Short title | Full case title and citation |
Canada – Autos | Appellate Body Report, Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry, WT/DS139/AB/R, WT/DS142/AB/R, adopted 19 June 2000, DSR 2000:VI, p. 2985 |
Canada – Welded Pipe | Panel Report, Canada – Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports of Certain Carbon Steel Welded Pipe from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, WT/DS482/R and Add.1, adopted 25 January 2017 |
China – Broiler Products | Panel Report, China - Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Broiler Products from the United States, WT/DS427/R and Add.1, adopted 25 September 2013, DSR 2013:IV, p. 1041 |
China – Cellulose Pulp | Panel Report, China – Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports of Cellulose Pulp from Canada, WT/DS483/R and Add.1, adopted 22 May 2017 |
China – GOES | Appellate Body Report, China – Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties on Grain Oriented Flat-Rolled Electrical Steel from the United States, WT/DS414/AB/R, adopted 16 November 2012, DSR 2012:XII, p. 6251 |
China – HP-SSST (Japan) / China – HP-SSST (EU) | Appellate Body Reports, China – Measures Imposing Anti-Dumping Duties on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes ("HP-SSST") from Japan / China – Measures Imposing Anti-Dumping Duties on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes ("HP-SSST") from the European Union, WT/DS454/AB/R and Add.1 / WT/DS460/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 28 October 2015 |
China – HP-SSST (Japan) / China – HP-SSST (EU) | Panel Reports, China – Measures Imposing Anti‑Dumping Duties on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes ("HP‑SSST") from Japan / China – Measures Imposing Anti-Dumping Duties on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes ("HP‑SSST") from the European Union, WT/DS454/R and Add.1 / WT/DS460/R, Add.1 and Corr.1, adopted 28 October 2015, as modified by Appellate Body Reports WT/DS454/AB/R-WT/DS460/AB/R |
China – X-Ray Equipment | Panel Report, China – Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties on X-Ray Security Inspection Equipment from the European Union, WT/DS425/R and Add.1, adopted 24 April 2013, DSR 2013:III, p. 659 |
EC – Bed Linen | Panel Report, European Communities – Anti-Dumping Duties on Imports of Cotton-Type Bed Linen from India, WT/DS141/R, adopted 12 March 2001, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS141/AB/R, DSR 2001:VI, p. 2077 |
EC – Fasteners (China) | Panel Report, European Communities – Definitive Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners from China, WT/DS397/R and Corr.1, adopted 28 July 2011, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS397/AB/R, DSR 2011:VIII, p. 4289 |
EC – Hormones | Appellate Body Report, EC Measures Concerning Meat and Meat Products (Hormones), WT/DS26/AB/R, WT/DS48/AB/R, adopted 13 February 1998, DSR 1998:I, p. 135 |
EC – Salmon (Norway) | Panel Report, European Communities – Anti-Dumping Measure on Farmed Salmon from Norway, WT/DS337/R, adopted 15 January 2008, and Corr.1, DSR 2008:I, p. 3 |
EU – Biodiesel (Argentina) | Appellate Body Report, European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Argentina, WT/DS473/AB/R and Add.1, adopted 26 October 2016 |
EU – Biodiesel (Argentina) | Panel Report, European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Biodiesel from Argentina, WT/DS473/R and Add.1, adopted 26 October 2016, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS473/AB/R |
EU – Footwear (China) | Panel Report, European Union – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Footwear from China, WT/DS405/R, adopted 22 February 2012, DSR 2012:IX, p. 4585 |
Japan – Alcoholic Beverages II | Appellate Body Report, Japan – Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages, WT/DS8/AB/R, WT/DS10/AB/R, WT/DS11/AB/R, adopted 1 November 1996, DSR 1996:I, p. 97 |
Thailand – H-Beams | Panel Report, Thailand – Anti-Dumping Duties on Angles, Shapes and Sections of Iron or Non-Alloy Steel and H-Beams from Poland, WT/DS122/R, adopted 5 April 2001, as modified by Appellate Body Report WT/DS122/AB/R, DSR 2001:VII, p. 2741 |
US – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties (China) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Definitive Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from China, WT/DS379/AB/R, adopted 25 March 2011, DSR 2011:V, p. 2869 |
US – Carbon Steel (India) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Countervailing Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, WT/DS436/AB/R, adopted 19 December 2014, DSR 2014:V, p. 1727 |
US – Continued Zeroing | Appellate Body Report, United States – Continued Existence and Application of Zeroing Methodology, WT/DS350/AB/R, adopted 19 February 2009, DSR 2009:III, p. 1291 |
