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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/4 of 17 December 2024 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of titanium dioxide originating in the People’s Republic of China

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/4
of 17 December 2024
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of titanium dioxide originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Provisional measures
1.4.
Subsequent procedure
1.5.
Claims on initiation
1.6.
Sampling
1.7.
Individual examination
1.8.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.9.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
Claims regarding product scope
2.1.1.
Masterbatch White
2.1.2.
Claims on the PCN structure
2.1.3.
Product exclusion requests
2.1.3.1.
Requests that were not considered at the provisional stage
2.1.3.1.1. Uncoated TiO
2
for non-white pigments
2.1.3.1.2. Food-grade TiO
2
2.1.3.1.3. Exclusion of TiO
2
produced applying the chloride process
2.1.3.1.4. Exclusion of anatase TiO
2
2.1.3.1.5. TiO
2
used in sunscreens
2.1.3.2.
Requests that were considered at the provisional stage
2.1.3.2.1. Laminate-grade TiO
2
2.1.3.2.2. TiO
2
of purity of 99,9 % or more
2.1.3.2.3. Graphic TiO
2
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Normal value
3.2.
Sources used to establish costs and benchmarks
3.2.1.
Sources used to establish the reasonable and undistorted amounts for SG&A costs and for profit
3.2.2.
Export price
3.2.3.
Comparison
3.2.4.
Dumping margins
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Determination of the relevant Union market
4.3.
Union consumption
4.4.
Imports from the country concerned
4.4.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned and price undercutting
4.5.
Economic situation of the Union industry
4.5.1.
General remarks
4.5.2.
Macroeconomic indicators
4.5.2.1.
Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation
4.5.2.2.
Sales volume and market share
4.5.2.3.
Growth
4.5.2.4.
Employment and productivity
4.5.2.5.
Magnitude of the dumping margin and recovery from past dumping
4.5.3.
Microeconomic indicators
4.5.3.1.
Prices and factors affecting prices
4.5.3.2.
Labour costs
4.5.3.3.
Inventories
4.5.3.4.
Profitability, cash flow, investments, return on investments and ability to raise capital
4.6.
Conclusion on injury
5.
CAUSATION
5.1.
Effects of the dumped imports
5.2.
Effects of other factors
5.2.1.
Cyclicality of the TiO
2
market
5.2.2.
Demand in the Union market
5.2.3.
Rising production costs
5.2.4.
Imports from third countries
5.2.4.1.
Imports from the United Kingdom
5.2.4.2.
Imports from Mexico and the USA
5.2.5.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.6.
Intra-Union industry competition
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
6.2.
Examination of the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry
6.3.
Conclusion on the level of measures
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union producers
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers and traders
7.3.
Interest of users
7.3.1.
General
7.3.2.
Masterbatch White (MW)
7.3.3.
Paints and coating industry
7.3.4.
Decor paper producers
7.3.4.1.
Particularity of the product
7.3.4.2.
Availability of supply
7.3.4.3.
Impact of duties on the users and impact of the exemption on effectiveness of the duties
7.3.5.
Graphic inks producers
7.3.6.
Other factors
7.4.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
8.2.
Form of the measures
8.3.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
8.4.
Retroactive collection
9.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
Article 5
ANNEX
People`s republic of China`s cooperating exporting producers not sampled