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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/393 of 26 February 2025 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/393
of 26 February 2025
imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Comments on initiation
1.5.
Sampling
1.6.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.7.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION, PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product under investigation
2.2.
Product concerned
2.3.
Like product
2.4.
Claims regarding product scope
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
People’s Republic of China
3.1.1.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.1.2.
Normal value
3.1.2.1. Existence of significant distortions
3.1.2.2. Arguments raised by interested parties
3.1.2.3. Conclusion
3.1.2.4. Representative country
3.1.2.4.1. General remarks
3.1.2.4.2. A level of economic development similar to China
3.1.2.4.3. Existence of relevant readily available data in the representative country
3.1.2.4.4. Comments of the interested parties
3.1.2.4.5. Level of social and environmental protection
3.1.2.4.6. Conclusion
3.1.2.5. Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.1.2.6. Undistorted costs and benchmarks
3.1.2.6.1. Factors of production
3.1.2.6.2. Raw materials
3.1.2.6.3. Labour
3.1.2.6.4. Electricity
3.1.2.6.5. Natural gas
3.1.2.6.6. Steam
3.1.2.6.7. Lignite
3.1.2.6.8. Consumables
3.1.2.6.9. Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A and profits
3.1.3.
Export price
3.1.4.
Comparison
3.1.4.1. Adjustments made to the normal value
3.1.4.2. Adjustments made to the export price
3.1.5.
Dumping margins
3.2.
General methodology for the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Thailand
3.2.1.
Normal value
3.2.2.
Export price
3.2.3.
Comparison
3.3.
Republic of Korea
3.3.1.
Normal value
3.3.2.
Export price
3.3.3.
Comparison
3.3.3.1. Adjustments made to the normal value
3.3.3.2. Adjustments made to the export price
3.3.4.
Dumping margins
3.4.
Taiwan
3.4.1.
Normal value
3.4.2.
Export price
3.4.3.
Comparison
3.4.3.1. Adjustments made to the normal value
3.4.3.2. Adjustments made to the export price
3.4.4.
Dumping margins
3.5.
Thailand
3.5.1.
Normal value
3.5.2.
Export price
3.5.3.
Comparison
3.5.3.1. Adjustments made to the normal value
3.5.3.2. Adjustments made to the export price
3.5.4.
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
4.4.4.
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
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.3.
Increased cost of production and the energy crisis
5.2.4.
Consumption decline
5.2.5.
Complainants’ business decisions
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
6.2.
Conclusion on the level of measures
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of users
7.3.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.4.
Comments of the users and importers
7.5.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
9.
REGISTRATION
10.
INFORMATION AT PROVISIONAL STAGE
11.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled in the People’s Republic of China