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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1811 of 14 October 2021 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of calcium silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1811
of 14 October 2021
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of calcium silicon originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Interested parties
1.3.
Comments on initiation
1.4.
Sampling
1.4.1.
Union producers
1.4.2.
Sampling of importers
1.4.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in the PRC
1.5.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.6.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product concerned
2.2.
Like product
2.3.
Claims regarding product scope
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.2.
Normal Value
3.2.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.3.
Representative country
3.3.1.
General remarks
3.3.2.
A level of economic development similar to the PRC
3.3.3.
Availability of relevant public data in the representative country
3.3.4.
Level of social and environmental protection
3.3.5.
Conclusion
3.4.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.5.
Undistorted costs and benchmarks
3.5.1.
Factors of production
3.5.1.1. Raw materials and scrap/by-products
3.5.1.2. Labour
3.5.1.3. Electricity
3.5.1.4. Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A, profits and depreciation
3.5.2.
Calculation of normal value
3.6.
Export price
3.7.
Comparison
3.8.
Dumping margins
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Determination of the relevant Union market
4.3.
Union consumption
4.4.
Imports from the PRC
4.4.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the PRC
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the PRC and price undercutting
4.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.5.1.
General remarks
4.5.2.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
4.5.3.
Sales volume and market share
4.5.4.
Growth
4.5.5.
Employment and productivity
4.5.6.
Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.5.7.
Prices and factors affecting prices
4.5.8.
Labour costs
4.5.9.
Inventories
4.5.10.
Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
4.5.11.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
The fall in consumption
5.2.2.
Increases in the cost of production
5.2.3.
Purchases of calcium silicon replacing own production
5.2.4.
Production of other products replacing production of calcium silicon
5.2.5.
Imports from third countries
5.2.6.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.7.
Captive use
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Underselling margin
6.2.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry
6.2.1.
Raw material distortions
6.3.
Conclusion on the level of measures
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers and cored wire manufacturers
7.3.
Interest of end users
7.4.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
9.
INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
10.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3