
100 |
116 |
118 |
122 |
||
Captive market sales (cable-km) |
139 500 |
141 971 |
212 803 |
205 264 |
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Index |
100 |
102 |
153 |
147 |
||
Market share of captive market sales as % of the free market (%) |
6,4 |
5,6 |
9,3 |
9,3 |
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Index |
100 |
88 |
146 |
146 |
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Free market sales (cable-km) |
884 331 |
1 043 949 |
1 000 009 |
1 038 777 |
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Index |
100 |
118 |
113 |
117 |
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Market share of free market sales (%) |
40,4 |
41,3 |
43,7 |
47,2 |
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Index |
100 |
102 |
108 |
117 |
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|
4.6.2.3.
Growth
4.6.2.4.
Employment and productivity
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Number of employees (FTE) |
4 559 |
4 970 |
5 136 |
5 141 |
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Index |
100 |
109 |
113 |
113 |
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Productivity (cable-km/FTE) |
316 |
341 |
342 |
337 |
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Index |
100 |
108 |
108 |
106 |
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|
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
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Average unit sales price in the Union on the total market (EUR/ cable-km) |
692 |
655 |
667 |
671 |
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Index |
100 |
95 |
96 |
97 |
||
Average unit cost of production (EUR/cable-km) |
608 |
578 |
648 |
662 |
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Index |
100 |
95 |
107 |
109 |
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|
4.6.3.2.
Labour costs
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Average labour costs per employee (EUR) |
30 314 |
30 797 |
32 569 |
35 384 |
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Index |
100 |
102 |
107 |
117 |
||
|
4.6.3.3.
Inventories
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Closing stocks (cable-km) |
51 590 |
55 261 |
44 930 |
62 559 |
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Index |
100 |
107 |
87 |
121 |
||
Closing stocks as a percentage of production (%) |
3,6 |
3,3 |
2,6 |
3,6 |
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Index |
100 |
91 |
72 |
101 |
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|
4.6.3.4.
Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Profitability of sales in the Union to unrelated customers (% of sales turnover) |
12,7 |
10,7 |
3,9 |
3,4 |
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Index |
100 |
84 |
31 |
27 |
||
Cash flow (EUR) |
74 368 597 |
65 137 408 |
36 942 692 |
38 047 732 |
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Index |
100 |
88 |
50 |
51 |
||
Investments (EUR) |
11 062 374 |
5 557 882 |
9 359 958 |
15 934 927 |
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Index |
100 |
50 |
85 |
144 |
||
Return on investments (%) |
31 |
30 |
13 |
18 |
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Index |
100 |
96 |
41 |
57 |
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4.6.4.
Claims related to the injury analysis
4.6.5.
Analysis of tenders
4.6.6.
Conclusion on injury
5. CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
Non-dumped imports from India
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Volume (cable-km) |
[11 000 –14 000 ] |
[41 000 –50 000 ] |
[95 000 –118 000 ] |
[67 000 –83 000 ] |
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Index |
100 |
362 |
845 |
593 |
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Market share (%) |
[0 –1 ] |
[1 –2 ] |
[4 –5 ] |
[2 –4 ] |
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Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
[214 –264 ] |
[350 –432 ] |
[370 –457 ] |
[369 –456 ] |
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Index |
100 |
164 |
173 |
172 |
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|
5.2.2.
Imports from China
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Volume (cable-km) |
843 918 |
876 581 |
487 545 |
514 072 |
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Index |
100 |
104 |
58 |
61 |
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Market share (%) |
37,5 |
33,7 |
20,6 |
22,6 |
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Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
532 |
572 |
774 |
687 |
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Index |
100 |
107 |
145 |
129 |
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|
5.2.3.
