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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1151 of 11 June 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of vanillin originating in the People’s Republic of China

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1151
of 11 June 2025
imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of vanillin originating in the People’s Republic of China
1.
PROCEDURE
1.1.
Initiation
1.2.
Registration
1.3.
Interested parties
1.4.
Claims on Initiation
1.5.
Sampling
1.5.1.
No sampling of Union producers
1.5.2.
Sampling of importers
1.5.3.
Sampling of exporting producers in the PRC
1.6.
Individual examination
1.7.
Questionnaire replies and verification visits
1.8.
Investigation period and period considered
1.9.
Non imposition of provisional measures
1.10.
Subsequent procedure
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.
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.
Arguments raised by interested parties
3.2.3.
Conclusion
3.3.
Representative country
3.3.1.
General remarks
3.3.2.
A level of economic development similar to the PRC
3.3.3.
Production of products in the same general category and/or sector
3.3.4.
Existence of relevant readily available data in the representative country
3.3.5.
Level of social and environmental protection
3.3.6.
Conclusion
3.4.
Sources used to establish undistorted costs
3.4.1.
Factors of production
3.4.2.
Raw materials
3.4.3.
Consumables
3.4.4.
Labour
3.4.5.
Electricity
3.4.6.
Coal
3.4.7.
Steam
3.4.8.
Manufacturing overhead costs, SG&A costs, profits
3.5.
Calculation
3.6.
Export price
3.7.
Comparison
3.7.1.
Adjustments made to the normal value
3.7.2.
Adjustments made to the export price
3.8.
Dumping margins
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
4.2.
Union consumption
4.3.
Imports from the country concerned
4.3.1.
Volume and market share of the imports from the country concerned
4.3.2.
Prices of the imports from the country 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.
Consumption and other factors related to costs
5.2.4.
Imports from the PRC by the Union industry
5.3.
Conclusion on causation
6.
LEVEL OF MEASURES
6.1.
Injury margin
6.2.
Conclusion on the level of the definitive measures
7.
UNION INTEREST
7.1.
Interest of the Union industry
7.2.
Interest of unrelated importers
7.3.
Interest of users
7.4.
Conclusion on Union interest
8.
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
8.1.
Definitive measures
8.2.
Retroactivity
9.
FINAL PROVISION
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3