COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/1268
of 6 May 2024
extending the definitive countervailing duties imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/433 on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in Indonesia to imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products consigned from Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Taiwan, Türkiye and Vietnam or not
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Previous investigations and existing measures
1.2.
Request
1.3.
Product concerned and product under investigation
1.4.
Initiation
1.5.
Comments on initiation
1.6.
Investigation period and reporting period
1.7.
Investigation
2.
RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION
2.1.
General considerations
2.2.
Change in the pattern of trade between Indonesia and the Union
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Indonesia |
106 483 |
107 362 |
51 382 |
7 634 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
101 |
48 |
7 |
||
Share total imports |
14 % |
12 % |
4 % |
1 % |
||
Total imports |
766 159 |
893 672 |
1 295 790 |
838 007 |
||
|
2.3.
Results of the investigation in Taiwan
2.3.1.
Degree of cooperation
2.3.2.
Change in the pattern of trade in Taiwan
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Taiwan |
125 072 |
218 784 |
251 304 |
186 872 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
175 |
201 |
149 |
||
Share total imports |
16 % |
24 % |
19 % |
22 % |
||
Total imports |
766 159 |
893 672 |
1 295 790 |
838 007 |
||
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Slabs |
93 085 |
190 908 |
140 272 |
141 041 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
205 |
151 |
152 |
||
SSHR |
529 143 |
817 705 |
563 534 |
631 208 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
155 |
106 |
119 |
||
Total Slabs and SSHR |
622 228 |
1 008 614 |
703 805 |
772 249 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
162 |
113 |
124 |
||
|
2.3.2.1. Conclusion on the change in the pattern of trade in Taiwan
2.3.3.
Practice, process or work for which there was insufficient due cause or economic justification other than the imposition of the duty
2.3.4.
Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty
2.3.5.
Evidence of subsidisation
2.4.
Results of the investigation in Türkiye
2.4.1.
Degree of cooperation
2.4.2.
Change in the pattern of trade in Türkiye
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Türkiye |
73 835 |
105 619 |
125 072 |
105 116 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
143 |
169 |
142 |
||
Share total imports |
10 % |
12 % |
10 % |
13 % |
||
Total imports |
766 159 |
893 672 |
1 295 790 |
838 007 |
||
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Slabs |
24 241 |
50 378 |
20 328 |
81 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
208 |
84 |
0 |
||
SSHR |
23 560 |
84 443 |
84 126 |
77 544 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
358 |
357 |
329 |
||
|
2.4.3.
Practice, process or work for which there was insufficient due cause or economic justification other than the imposition of the duty
2.4.4.
Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty
2.4.5.
Evidence of subsidisation
2.5.
Results of the investigation in Vietnam
2.5.1.
Degree of cooperation
2.5.2.
Change in the pattern of trade in Vietnam
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
Vietnam |
35 345 |
51 566 |
87 606 |
96 668 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
146 |
248 |
274 |
||
Share total imports |
4,6 % |
5,8 % |
6,8 % |
11,5 % |
||
Total imports |
766 159 |
893 672 |
1 295 790 |
838 007 |
||
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
RP |
||
SSHR |
184 018 |
245 603 |
361 082 |
397 923 |
||
Index (base = 2020) |
100 |
133 |
196 |
216 |
||
|
2.5.3. Practice, process or work for which there was insufficient due cause or economic justification other than the imposition of the duty
2.5.4.
Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty
2.5.5.
Evidence of subsidisation
3.
MEASURES
4.
REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION
4.1.
Taiwan
4.1.1.
Start or substantial increase of operations, value of parts and added value
4.2.
Türkiye
4.2.1.
Trinox Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (‘Trinox’)
4.2.1.1. Start or substantial increase of operations
4.2.1.2. Value of parts and added value
4.2.1.3. Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty
4.2.1.4. Imported like product benefitting from the subsidy
4.2.1.5. Conclusion on the exemption request
4.2.2.
Posco Assan TST Celik Sanayi A.Ş.
4.3.
Vietnam
4.3.1.
Lam Khang Joint Stock Company
4.3.1.1. Start or substantial increase of operations
4.3.1.2. Value of parts and added value
4.3.1.3. Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty
4.3.1.4. Imported like product benefitting from the subsidy
4.3.1.5. Conclusion on the exemption request
4.3.2.
Posco VST Co., Ltd.
4.3.3.
Yongjin Metal Technology (Vietnam) Company Limited
4.3.3.1. Start or substantial increase of operations
4.3.3.2. Value of parts and added value
4.3.3.3. Undermining of the remedial effects of the duty and evidence of subsidization
4.3.3.4. Imported like product benefitting from the subsidy
4.3.3.5. Conclusion on the exemption request
5.
STRENGTHENING OF THE IMPORT REQUIREMENTS AND MONITORING
6.
DISCLOSURE
Article 1
Country |
Company |
TARIC additional code |
Taiwan |
Chia Far Industrial Factory Co., Ltd. Tang Eng Iron Works Co., Ltd. Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd. Walsin Lihwa Corporation Yieh United Steel Corporation Yuan Long Stainless Steel Corp. |
89AH |
Türkiye |
Posco Assan TST Celik Sanayi A.Ş. |
89AK |
Vietnam |
Posco VST Co., Ltd. |
89AJ |