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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/492 of 1 April 2020 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/492
of 1 April 2020
imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration of imports
1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Sampling
1.4.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.4.2.
Sampling of importers
1.4.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in the PRC
1.5.
Individual examination
1.6.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.7.
Non-cooperation
1.8.
Request for confidentiality under Article 19 of the basic Regulation
1.9.
Investigation period and period considered
1.10.
Non-imposition of provisional measures and subsequent procedure
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product concerned
2.2.
Like product
2.3.
Claims regarding product scope
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Preliminary remarks
3.2.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value for exporting producer in the PRC under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.3.
Normal value for the cooperating exporting producers
3.3.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.3.1.1. Introduction
3.3.1.2. Significant distortions affecting the domestic prices and costs in the PRC
3.3.1.3. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), first indent of the basic Regulation: the market in question being served to a significant extent by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country
3.3.1.4. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), second indent of the basic Regulation: State presence in firms allowing the State to interfere with respect to prices or costs
3.3.1.5. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), third indent of the basic Regulation: public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces
3.3.1.6. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), fourth indent of the basic Regulation: the lack, discriminatory application or inadequate enforcement of bankruptcy, corporate or property laws
3.3.1.7. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), fifth indent of the basic Regulation: wage costs being distorted
3.3.1.8. Significant distortions according to Article 2(6a)(b), sixth indent of the basic Regulation: access to finance granted by institutions which implement public policy objectives or otherwise not acting independently of the State
3.3.1.9. Systemic nature of the distortions described
3.3.1.10. Conclusion
3.3.2.
Representative country
3.3.2.1. General remarks
3.3.2.2. A level of economic development similar to the PRC
3.3.2.3. Production of the product under investigation in the representative country and availability of the relevant public data in the representative country
3.3.2.4. Level of social and environmental protection
3.3.2.5. Conclusion
3.3.3.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.3.4.
Undistorted costs and benchmarks
3.3.4.1. Factors of production
(1)
Raw materials and scrap
(2)
Labour
(3)
Electricity and natural gas
(4)
Consumables/negligible quantities
3.3.4.2. Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A and profits
3.3.4.3. Calculation of the normal value
3.4.
Normal value for the non-cooperating sampled companies
3.5.
Export price for the cooperating sampled companies
3.6.
Export price for the non-cooperating sampled companies
3.7.
Comparison
3.8.
Dumping margin
3.9.
Exporting producers
3.10.
Normal value
3.10.1.
Calculation of normal value
3.11.
Export price
3.12.
Comparison
3.13.
Dumping margins
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from the countries concerned
4.3.1.
Cumulative assessment of the effects of imports from the countries concerned
4.3.2.
Volume and market share of the imports from the countries concerned
4.3.3.
Prices of the imports from the countries 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
4.4.3.1. Prices and factors affecting prices
4.4.3.2. Labour costs
4.4.3.3. Inventories
4.4.3.4. Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
4.5.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
Imports from other third countries
5.2.2.
Decrease of GFF demand in the Union between 2017 and the investigation period
5.2.3.
Increase of raw material cost
5.2.4.
Lack of flexibility of the Union industry
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
UNION INTEREST
6.1.
Interest of the Union industry
6.2.
Interest of the users
6.2.1.
Wind turbine producers
(i)
Supply stability
(ii)
Competitiveness of the wind energy industry
(iii)
Relocation of the blade production
(iv)
Renewable energy policy
6.2.2.
Ski producers and other users
6.3.
Suppliers
6.4.
Importers
6.5.
Cutting and kitting service providers
6.6.
Conclusion on Union interest
7.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
7.1.
Injury elimination level (injury margin)
7.2.
Definitive measures
7.3.
Special monitoring clause
8.
DISCLOSURE
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
ANNEX
Cooperating Chinese exporting producers not sampled