US – Countervailing Duty Investigation on DRAMS | Appellate Body Report, United States – Countervailing Duty Investigation on Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors (DRAMS) from Korea, WT/DS296/AB/R, adopted 20 July 2005, DSR 2005:XVI, p. 8131 |
US – Hot-Rolled Steel | Appellate Body Report, United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan, WT/DS184/AB/R, adopted 23 August 2001, DSR 2001:X, p. 4697 |
US – Lamb | Appellate Body Report, United States – Safeguard Measures on Imports of Fresh, Chilled or Frozen Lamb Meat from New Zealand and Australia, WT/DS177/AB/R, WT/DS178/AB/R, adopted 16 May 2001, DSR 2001:IX, p. 4051 |
US – Oil Country Tubular Goods Sunset Reviews | Appellate Body Report, United States – Sunset Reviews of Anti-Dumping Measures on Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, WT/DS268/AB/R, adopted 17 December 2004, DSR 2004:VII, p. 3257 |
US – Shrimp (Article 21.5 – Malaysia) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Malaysia, WT/DS58/AB/RW, adopted 21 November 2001, DSR 2001:XIII, p. 6481 |
US – Softwood Lumber VI (Article 21.5 – Canada) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Investigation of the International Trade Commission in Softwood Lumber from Canada – Recourse to Article 21.5 of the DSU by Canada, WT/DS277/AB/RW, adopted 9 May 2006, and Corr.1, DSR 2006:XI, p. 4865 |
US – Stainless Steel (Korea) | Panel Report, United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils and Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from Korea, WT/DS179/R, adopted 1 February 2001, DSR 2001:IV, p. 1295 |
US – Stainless Steel (Mexico) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Final Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel from Mexico, WT/DS344/AB/R, adopted 20 May 2008, DSR 2008:II, p. 513 |
US – Wool Shirts and Blouses | Appellate Body Report, United States – Measure Affecting Imports of Woven Wool Shirts and Blouses from India, WT/DS33/AB/R, adopted 23 May 1997, and Corr.1, DSR 1997:I, p. 323 |
US – Zeroing (EC) | Appellate Body Report, United States – Laws, Regulations and Methodology for Calculating Dumping Margins ("Zeroing"), WT/DS294/AB/R, adopted 9 May 2006, and Corr.1, DSR 2006:II, p. 417 |
Abbreviation | Description |
Anti-Dumping Agreement | Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 |
CFPP | Cold filter plugging point |
CIF | Cost, insurance, and freight |
CPO | Crude palm oil |
DET | Differential Export Tax |
DSB | Dispute Settlement Body |
DSU | Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes |
EBB | European Biodiesel Board |
EU Basic Regulation | Council Regulation (EC) No. 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (codified version), OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, and corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No. 1225/2009, OJ L 7, 12.1.2010 |
FOB | Free on board |
GATT 1994 | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 |
HPE | Reference price that is published monthly by the Indonesian Authorities and is based on the average price from the previous month from three sources, i.e. CIF Rotterdam, CIF Malaysia, and the Indonesian commodity exchange market, all brought back to the FOB level |
PFAD | Palm fatty acid distillate |
PME | Palm methyl ester |
RME | Rapeseed methyl ester |
SG&A | Selling, general, and administrative |
SME | Soybean methyl ester |
USD | US dollars |
Vienna Convention | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Done at Vienna, 23 May 1969, 1155 UNTS 331; 8 International Legal Materials 679 |
Wilmar Group | P.T. Wilmar Bioenergi and P.T. Wilmar Nabati |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
To examine, in the light of the relevant provisions of the covered agreements cited by the parties to the dispute, the matter referred to the DSB by Indonesia in documents WT/DS480/2 and WT/DS480/2/Corr.1 and to make such findings as will assist the DSB in making the recommendations or in giving the rulings provided for in those agreements.4
a. Articles 2.2 and 2.2.1.1 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1(b)(ii) of the GATT 1994 because in constructing the normal value for the Indonesian producers under investigation, the European Union did not calculate the cost of production of biodiesel on the basis of the records kept by those producers even though the records were in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles and accurately and reasonably reflected the actual cost of production of biodiesel, and because the European Union therefore failed to properly calculate the cost of production and properly construct the normal value for those producers.
b. Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the European Union failed to construct the normal value for the Indonesian producers under investigation on the basis of the cost of production of biodiesel in the country of origin, i.e. Indonesia.
c. Articles 2.2 and 2.2.2(iii) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because when constructing the normal value for the Indonesian producers under investigation, the European Union did not establish a cap for the profits as required by Article 2.2.2(iii) and the amount for profits established was not determined by the European Union on the basis of a reasonable method. The European Union therefore failed to properly construct the normal value for those producers.
d. Articles 2.3 and 2.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the European Union did not construct the export price for one Indonesian producer under investigation on the basis of the price at which the imported biodiesel was first resold to independent buyers in the European Union.
e. Article 9.3 (chapeau) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:2 of the GATT 1994 because on account of the inconsistencies with Article 2 specified above in the context of the calculation of the dumping margin for the Indonesian producers, the European Union calculated a margin of dumping and imposed and collected anti-dumping duties in excess of the actual dumping margin, if any, by the Indonesian producers. This resulted in the levy of anti-dumping duties on the Indonesian producers that exceeded their margin of dumping which, under Article 9.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, operates as the ceiling for the amount of anti-dumping duty that can be levied in respect of the sales made by a producer/exporter.
f. Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the European Union's determination of injury to the Union industry was not based on an objective examination of the effect of those imports on prices in the domestic market for biodiesel and the consequent impact of those allegedly dumped imports on domestic producers of biodiesel. The European Union's findings regarding the price effects of the allegedly dumped imports including price undercutting were not based on an objective examination of the evidence on the record as, among others, the European Union did not ensure price comparability in terms of physical characteristics and model-matching and based its determination of price undercutting on partial and unexplained sales of the sampled European Union producers.
g. Articles 7.1, 7.2, 9.2, and 9.3 (chapeau) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the European Union incorrectly imposed and definitively collected provisional anti-dumping duties with respect to the imports from one Indonesian producer under investigation, in excess of the actual provisional margin of dumping of this producer, as it based itself on a provisional dumping margin tainted by calculation errors.
[A] panel should make an objective assessment of the matter before it, including an objective assessment of the facts of the case and the applicability of and conformity with the relevant covered agreements.
(i) in its assessment of the facts of the matter, the panel shall determine whether the authorities' establishment of the facts was proper and whether their evaluation of those facts was unbiased and objective. If the establishment of the facts was proper and the evaluation was unbiased and objective, even though the panel might have reached a different conclusion, the evaluation shall not be overturned;
(ii) the panel shall interpret the relevant provisions of the Agreement in accordance with customary rules of interpretation of public international law. Where the panel finds that a relevant provision of the Agreement admits of more than one permissible interpretation, the panel shall find the authorities' measure to be in conformity with the Agreement if it rests upon one of those permissible interpretations.
Thus, Article 11 of the DSU and Article 17.6 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement together establish the standard of review we are to apply with respect to both the factual and the legal aspects of the present dispute.
