COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/261
of 10 February 2025
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Provisional measures
1.3.
Subsequent procedure
1.4.
Sampling
1.5.
Individual examination
1.6.
Investigation period and period considered
2.
PRODUCT CONCERNED AND LIKE PRODUCT
2.1.
SAF
(10)
2.2.
HVO exclusion request
2.3.
Conclusion
3.
DUMPING
3.1.
Application of Article 18 of the basic Regulation
3.2.
Procedure for the determination of the normal value under Article 2(6a) of the basic Regulation
3.2.1.
Existence of significant distortions
3.2.2.
Representative country, and sources of undistorted cost and profit
3.2.2.1. Representative country
3.2.2.2. Factors of production
(a)
UCO and POME
(b)
Brown grease
(c)
Hydrogen
(d)
Electricity, natural gas, and steam
(e)
Labour
(f)
Revised undistorted cost of certain factors of production
Factor of production / category |
Factor of production / description |
Goods codes of Malaysian customs nomenclature |
Source of data |
Unit value (CNY) |
Unit of measurement |
Other input |
Hydrogen |
Not applicable |
Malaysian domestic prices adjusted |
3,23 |
m3 |
Energy |
Electricity |
Not applicable |
Malaysian domestic prices adjusted for inflation |
0,58 -0,76 |
kWh |
Energy |
Natural gas |
Not applicable |
Malaysian domestic prices adjusted for inflation |
2,08 -2,11 |
m3 |
Energy |
Steam |
Not applicable |
Malaysian domestic prices based on adjusted price of natural gas |
178,56 |
tonne |
Labour |
Labour |
Not applicable |
Department of Statistics Malaysia |
38,15 |
hour |
3.2.2.3. SG&A and profit
(a)
Sources of SG&A costs and profit
(b)
Transport related cost included in SG&A cost
(c)
Revised undistorted SG&A costs and profit
3.2.3.
Calculation
(a)
Use of companies’ cost
(b)
Undistorted cost and profit
(c)
Transport cost
(d)
By-product adjustment
3.3.
Dumping margins
Company |
Definitive dumping margin |
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EcoCeres Group:
|
10,0 |
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Jiaao Group:
|
35,6 |
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Zhuoyue Group:
|
23,4 |
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Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex |
21,7 |
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All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China |
35,6 |
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
General remark
4.3.
Union consumption
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
IP |
||
Total Union consumption |
17 052 598 |
17 411 472 |
17 960 232 |
18 332 799 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
102 |
105 |
108 |
||
|
4.4.
Imports from the country concerned
4.4.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
IP |
||
Volume of imports from the country concerned (tonnes) |
926 695 |
494 931 |
973 288 |
1 480 855 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
53 |
105 |
160 |
||
Market share |
5,4 % |
2,8 % |
5,4 % |
8,1 % |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
52 |
100 |
149 |
||
|
4.4.2.
Prices of the imports from the country concerned, price undercutting and price suppression
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
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
IP |
||
Sales volume on the Union market (tonnes) |
12 623 468 |
12 964 160 |
12 076 019 |
11 847 951 |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
103 |
96 |
94 |
||
Market share |
74,0 % |
74,5 % |
67,2 % |
64,6 % |
||
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
101 |
91 |
87 |
||
|
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
4.5.4.
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
Country |
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
IP |
||
Argentina |
Volume (tonnes) |
874 199 |
1 292 775 |
997 210 |
490 644 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
148 |
114 |
56 |
||
|
Market share |
5,1 % |
7,4 % |
5,6 % |
2,7 % |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
732 |
1 076 |
1 419 |
1 425 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
147 |
194 |
195 |
||
United Kingdom |
Volume (tonnes) |
608 155 |
990 082 |
1 032 790 |
1 100 392 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
163 |
170 |
181 |
||
|
Market share |
3,6 % |
5,7 % |
5,8 % |
6,0 % |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
1 027 |
1 361 |
1 615 |
1 297 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
132 |
157 |
126 |
||
Singapore |
Volume (tonnes) |
468 998 |
279 098 |
689 578 |
868 513 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
60 |
147 |
185 |
||
|
Market share |
2,8 % |
1,6 % |
3,8 % |
4,7 % |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
1 202 |
1 922 |
1 388 |
1 495 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
160 |
115 |
124 |
||
Other third countries |
Volume (tonnes) |
1 551 084 |
1 390 427 |
2 191 348 |
2 544 445 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
90 |
141 |
164 |
||
|
Market share |
9,1 % |
8,0 % |
12,2 % |
13,9 % |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
858 |
1 169 |
1 736 |
1 468 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
136 |
202 |
171 |
||
Total of all third countries except the country concerned |
Volume (tonnes) |
3 502 436 |
3 952 382 |
4 910 926 |
5 003 994 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
113 |
140 |
143 |
||
|
Market share |
20,5 % |
22,7 % |
27,3 % |
27,3 % |
||
|
Average price (EUR/tonne) |
817 |
1 165 |
1 473 |
1 299 |
||
|
Index (2020 = 100) |
100 |
143 |
180 |
159 |
||
|
5.2.2.
