INHALT

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/402 of 9 March 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil 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

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/402
of 9 March 2022
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain aluminium foil 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.
Sampling
1.6.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.6.2.
Sampling of importers
1.6.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in the PRC
1.7.
Questionnaire replies and remote cross-checking
2.
PRODUCT UNDER REVIEW AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under review
2.2.
Like product
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Preliminary remarks
3.2.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.3.
Normal value
3.3.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.3.2.
Representative country
(a)
General remarks
(b)
A level of economic development similar to the PRC and production of the product under review
(c)
Availability of relevant public data in the representative country
(d)
Level of social and environmental protection
(e)
Conclusion on the representative country
3.3.3.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.3.4.
Factors of production
(1)
Raw materials and by-product
(2)
Labour
(3)
Electricity
(4)
Natural gas
(5)
Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A and profits
3.3.5.
Calculation of the normal value
3.4.
Export price
3.5.
Comparison and dumping margin
3.6.
Conclusion
4.
LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUATION OF DUMPING SHOULD THE MEASURES LAPSE
4.1.
Production capacity and spare capacity in the PRC
4.2.
Demand in the Chinese domestic market and other third country markets
4.3.
Price behaviour of the Chinese exporting producers to other third country markets
4.4.
Attractiveness of the Union market
4.5.
Conclusion on the likelihood of continuation of dumping
5.
INJURY
5.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
5.2.
Union consumption
5.3.
Imports from the PRC
5.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the PRC
5.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
5.3.3.
Imports from third countries other than the PRC
5.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
5.4.1.
General remarks
5.4.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
5.4.2.1. Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
5.4.2.2. Sales volume and market share
5.4.2.3. Growth
5.4.2.4. Employment and productivity
5.4.2.5. Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
5.4.3.
Microeconomic indicators
5.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
5.4.3.2. Labour costs
5.4.3.3. Inventories
5.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
5.4.4.
Conclusion on injury
6.
LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF INJURY
6.1.
Production volume and spare capacity in the PRC – attractiveness of the Union market
6.2.
Likely price levels of imports from the PRC and their impact on the Union industry’s situation should the measures lapse
6.3.
Existence of circumvention practices
6.4.
Conclusion
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers, traders and users
7.3.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
Article 1
Article 2