COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2024/842
of 11 March 2024
re-imposing safeguard measures with regard to imports of Indica rice originating in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
The judgment in Case T-246/19
1.2.
Implementation of the Judgment
1.3.
Comments from interested parties upon reopening
1.4.
Disclosure
2.
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE GENERAL COURT
2.1.
Product concerned and like or directly competing product
2.2.
Definition of the Union industry
3.
RESULT OF THE REASSESSMENT OF THE UNION INDUSTRY
3.1.
Existence of serious difficulties
3.1.1.
Union consumption
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Consumption |
1 502 020 |
1 583 957 |
1 589 263 |
1 628 824 |
1 564 224 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
106 |
108 |
104 |
||
|
3.1.2.
Increased imports from Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma and their respective market share
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Volume of imports from Cambodia |
163 786 |
224 426 |
248 912 |
298 717 |
253 867 |
||
Index |
100 |
137 |
152 |
182 |
155 |
||
Volume of imports from Myanmar/Burma |
2 075 |
28 666 |
52 689 |
35 958 |
62 808 |
||
Index |
100 |
1 381 |
2 539 |
1 733 |
3 027 |
||
Total Cambodia & Myanmar/Burma imports |
165 861 |
253 091 |
301 601 |
334 675 |
316 675 |
||
Index |
100 |
153 |
182 |
202 |
191 |
||
Estimated Union production(17) |
1 111 772 |
1 119 099 |
1 029 042 |
1 057 764 |
944 271 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
93 |
95 |
85 |
||
Cambodia imports/Est. Union production |
15 % |
20 % |
24 % |
28 % |
27 % |
||
Myanmar/Burma imports/Est. Union production |
0 % |
3 % |
5 % |
4 % |
7 % |
||
Total Cambodia & Myanmar/Burma imports/Est. Union production |
15 % |
23 % |
29 % |
32 % |
34 % |
||
|
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Volume of imports from Cambodia |
163 786 |
224 426 |
248 912 |
298 717 |
253 867 |
||
Volume of imports from Myanmar/Burma |
2 075 |
28 666 |
52 689 |
35 958 |
62 808 |
||
Volume of imports from the countries concerned |
165 861 |
253 091 |
301 601 |
334 675 |
316 675 |
||
Volume of total imports |
430 096 |
531 014 |
596 774 |
630 416 |
632 277 |
||
Share of Cambodia imports |
38 % |
42 % |
42 % |
47 % |
40 % |
||
Index |
100 |
111 |
110 |
124 |
105 |
||
Share of Myanmar/Burma imports |
0,5 % |
6 % |
9 % |
6 % |
10 % |
||
Index |
100 |
1 119 |
1 830 |
1 182 |
2 059 |
||
Share of imports of the countries concerned |
39 % |
48 % |
51 % |
53 % |
50 % |
||
Index |
100 |
124 |
131 |
138 |
130 |
||
|
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Market share of imports from Cambodia |
10,9 % |
14,2 % |
15,7 % |
18,3 % |
16,2 % |
||
Index |
100 |
130 |
144 |
168 |
149 |
||
Market share of imports from Myanmar/Burma |
0,1 % |
1,8 % |
3,3 % |
2,2 % |
4,0 % |
||
Index |
100 |
1 310 |
2 400 |
1 598 |
2 907 |
||
Market share of imports from the countries concerned |
11,0 % |
16,0 % |
19,0 % |
20,5 % |
20,2 % |
||
Index |
100 |
145 |
172 |
186 |
183 |
||
|
3.1.3.
Import prices
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Cambodia price (EUR/tonne) |
588,4 |
512,9 |
562,6 |
547,4 |
552,2 |
||
Index |
100 |
87 |
96 |
93 |
94 |
||
Myanmar/Burma price (EUR/tonne) |
420,0 |
366,5 |
414,7 |
410,1 |
405,4 |
||
Index |
100 |
87 |
99 |
98 |
97 |
||
Countries concerned weighted average price (EUR/tonne) |
586,3 |
496,3 |
536,7 |
532,6 |
523,1 |
||
Index |
100 |
85 |
92 |
91 |
89 |
||
|
3.1.4.
Economic situation of the Union industry
3.1.5.
Union industry’s market share
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Consumption |
1 502 020 |
1 583 957 |
1 589 263 |
1 628 824 |
1 564 224 |
||
Index |
100 |
105 |
106 |
108 |
104 |
||
Market share |
71,4 % |
66,5 % |
62,4 % |
61,3 % |
59,6 % |
||
Index |
100 |
93 |
88 |
86 |
83 |
||
|
4.
PRODUCTION
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Usable production of paddy rice in the Union |
685 183 |
676 984 |
545 677 |
447 255 |
423 963 |
||
– Rice seeds |
12 071 |
10 292 |
8 415 |
7 592 |
8 541 |
||
+ Imports raw material (paddy/Husked) |
440 153 |
454 852 |
493 894 |
619 786 |
530 946 |
||
– Exports raw material (paddy/Husked) |
1 493 |
2 445 |
2 115 |
1 686 |
2 098 |
||
Estimated Union production |
1 111 772 |
1 119 099 |
1 029 042 |
1 057 764 |
944 271 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
93 |
95 |
85 |
||
|
4.1.1.
Production capacity and capacity utilisation
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Production capacity |
304 231 |
304 231 |
304 231 |
304 231 |
304 231 |
||
Index |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
||
Production |
183 581 |
180 387 |
184 891 |
167 505 |
165 080 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
101 |
91 |
90 |
||
Capacity utilisation |
60,3 % |
59,3 % |
60,8 % |
55,1 % |
54,3 % |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
101 |
91 |
90 |
||
|
4.1.2.