Export performance of the Union industry
5.2.3.
Increases in cost/cost of production
5.2.4.
Other factors
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
Company |
Definitive injury margin (%) |
||||||
EcoCeres Group:
|
16,4 |
||||||
Jiaao Group:
|
37,1 |
||||||
Zhuoyue Group:
|
44,3 |
||||||
Other cooperating companies |
32,6 |
||||||
All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China |
44,3 |
6.2.
Conclusion on the level of measures
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
||||||
EcoCeres Group:
|
10,0 |
||||||
Jiaao Group:
|
35,6 |
||||||
Zhuoyue Group:
|
23,4 |
||||||
Other cooperating companies |
21,7 |
||||||
All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China |
35,6 |
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers, traders and distributors
7.3.
Interest of users, consumers and suppliers
7.4.
Other factors
7.5.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
Company |
Dumping margin (%) |
Injury margin (%) |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
||||||
EcoCeres Group:
|
10,0 |
16,4 |
10,0 |
||||||
Jiaao Group:
|
35,6 |
37,1 |
35,6 |
||||||
Zhuoyue Group:
|
23,4 |
44,3 |
23,4 |
||||||
Other cooperating companies |
21,7 |
32,6 |
21,7 |
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All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China |
35,6 |
44,3 |
35,6 |
8.2.
Definitive collection of the provisional duties
9.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Company |
Definitive anti-dumping duty (%) |
TARIC additional code |
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EcoCeres Group:
|
10,0 |
89ED |
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Jiaao Group:
|
35,6 |
89EE |
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Zhuoyue Group:
|
23,4 |
89EF |
||||||
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex |
21,7 |
|
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All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China |
35,6 |
C999 |
Article 2
Article 3
Article 4
ANNEX
COOPERATING EXPORTING PRODUCERS NOT SAMPLED
Name |
TARIC additional code |
Anhui Tianyi Environmental Protection Tech. Co., Ltd |
89EG |
Baoshun (Henan) New Carbon Material Co., Ltd |
89EH |
Bemay (Hubei) New Energy Company, Ltd |
89FU |
Changzhou City Jintan District Weige Biological Technology Co., Ltd |
89EI |
Chongqing CH Bio Energy Co., Ltd |
89EJ |
Chongqing Yubang New Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89EK |
Dezhou Rongguang Biotechnology Co., Ltd |
89EL |
Guangxi Guiping Guangran Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89EM |
Guangzhou Hongtai New Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89EN |
Guangzhou Leo-king Environmental Technology Co., Ltd |
89EO |
Hainan Huanyu New Energy Co., Ltd |
89EP |
Hebei Hui De Renewable Resources Co., Ltd |
89EQ |
Hebei Jingu Plasticizer Co., Ltd |
89ER |
Hebei Jingu Recycling Resources Development Co., Ltd |
89ES |
Hebei Longhai Bioenergy Co., Ltd |
89ET |
Hebei Nanhong New Energy Technology Pte. Ltd |
89EU |
HENAN JUNHENG INDUSTRIAL GROUP BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD |
89EV |
Hubei Tianji Bioenergy Co., Ltd |
89EW |
Huizhou City Huilong Oil Energy Co., Ltd |
89EX |
Huizhou Excellent and Innovation Bioenergy Technology Co., Ltd |
89EY |
Hunan Xinhui Bioenergy Co., Ltd |
89EZ |
Jiangxi Zunchuang New Energy Co., Ltd |
89FA |
Jiujiang Oasis Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89FB |
Kunming Decheng Renewable Resources Technology Co., Ltd |
89FC |
Linyi Huibang New Energy Co., Limited |
89FD |
Long Chang City Yuanju Oil and Greas Co., Ltd |
89FE |
Maoming Hongyu Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89FF |
Ningbo Jiesen Green Fuel Co., Ltd |
89FG |
Shandong Baoshun Chemical Technology Co., Ltd |
89FH |
Shandong Ding-Yu Biotech Energy Co., Ltd |
89FI |
SHANDONG HUIDONG NEW ENERGY CO., LTD |
89FJ |
Shandong Sanju Bioenergy Co., Ltd |
89FK |
Shanghai Zhongqi Environment Technology Co., Ltd |
89FL |
Shenzhen Leoking Biotechnology Co., Ltd |
89FM |
Sichuan Huisheng New Technology Co, Ltd |
89FN |
Sichuan Lampan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89FO |
Tanghe Jinhai Biological Technology Co., Ltd |
89FP |
Tangshan Jinlihai Biodiesel Co., Ltd |
89FQ |
Wenzhou Zhongke New Energy Technology Co., Ltd |
89FR |
YANGZHOU JIANYUAN BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD |
89FS |