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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/558 of 6 April 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/558
of 6 April 2022
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Provisional measures
1.4.
Subsequent procedure
1.5.
Claim of excessive use of confidential information
1.6.
Request that the Commission considers the suspension of the anti-dumping measures pursuant to Article 14(4) of the basic Regulation
1.7.
Sampling
1.8.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Claims regarding product scope and product exclusion
2.2.
Conclusion
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.1.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.1.2.
Conclusion
3.1.3.
Representative country
3.1.4.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs for factors of production
3.1.4.1. Raw materials used in the production process
3.1.4.2. Electricity
3.1.4.3. SG&A percentage
3.1.4.4. Consumables, manufacturing overheads and transportation costs for the supply of raw materials
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.4.
Comments submitted following final disclosure
3.5.
Dumping margins
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from the country concerned
4.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
4.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
4.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.4.1.
General remarks
4.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.4.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
4.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
4.4.2.3. Growth
4.4.2.4. Employment and productivity
4.4.2.5. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.5.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
The COVID-19 pandemic
5.2.2.
The impact of GrafTech’s LTAs
5.2.3.
Imports from third countries
5.2.4.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.5.
Consumption
5.2.6.
Captive use
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
UNION INTEREST
6.1.
Interest of the Union industry
6.2.
Interest of unrelated importers and traders
6.3.
Interest of users
6.4.
Other factors
6.5.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
7.1.
Injury elimination level
7.2.
Raw materials distortion
7.3.
Definitive measures
7.4.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
8.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5