Imports from other third countries
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|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Investigation period |
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Morocco |
Volume (cable-km) |
26 431 |
72 886 |
87 911 |
103 567 |
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|
Index |
100 |
276 |
333 |
392 |
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|
Market share (%) |
1,2 |
2,8 |
3,7 |
4,6 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
598 |
438 |
659 |
725 |
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|
Index |
100 |
73 |
110 |
121 |
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United Kingdom |
Volume (cable-km) |
80 442 |
80 442 |
82 631 |
78 103 |
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|
Index |
100 |
100 |
103 |
97 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
3,6 |
3,1 |
3,5 |
3,4 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
658 |
658 |
785 |
845 |
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|
Index |
100 |
100 |
119 |
128 |
||
Türkiye |
Volume (cable-km) |
56 794 |
56 559 |
59 477 |
50 369 |
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|
Index |
100 |
100 |
105 |
89 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
2,5 |
2,2 |
2,5 |
2,2 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
414 |
390 |
408 |
499 |
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|
Index |
100 |
94 |
99 |
121 |
||
South Korea |
Volume (cable-km) |
83 410 |
69 787 |
71 045 |
38 803 |
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|
Index |
100 |
84 |
85 |
47 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
3,7 |
2,7 |
3,0 |
1,7 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
604 |
585 |
723 |
797 |
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|
Index |
100 |
97 |
120 |
132 |
||
Indonesia |
Volume (cable-km) |
64 |
2 523 |
58 233 |
35 734 |
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|
Index |
100 |
3 946 |
91 079 |
55 889 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
0,0 |
0,1 |
2,5 |
1,6 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
10 960 |
3 850 |
973 |
1 039 |
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|
Index |
100 |
35 |
9 |
9 |
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Tunisia |
Volume (cable-km) |
39 486 |
47 284 |
36 414 |
33 996 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
120 |
92 |
86 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
1,8 |
1,8 |
1,5 |
1,5 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
658 |
737 |
847 |
756 |
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|
Index |
100 |
112 |
129 |
115 |
||
Mexico |
Volume (cable-km) |
31 041 |
30 626 |
44 895 |
33 403 |
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|
Index |
100 |
99 |
145 |
108 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
1,4 |
1,2 |
1,9 |
1,5 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
666 |
506 |
598 |
636 |
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|
Index |
100 |
76 |
90 |
95 |
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Switzerland |
Volume (cable-km) |
28 989 |
30 260 |
29 475 |
26 534 |
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|
Index |
100 |
104 |
102 |
92 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
1,3 |
1,2 |
1,2 |
1,2 |
||
|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
829 |
870 |
1 039 |
1 153 |
||
|
Index |
100 |
105 |
125 |
139 |
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Other third countries |
Volume (cable-km) |
109 988 |
163 777 |
152 108 |
99 783 |
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|
Index |
100 |
149 |
138 |
91 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
4,9 |
6,3 |
6,4 |
4,4 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
1 603 |
1 219 |
1 321 |
1 974 |
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|
Index |
100 |
76 |
82 |
123 |
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Total of all third countries excluding India and China |
Volume (cable-km) |
456 645 |
554 145 |
622 190 |
500 291 |
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|
Index |
100 |
121 |
136 |
110 |
||
|
Market share (%) |
20,3 |
24,0 |
27,7 |
22,2 |
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|
Average price (EUR/ cable-km) |
855 |
783 |
875 |
1 017 |
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|
Index |
100 |
92 |
102 |
119 |
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5.2.4.
Captive sales
5.2.5.
Raw material and energy cost
5.2.6.
Effect of other factors
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6. LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Injury margin (%) |
MP Birla Group |
6,9 |
86,7 |
Sterlite Technologies Limited Group |
11,4 |
41,2 |
Other cooperating companies |
9,0 |
63,1 |
All other companies |
11,4 |
86,7 |
7. UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.3.
Interest of users, installers, and distributors
7.4.
Supply on the Union market
7.5.
Competitive situation on the Union market
7.6.
Other factors
7.7.
Conclusion on Union interest
8. PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty |
Birla Cable Ltd; Universal Cables Ltd; Vindhya Telelinks Ltd |
6,9 % |
Sterlite Technologies Limited; Sterlite Tech Cables Solutions Limited |
11,4 % |
Other cooperating companies |
9,0 % |
All other companies |
11,4 % |
9. INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
10. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Company |
Provisional anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
Birla Cable Ltd; Universal Cables Ltd; Vindhya Telelinks Ltd |
6,9 % |
89CF |
Sterlite Technologies Limited; Sterlite Tech Cables Solutions Limited |
11,4 % |
89CG |
Other cooperating companies listed in Annex |
9,0 % |
|
All other imports originating in India |
11,4 % |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
ANNEX
INDIAN COOPERATING EXPORTING PRODUCERS NOT SAMPLED
Country |
Name |
TARIC additional code |
India |
Aberdare Technologies Private Limited |
89CI |
India |
Aksh Optifibre Limited |
89CJ |
India |
Apar Industries Limited |
89CK |
India |
Polycab India Limited |
89CL |
India |
UM Cables Limited |
89CM |
India |
ZTT India Private Limited |
89CN |