Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/558 of 6 April 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China
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  • Corrigendum to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/558 of 6 April 2022 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China, 32022R0558R(01), April 12, 2022
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/558of 6 April 2022imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain graphite electrode systems originating in the People’s Republic of China
Article 11.A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,5 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 7,0 μ.Ω.m or less, whether or not equipped with nipples, with a nominal diameter of more than 350 mm, currently falling under CN code ex85451100 (TARIC codes 8545110010 and 8545110015), and originating in the People’s Republic of China.2.The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:
CountryCompanyDefinitive anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional code
PRCFangda Group composed of four producers:Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd.;Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd.;Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd.;Hefei Carbon Co., Ltd.36,1 %C 731
PRCLiaoning Dantan Technology Group Co., Ltd.23,0 %C 732
PRCNantong Yangzi Carbon Group composed of three producers:Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd.;Nantong Jiangdong Carbon Co. Ltd.;Wulanchabu Xufeng Carbon Technology Co. Ltd.51,7 %C 733
PRCOther cooperating companies listed in Annex33,8 %
PRCAll other companies74,9 %C 999
3.The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: "I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct." If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.4.Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1812 shall be definitively collected on the product as defined in Article 1(1) above. The amounts secured in relation to the imports of the excluded products (namely, imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,5 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 7,0 μ.Ω.m or less, whether or not equipped with nipples, with a nominal diameter of 350 mm or less) shall be released.
Article 3Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from China and make them subject to the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate for cooperating companies not included in the sample. A new exporting producer shall provide evidence that:(a)it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) during the period of investigation (1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020);(b)it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; and(c)it has either actually exported the product concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation.
Article 41.Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1812 is amended as follows:"Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd."is replaced by"Nantong Yangzi Carbon Group composed of three producers: Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd.; Nantong Jiangdong Carbon Co. Ltd.; Wulanchabu Xufeng Carbon Technology Co. Ltd."2.This Article shall be applicable for the purposes of Article 2 as from 16 October 2021.
Article 5This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEXCooperating exporting producers not sampled
CountryNameTARIC additional code
People’s Republic of ChinaANSHAN CARBON CO., LTDC735
People’s Republic of ChinaASAHI FINE CARBON DALIAN CO., LTDC736
People’s Republic of ChinaDALIAN JINGYI CARBON CO., LTDC738
People’s Republic of ChinaDATONG YU LIN DE GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC739
People’s Republic of ChinaDECHANG SHIDA CARBON CO., LTDC740
People’s Republic of ChinaFushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., LtdC741
People’s Republic of ChinaFUSHUN ORIENTAL CARBON CO., LTDC742
People’s Republic of ChinaFushun Xinxinda Furnace Charge FactoryC743
People’s Republic of ChinaHenan Sangraf Carbon Technologies Co., LimitedC744
People’s Republic of ChinaJiangsu Jianglong New Energy Technology Co., LtdC746
People’s Republic of ChinaJILIN CARBON CO., LTDC747
People’s Republic of ChinaJilin City Chengxin Carbon Co., LtdC748
People’s Republic of ChinaJILIN CITY ZHAOCHEN CARBON CO., LTDC749
People’s Republic of ChinaKaifeng Pingmei New Carbon Materials Technology Co., LtdC750
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAONING SINCERE CARBON NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC751
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAOYANG CARBON CO., LTDC752
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAOYANG SHOUSHAN CARBON FACTORYC753
People’s Republic of ChinaLINGHAI HONGFENG CARBON PRODUCTS CO., LTDC754
People’s Republic of ChinaMEISHAN SHIDA NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC755
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANDONG ASAHI GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDC756
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANDONG BASAN GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL PLANTC757
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANXI JUXIAN GRAPHITE NEW MATERIALS CO., LTDC758
