(213) The like product was manufactured by 18 producers in the Union during the period considered. They constitute the ‘Union industry’ within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic Regulation.
(214) The total Union production during the review investigation period was established at around 918,7 million m
2
. The Commission established the figure on the basis of the questionnaires replies from the three sampled union producers and the macro-indicator questionnaire reply submitted by the applicant.
(215) As indicated in recital (18), sampling was applied for the determination of possible continuation or recurrence of injury suffered by the Union industry. The three Union producers selected in the sample represented 72 % of the total Union production of the like product.
4.2.
Union consumption
(216) The Commission established the Union consumption on the basis of: (a) the applicant’s data concerning Union industry’s sales of the like product, partially cross-checked with the sales volumes reported by sampled Union producers; and (b) imports of the product under review from all third countries as reported in Eurostat and Surveillance (93).
(217) Union consumption developed as follows:
Table 2
Union consumption (m
2
)
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2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
RIP |
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Total Union consumption |
843 708 606 |
865 438 401 |
1 013 312 192 |
957 318 764 |
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Index (2019 = 100) |
100 |
103 |
120 |
113 |
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