What is "adequate" will inevitably depend on the facts and circumstances of the case and the particular claims made, but several general lines of inquiry are likely to be relevant. The panel's scrutiny should test whether the reasoning of the authority is coherent and internally consistent. The panel must undertake an in-depth examination of whether the explanations given disclose how the investigating authority treated the facts and evidence in the record and whether there was positive evidence before it to support the inferences made and conclusions reached by it. The panel must examine whether the explanations provided demonstrate that the investigating authority took proper account of the complexities of the data before it, and that it explained why it rejected or discounted alternative explanations and interpretations of the record evidence. A panel must be open to the possibility that the explanations given by the authority are not reasoned or adequate in the light of other plausible alternative explanations, and must take care not to assume itself the role of initial trier of facts, nor to be passive by "simply accept[ing] the conclusions of the competent authorities".35
a. First, the European Union acted inconsistently with the first sentence of Article 2.2.1.1 and, as a consequence Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1(b)(ii) of the GATT 1994, by failing to calculate the cost of production on the basis of the records kept by the producers. Indonesia submits that the costs of crude palm oil (CPO) reflected in the records of the exporting producers were substituted with the reference export price for CPO published by the Indonesian authorities.41
b. Second, the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1(b)(ii) of the GATT 1994 by failing to construct the normal value for the Indonesian producers under investigation on the basis of the cost of production of biodiesel in the country of origin, Indonesia.42
2.2 When there are no sales of the like product in the ordinary course of trade in the domestic market of the exporting country or when, because of the particular market situation or the low volume of the sales in the domestic market of the exporting country, such sales do not permit a proper comparison, the margin of dumping shall be determined by comparison with a comparable price of the like product when exported to an appropriate third country, provided that this price is representative, or with the cost of production in the country of origin plus a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits.63
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2.2.1.1 For the purpose of paragraph 2, costs shall normally be calculated on the basis of records kept by the exporter or producer under investigation, provided that such records are in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles of the exporting country and reasonably reflect the costs associated with the production and sale of the product under consideration. Authorities shall consider all available evidence on the proper allocation of costs, including that which is made available by the exporter or producer in the course of the investigation provided that such allocations have been historically utilized by the exporter or producer, in particular in relation to establishing appropriate amortization and depreciation periods and allowances for capital expenditures and other development costs. Unless already reflected in the cost allocations under this sub‑paragraph, costs shall be adjusted appropriately for those non‑recurring items of cost which benefit future and/or current production, or for circumstances in which costs during the period of investigation are affected by start‑up operations.[*]
[*fn original]6 The adjustment made for start-up operations shall reflect the costs at the end of the start-up period or, if that period extends beyond the period of investigation, the most recent costs which can reasonably be taken into account by the authorities during the investigation.
The contracting parties recognize that dumping, by which products of one country are introduced into the commerce of another country at less than the normal value of the products, is to be condemned if it causes or threatens material injury to an established industry in the territory of a contracting party or materially retards the establishment of a domestic industry. For the purposes of this Article, a product is to be considered as being introduced into the commerce of an importing country at less than its normal value, if the price of the product exported from one country to another
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(ii) the cost of production of the product in the country of origin plus a reasonable addition for selling cost and profit.
Whether or not the sales of a blend of biodiesel with mineral diesel fall under the same general category of products, Article 2(6)(b) of the basic Regulation states, as already mentioned in recital (68) above, that such sales should be made in the ordinary course of trade. Given that the domestic sales of biodiesel are not in the ordinary course of trade, the sales of the blend of biodiesel with mineral diesel is not, mutatis mutandis, considered to be in the ordinary course of trade.110
For the purpose of paragraph 2, the amounts for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits shall be based on actual data pertaining to production and sales in the ordinary course of trade of the like product by the exporter or producer under investigation. When such amounts cannot be determined on this basis, the amounts may be determined on the basis of:
(i) the actual amounts incurred and realized by the exporter or producer in question in respect of production and sales in the domestic market of the country of origin of the same general category of products;
(ii) the weighted average of the actual amounts incurred and realized by other exporters or producers subject to investigation in respect of production and sales of the like product in the domestic market of the country of origin;
(iii) any other reasonable method, provided that the amount for profit so established shall not exceed the profit normally realized by other exporters or producers on sales of products of the same general category in the domestic market of the country of origin.
