Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/547 of 5 April 2022 imposing a defin... (32022R0547)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/547 of 5 April 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of superabsorbent polymers originating in the Republic of Korea
- COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2022/547
- of 5 April 2022
- imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of superabsorbent polymers originating in the Republic of Korea
- 1.
- PROCEDURE
- 1.1.
- Initiation
- 1.2.
- Comments on initiation
- 1.2.1.
- Examination of Union interest in the complaint
- 1.2.2.
- Complaint inflated dumping and undercutting margin
- 1.2.3.
- Level of trade
- 1.2.4.
- Open version of complaint does not allow understanding of price undercutting information
- 1.2.5.
- Aggressive pricing from Far East Asian imports in 2019
- 1.2.6.
- Unjustified target profit in complaint
- 1.2.7.
- Investment data in the complaint should not be treated as confidential
- 1.2.8.
- Evidence for causal link to South Korean imports
- 1.3.
- Registration of imports, non-imposition of provisional measures and subsequent procedure
- 1.4.
- Investigation period and period considered
- 1.5.
- Interested parties
- 1.6.
- Sampling
- 1.6.1.
- Sampling of Union producers
- 1.6.2.
- Sampling of importers
- 1.6.3.
- Sampling of exporting producers in the Republic of Korea
- 1.7.
- Questionnaire replies and verification visits
- 1.8.
- Definitive disclosure
- 2.
- PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
- 2.1.
- Product concerned
- 2.2.
- Like product
- 2.3.
- Claims regarding product scope
- 2.3.1.
- Exclusion request for spec-in products
- 2.3.2.
- Exclusion request for odour-control SAP
- 2.3.3.
- Exclusion request for Bio SAP
- 2.3.4.
- Exclusion request for industrial SAP
- 2.3.5.
- PCN breakdown proposals
- 2.3.6.
- Product exclusion request for SAP Generation 8 & 9
- 2.3.7.
- Product exclusion request by Kimberly-Clark
- 3.
- DUMPING
- 3.1.
- Normal value
- 3.2.
- Export price
- 3.3.
- Undertaking offer
- 3.4.
- Comparison
- 3.5.
- Dumping margin
- 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
- 4.4.3.
- Claim of no undercutting in 2018 due to price increases
- 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. Drop in capacity utilisation caused by increase of capacity
- 4.5.2.3. Capacity of Sumitomo Seika not considered
- 4.5.2.4. Sales volume and market share
- 4.5.2.5. Growth
- 4.5.2.6. Employment and productivity
- 4.5.2.7. 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
- 4.5.4.
- Conclusion on injury
- 5.
- CAUSATION
- 5.1.
- Effects of the dumped imports
- 5.2.
- Effects of other factors
- 5.2.1.
- Increased demand of spec-in products
- 5.2.2.
- Price formula in raw material supply contracts
- 5.2.3.
- Imports from third countries
- 5.2.4.
- Export performance of the Union industry
- 5.2.5.
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 5.2.6.
- Injury caused by costs of capacity increases
- 5.2.7.
- Significant R&D costs
- 5.2.8.
- Global price negotiations
- 5.3.
- Conclusion on causation
- 6.
- UNION INTEREST
- 6.1.
- Interest of the Union industry
- 6.2.
- Interest of users
- 6.3.
- Other factors
- 6.4.
- Conclusion on Union interest
- 7.
- LEVEL OF MEASURES
- 7.1.
- Injury elimination level (injury margin)
- 8.
- DEFINITIVE MEASURES
- 9.
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Article 2
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