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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2239 of 15 December 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain utility scale steel wind towers originating in the People’s Republic of China

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/2239
of 15 December 2021
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain utility scale steel wind towers originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Interested parties and comments on initiation
1.3.
Sampling
1.3.1.
Sampling of Union producers
1.3.2.
Sampling of importers
1.3.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in China
1.4.
Individual examination
1.5.
Replies to questionnaires
1.6.
Investigation period and period considered
1.7.
Non-imposition of provisional measures
1.8.
Subsequent procedure
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Product concerned
2.2.
Like product
2.3.
Claims regarding the product scope
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.2.
Normal value
3.2.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.2.2.
Representative country
3.2.2.1.
General remarks
3.2.2.2.
A level of economic development similar to the PRC
3.2.2.3.
Production of the product under investigation
3.2.2.4.
Availability of relevant public data in the representative country
(a) Financial information
(b) Distortions concerning factors of production
3.2.2.5.
Level of social and environmental protection
3.2.2.6.
Conclusion
3.2.2.7.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.2.3.
Undistorted costs and benchmarks
3.2.3.1.
Factors of production
3.2.3.2.
Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A and profits
3.2.4.
Calculation
3.3.
Export price
3.4.
Comparison
3.5.
Dumping margin
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from China
4.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from China
4.3.2.
Prices of the imports from China 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 third countries
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.3.
Offshore demand
5.2.4.
Raw material prices
5.2.5.
Production facilities issues
5.2.6.
Competition of wind power with other energy sources
5.2.7.
Non-steel towers
5.2.8.
Other factors
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
6.2.
Conclusion on the level of the measures
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.
Environmental interests
7.6.
Other factors
7.7.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Preliminary comment
8.2.
Definitive measures
9.
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
ANNEX
Cooperating exporting producers not sampled