In terms of the above definition, Article 2.1 requires investigating authorities to exclude sales not made "in the ordinary course of trade", from the calculation of normal value, precisely to ensure that normal value is, indeed, the "normal" price of the like product, in the home market of the exporter. Where a sales transaction is concluded on terms and conditions that are incompatible with "normal" commercial practice for sales of the like product, in the market in question, at the relevant time, the transaction is not an appropriate basis for calculating "normal" value.138
In terms of the above definition, Article 2.1 requires investigating authorities to exclude sales not made "in the ordinary course of trade", from the calculation of normal value, precisely to ensure that normal value is, indeed, the "normal" price of the like product, in the home market of the exporter. Where a sales transaction is concluded on terms and conditions that are incompatible with "normal" commercial practice for sales of the like product, in the market in question, at the relevant time, the transaction is not an appropriate basis for calculating "normal" value.149
We turn first to the ordinary meaning of the term "method" in the context of Article 2.2.2(iii). Dictionary definitions of the term include "[p]rocedure for attaining an object", "[a] mode of procedure; a (defined or systematic) way of doing a thing", and "[a] written systematically-ordered collection of rules, observations, etc. on a particular subject".[575] Based on these definitions, we understand the term "method" to refer, in general terms, to a process or procedure, as opposed to an outcome.
The context of the term in Article 2.2.2(iii) sheds further light on its scope. First, the term is qualified by the words "any other". The use of "any" suggests a particularly broad scope[576], and the use of "other" suggests that the other subparagraphs of Article 2.2.2 illustrate what may be captured by the term "method" under Article 2.2.2(iii). In that regard, we note that the chapeau and paragraphs preceding Article 2.2.2(iii) provide, in relevant part, that the amounts for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits may be "based on" or "determined on the basis of": (i) actual data pertaining to production and sales in the ordinary course of trade of the like product by the exporter or producer under investigation; (ii) the actual amounts incurred and realized by the exporter or producer in question in respect of the same general category of products; or (iii) the weighted average of the actual amounts incurred and realized by other exporters or producers subject to investigation in respect of production and sales of the like product.[577] It is significant, in our view, that these three alternatives refer to the kind of specific data on which the amount of profit can be determined, rather than a specific procedure or methodology for the calculation of the amount for profits. This suggests to us that the term "method" in subparagraph (iii) refers to a reasoned consideration of the evidence before the investigating authority for the determination of the amount for profits, rather than to a pre‑established procedure or methodology.[578] In addition, these "other" methods indicate a preference for the actual data regarding the exporter and like product in question, with an incremental progression away from these principles before reaching "any other reasonable method" in Article 2.2.2(iii). It flows from that context that the phrase "any other reasonable method" may be used in the absence of reliable data concerning the actual exporter or other exporters and the like product.[579] This, in turn, suggests that an investigating authority would usually have recourse to Article 2.2.2(iii) in circumstances where its options for basing the determination of an exporter's profit margin are constrained. This context, together with absence of any additional guidance in Article 2.2.2(iii) on what the "method" chosen should entail in terms of either the source or scope of the data or procedure, suggests to us a broad and non-prescriptive understanding of the term.
Second, as we have noted above, in addition to the requirement that it be determined on the basis of "any reasonable method", Article 2.2.2(iii) imposes a ceiling on the amount for profits determined[580], requiring that the amount for profits "not exceed the profit normally realized by other exporters or producers on sales of products of the same general category in the domestic market of the country of origin". The presence of this constraint, in the absence of any other guidance on the kind of "method" to be adopted, confirms our broad and non-prescriptive understanding of the term "method".
We now turn to assess what constitutes a "reasonable" method in the context of Article 2.2.2(iii). In the context of Article 2.2.2(iii), it is clear from the use of "any other" before "reasonable" that what is "reasonable" is connected to the preceding paragraphs and the chapeau and that the "methods" set in the preceding paragraphs and the chapeau are presumptively reasonable. As we have discussed, these indicate a preference for the actual data of the exporter and like product in question, with an incremental progression away from these principles before reaching "any other reasonable method" in Article 2.2.2(iii). In our view, this context suggests that the general function of Article 2.2.2 is to approximate what the profit margin (as well as administrative, selling and general costs) would have been for the like product in the ordinary course of trade in the domestic market of the exporting country.[581] Thus, in our view, the reasonableness of the method used under Article 2.2.2(iii) for determining the profit margin turns on whether it is rationally directed at approximating what that margin would have been if the product under consideration were sold in the ordinary course of trade in the domestic market of the exporting country.
