COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/1930
of 8 November 2021
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of birch plywood originating in Russia
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Amendment to the Notice of initiation
1.3.
Registration
1.4.
Provisional measures
1.5.
Subsequent procedure
1.5.1.
Request for suspension of duties
1.5.2.
Request not to collect provisional duties
1.6.
Sampling
1.7.
Individual examination
1.8.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Claims regarding the product scope
2.2.
Claims regarding product exclusion
2.3.
Conclusion
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.2.
Export price
3.3.
Comparison
3.4.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
Zheshartsky LРK LLC |
15,80 % |
Sveza Group |
14,40 % |
Syktyvkar Plywood Mill |
15,72 % |
Other cooperating companies |
14,85 % |
All other companies |
15,80 % |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Total Union consumption |
1 755 656 |
1 855 185 |
1 829 570 |
1 762 318 |
Index |
100 |
106 |
104 |
100 |
Source: Complainant, sampled Union producers and Eurostat. |
4.3.
Imports from the country concerned
4.3.1.
Methodology for the identification of imports of the product concerned
4.3.2.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Volume of imports from Russia (m3) |
710 163 |
773 521 |
809 267 |
812 521 |
Index |
100 |
109 |
114 |
114 |
Market share |
40 % |
42 % |
44 % |
46 % |
Index |
100 |
103 |
109 |
114 |
Source: Eurostat. |
4.3.3.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Russia |
646 |
681 |
608 |
584 |
Index |
100 |
105 |
94 |
90 |
Source: Eurostat. |
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
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
IP |
Total sales volume on the Union market (m3) |
821 341 |
818 621 |
757 103 |
680 243 |
Index |
100 |
100 |
92 |
83 |
Market share |
47 % |
44 % |
41 % |
39 % |
Index |
100 |
94 |
88 |
83 |
Source: Complainant, sampled Union producers and Eurostat. |
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.
Imports from third countries
Country |
|
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
Investigation period |
Ukraine |
Volume (m3) |
67 831 |
83 465 |
86 795 |
88 303 |
|
Index |
100 |
123 |
128 |
130 |
|
Market share |
4 % |
4 % |
5 % |
5 % |
|
Average price (EUR / tonne) |
651 |
725 |
641 |
616 |
|
Index |
100 |
111 |
98 |
95 |
Belarus |
Volume (m3) |
124 561 |
141 310 |
138 307 |
145 731 |
|
Index |
100 |
113 |
111 |
117 |
|
Market share |
7 % |
8 % |
8 % |
8 % |
|
Average price (EUR / tonne) |
403 |
481 |
387 |
363 |
|
Index |
100 |
119 |
96 |
90 |
Other third countries(22) |
Volume (m3) |
31 760 |
38 267 |
38 097 |
35 520 |
|
Index |
100 |
120 |
120 |
112 |
|
Market share |
2 % |
2 % |
2 % |
2 % |
|
Average price (EUR / tonne) |
566 |
576 |
565 |
561 |
|
Index |
100 |
102 |
100 |
99 |
Total of all third countries except Russia |
Volume (m3) |
224 153 |
263 043 |
263 199 |
269 555 |
|
Index |
100 |
117 |
117 |
120 |
|
Market share |
13 % |
14 % |
14 % |
15 % |
|
Average price (EUR / tonne) |
537 |
574 |
535 |
520 |
|
Index |
100 |
107 |
100 |
97 |
Source: Eurostat. |
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.3.
Competitive disadvantage in access to the main raw material
5.2.4.
Self-inflected injury
5.2.5.
Strikes in Finland
5.2.6.
COVID-19 effects
5.2.7.
Product comparability
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
Country |
Company |
Injury margin |
Russia |
Zheshartsky LРK LLC |
58,3 % |
Sveza Group |
32,2 % |
|
Syktyvkar Plywood Mill |
43,8 % |
|
Other cooperating companies |
39,9 % |
|
All other companies |
58,3 % |
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.3.
Interest of users
7.4.
Interest of suppliers
7.5.
Other interested parties: other plywood producers, environmental interest
7.6.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
Zheshartsky LРK LLC |
15,80 % |
Sveza Group |
14,40 % |
Syktyvkar Plywood Mill |
15,72 % |
Other cooperating companies |
14,85 % |
All other companies |
15,80 % |
8.2.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
9.
UNDERTAKING OFFERS
10.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty |
TARIC additional code |
Zheshartsky LРK LLC |
15,80 % |
C661 |
Sveza Group composed of seven exporting producers: “SVEZA Tyumen” Limited Liability Company; Joint Stock Company “SVEZA Ust-Izhora”; Joint Stock Company “SVEZA Verhnaya Sinyachiha”; Joint Stock Company “SVEZA Kostroma”; Joint Stock Company “SVEZA Manturovo”; Joint Stock Company “SVEZA Novator”; Limited Liability Company “SVEZA Uralskiy” |
14,40 % |
C659 |
Syktyvkar Plywood Mill Ltd. |
15,72 % |
C660 |
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex |
14,85 % |
|
All other companies |
15,80 % |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled
Name |
TARIC additional code |
Arkhangelsk Plywood Plant JSC |
C662 |
CJSC Murom |
C663 |
LLC InvestForest |
C664 |
Joint Stock Company Bryansk Plywood Mill |
C665 |
Joint-Stock Company Krasnyi Yakor |
C666 |
Limited Liability Company Fanernyiy Zavod |
C667 |
Limited Liability Company UPM-Kymmene Chudovo |
C668 |
LLC Murashinskiy plywood plant |
C669 |
Parfino Plywood Factori |
C670 |
ZAO Plyterra |
C671 |
Plywood Plant Vlast Truda JSC |
C672 |
Limited Liability Company Vyatsky Plywood Mill |
C673 |