Stocks
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Closing Stocks |
12 378 |
10 989 |
15 299 |
10 138 |
20 002 |
||
Index |
100 |
89 |
124 |
82 |
162 |
||
Production |
183 581 |
180 387 |
184 891 |
167 505 |
165 080 |
||
Closing stock as a percentage of production |
7 % |
6 % |
8 % |
6 % |
12 % |
||
Index |
100 |
90 |
123 |
90 |
180 |
||
|
4.1.3.
Sales volume
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Total sales volume in the Union |
1 071 923 |
1 052 943 |
992 488 |
998 408 |
931 947 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
93 |
93 |
87 |
||
Sales volume on the Union market – unrelated customers |
205 626 |
200 999 |
202 131 |
186 139 |
179 069 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
98 |
91 |
87 |
||
|
4.1.4.
Sales price, cost of production and profitability
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Average unit sales price in the Union (EUR/tonne) |
723,8 |
729,7 |
767,3 |
786,7 |
805,3 |
||
Index |
100 |
101 |
106 |
109 |
111 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
719 |
704 |
725 |
759 |
815 |
||
Index |
100 |
98 |
101 |
106 |
113 |
||
Profitability |
0,7 % |
3,5 % |
5,6 % |
3,6 % |
–1,2 % |
||
Index |
100 |
516 |
809 |
521 |
– 175 |
||
|
4.1.5.
Employment
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Number of employees |
224 |
223 |
176 |
151 |
158 |
||
Index |
100 |
99 |
78 |
67 |
70 |
||
|
4.1.6.
Bankruptcies
4.2.
Conclusion on the existence of serious difficulties
4.3.
Analysis of causation factors
4.3.1.
Effects of imports from Cambodia
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Market share of the Union industry |
71,4 % |
66,5 % |
62,4 % |
61,3 % |
59,6 % |
||
Cambodia market share |
10,9 % |
14,2 % |
15,7 % |
18,3 % |
16,2 % |
||
|
4.3.2.
Effects of imports from Myanmar/Burma
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Market share of the Union industry |
71,4 % |
66,5 % |
62,4 % |
61,3 % |
59,6 % |
||
Myanmar/Burma market share |
0,1 % |
1,8 % |
3,3 % |
2,2 % |
4,0 % |
||
|
4.3.3.
Price and cost evolution
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Average unit sales price in the Union (EUR/tonne) |
723,8 |
729,7 |
767,3 |
786,7 |
805,3 |
||
Unit cost of production (EUR/tonne) |
718,9 |
703,8 |
724,7 |
758,6 |
815,0 |
||
Cambodia import price (EUR/tonne) |
600,8 |
523,6 |
574,4 |
558,9 |
563,8 |
||
Myanmar/Burma import price (EUR/tonne) |
428,8 |
374,2 |
423,4 |
418,7 |
413,9 |
||
Cambodia price difference (in %) |
17,0 |
28,2 |
25,1 |
29,0 |
30,0 |
||
Myanmar/Burma price difference (in %) |
40,8 |
48,7 |
44,8 |
46,8 |
48,6 |
||
|
4.3.4.
Other factors
Country |
|
MY2012 |
MY2013 |
MY2014 |
MY2015 |
MY2016 |
||
Thailand |
volume |
137 240 |
138 540 |
136 370 |
141 263 |
150 409 |
||
index |
100 |
101 |
99 |
103 |
110 |
|||
Market share |
9,1 % |
8,7 % |
8,6 % |
8,7 % |
9,6 % |
|||
average price |
939 |
861 |
893 |
822 |
741 |
|||
index |
100 |
92 |
95 |
88 |
79 |
|||
India |
volume |
53 326 |
47 083 |
64 992 |
72 373 |
79 683 |
||
index |
100 |
88 |
122 |
136 |
149 |
|||
Market share |
3,6 % |
3,0 % |
4,1 % |
4,4 % |
5,1 % |
|||
average price |
913 |
1 056 |
1 058 |
893 |
959 |
|||
index |
100 |
116 |
116 |
98 |
105 |
|||
Pakistan |
volume |
27 438 |
35 201 |
37 634 |
34 991 |
32 616 |
||
index |
100 |
128 |
137 |
128 |
119 |
|||
Market share |
1,8 % |
2,2 % |
2,4 % |
2,1 % |
2,1 % |
|||
average price |
921 |
1 003 |
1 004 |
838 |
926 |
|||
index |
100 |
109 |
109 |
91 |
101 |
|||
Thailand, India, Pakistan aggregated |
volume |
218 004 |
220 824 |
238 996 |
248 627 |
262 708 |
||
index |
100 |
101 |
110 |
114 |
121 |
|||
Market share |
14,5 % |
13,9 % |
15,0 % |
15,3 % |
16,8 % |
|||
average price |
930 |
926 |
955 |
845 |
831 |
|||
index |
100 |
100 |
103 |
91 |
89 |
|||
All third countries (including Thailand, India, Pakistan) but not Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma |
volume |
264 235 |
277 922 |
295 174 |
295 741 |
315 602 |
||
index |
100 |
105 |
112 |
112 |
119 |
|||
Market share |
17,6 % |
17,5 % |
18,6 % |
18,2 % |
20,2 % |
|||
average price |
860 |
837 |
879 |
802 |
775 |
|||
index |
100 |
97 |
102 |
93 |
90 |
|||
|
4.3.5.
Conclusion on causation
5.
DISCLOSURE
6.
FINAL CONCLUSIONS
|
year 1 |
year 2 |
year 3 |
Duty (EUR/tonne) |
175 |
150 |
125 |