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANXI SINSAGE CARBON MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDC759
People’s Republic of ChinaTIANJIN KIMWAN CARBON TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTDC760
People’s Republic of ChinaXINGHE COUNTY MUZI CARBON CO., LTDC762
Article 11.A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,5 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 7,0 μ.Ω.m or less, whether or not equipped with nipples, with a nominal diameter of more than 350 mm, currently falling under CN code ex85451100 (TARIC codes 8545110010 and 8545110015), and originating in the People’s Republic of China.2.The rates of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:
CountryCompanyDefinitive anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional code
PRCFangda Group composed of four producers:Fangda Carbon New Material Co., Ltd.;Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd.;Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd.;Hefei Carbon Co., Ltd.36,1 %C 731
PRCLiaoning Dantan Technology Group Co., Ltd.23,0 %C 732
PRCNantong Yangzi Carbon Group composed of three producers:Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd.;Nantong Jiangdong Carbon Co. Ltd.;Wulanchabu Xufeng Carbon Technology Co. Ltd.51,7 %C 733
PRCOther cooperating companies listed in Annex33,8 %
PRCAll other companies74,9 %C 999
3.The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: "I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct." If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.4.Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1812 shall be definitively collected on the product as defined in Article 1(1) above. The amounts secured in relation to the imports of the excluded products (namely, imports of graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,5 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 7,0 μ.Ω.m or less, whether or not equipped with nipples, with a nominal diameter of 350 mm or less) shall be released.
Article 3Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from China and make them subject to the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate for cooperating companies not included in the sample. A new exporting producer shall provide evidence that:(a)it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) during the period of investigation (1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020);(b)it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; and(c)it has either actually exported the product concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation.
Article 41.Article 1(2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1812 is amended as follows:"Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd."is replaced by"Nantong Yangzi Carbon Group composed of three producers: Nantong Yangzi Carbon Co., Ltd.; Nantong Jiangdong Carbon Co. Ltd.; Wulanchabu Xufeng Carbon Technology Co. Ltd."2.This Article shall be applicable for the purposes of Article 2 as from 16 October 2021.
Article 5This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEXCooperating exporting producers not sampled
CountryNameTARIC additional code
People’s Republic of ChinaANSHAN CARBON CO., LTDC735
People’s Republic of ChinaASAHI FINE CARBON DALIAN CO., LTDC736
People’s Republic of ChinaDALIAN JINGYI CARBON CO., LTDC738
People’s Republic of ChinaDATONG YU LIN DE GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC739
People’s Republic of ChinaDECHANG SHIDA CARBON CO., LTDC740
People’s Republic of ChinaFushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., LtdC741
People’s Republic of ChinaFUSHUN ORIENTAL CARBON CO., LTDC742
People’s Republic of ChinaFushun Xinxinda Furnace Charge FactoryC743
People’s Republic of ChinaHenan Sangraf Carbon Technologies Co., LimitedC744
People’s Republic of ChinaJiangsu Jianglong New Energy Technology Co., LtdC746
People’s Republic of ChinaJILIN CARBON CO., LTDC747
People’s Republic of ChinaJilin City Chengxin Carbon Co., LtdC748
People’s Republic of ChinaJILIN CITY ZHAOCHEN CARBON CO., LTDC749
People’s Republic of ChinaKaifeng Pingmei New Carbon Materials Technology Co., LtdC750
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAONING SINCERE CARBON NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC751
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAOYANG CARBON CO., LTDC752
People’s Republic of ChinaLIAOYANG SHOUSHAN CARBON FACTORYC753
People’s Republic of ChinaLINGHAI HONGFENG CARBON PRODUCTS CO., LTDC754
People’s Republic of ChinaMEISHAN SHIDA NEW MATERIAL CO., LTDC755
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANDONG ASAHI GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDC756
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANDONG BASAN GRAPHITE NEW MATERIAL PLANTC757
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANXI JUXIAN GRAPHITE NEW MATERIALS CO., LTDC758
People’s Republic of ChinaSHANXI SINSAGE CARBON MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDC759
People’s Republic of ChinaTIANJIN KIMWAN CARBON TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTDC760
People’s Republic of ChinaXINGHE COUNTY MUZI CARBON CO., LTDC762