Based on the foregoing considerations, we understand the term "any other reasonable method" in Article 2.2.2(iii) to involve an enquiry into whether the investigating authority's determination of the amount for profits is the result of a reasoned consideration of the evidence before it, rationally directed at approximating the profit margin to what would have been realized if the product under consideration had been sold in the ordinary course of trade in the exporting country.166
[fn original]575 Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 6th edn, A. Stevenson (ed.) (Oxford University Press, 2007), Vol. 1, p. 1767.
[fn original]576 Appellate Body Reports, US – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties (China), fn 197; Canada – Autos para. 79.
[fn original]577 See above, para. 7,310, for the text of Article 2.2.2(iii) of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement.
[fn original]578 Argentina acknowledges that "neither of the two procedures set forth in (i) and (ii) represents a complex or elaborated method. They are rather simple" (adding, however, that "they go beyond the mere unsubstantiated assertion with respect to what profits are"). (Argentina's response to Panel question No. 108, para. 86)
[fn original]579 We note that the panel in EC – Bed Linen found that there is no hierarchy among the methods for determining the amount for profits in Articles 2.2.2(i)-(iii). (Panel Report, EC – Bed Linen,para. 6.59). The question of the interaction between these methods, or a potential hierarchy among them, has not been raised in this dispute and accordingly we express no views in that regard.
[fn original]580 We note that the ceiling does not apply to the determination of the amounts for administrative, selling and general costs.
[fn original]581 Panel Report, Thailand – H-Beams, para. 7,112.
Such premiums are not linked to the product concerned as such, but rather to the provision of documents by the related importer in order to obtain a government certificate which enables the related importer's client to fulfil the necessary conditions to blend only half the biodiesel quantity (given that this biodiesel can be counted 'double').219
In cases where there is no export price or where it appears to the authorities concerned that the export price is unreliable because of association or a compensatory arrangement between the exporter and the importer or a third party, the export price may be constructed on the basis of the price at which the imported products are first resold to an independent buyer, or if the products are not resold to an independent buyer, or not resold in the condition as imported, on such reasonable basis as the authorities may determine.
a. the EU authorities failed to ensure price comparability between imported and domestic biodiesel, by relying on low volume sales of cold filter plugging point (CFPP) 13 degrees centigrade biodiesel produced by the EU industry in calculating an adjustment to the price of Indonesian imports; and
b. the EU authorities failed to establish the existence of significant price undercutting by failing: (i) to take into account noticeable differences between imported and domestic biodiesel; and (ii) to examine the significance of price undercutting with regard to the majority of the EU industry's sales.
All sales from Argentina to the EU were at a CFPP of 0 degrees centigrade. These sales were therefore compared to the sales of Union producers of biodiesel at a CFPP of 0.
All sales from Indonesia to the EU were at a CFPP of 13 degrees centigrade. Given the very small volume of sales of Union producers at this CFPP – since PME from Indonesia is almost always blended with other biodiesel from other sources before being sold to the first independent customer – a direct comparison was not considered reasonable. The export price of the PME from Indonesia at CFPP 13 was therefore adjusted upwards to a price at CFPP 0 by taking the difference in price on the Union market between the sales of PME at CFPP 13 manufactured by the Union industry and the average price of biodiesel at CFPP 0.259
A determination of injury for purposes of Article VI of GATT 1994 shall be based on positive evidence and involve an objective examination of both (a) the volume of the dumped imports and the effect of the dumped imports on prices in the domestic market for like products, and (b) the consequent impact of these imports on domestic producers of such products.
With regard to the effect of the dumped imports on prices, the investigating authorities shall consider whether there has been a significant price undercutting by the dumped imports as compared with the price of a like product of the importing Member, or whether the effect of such imports is otherwise to depress prices to a significant degree or prevent price increases, which otherwise would have occurred, to a significant degree. No one or several of these factors can necessarily give decisive guidance.
For imports from Indonesia, which are at a CFPP of 13 or above, an adjustment was made, being the difference in price between the Union industry's sales of CFPP 13 and the Union industry's sales of CFPP 0, in order to compare the CFPP 13 and above from Indonesia with the CFPP 0 manufactured and blended in the Union. One Indonesian exporting producer noted that as the sales of CFPP 13 by the Union industry were made in small quantities per transaction, that these prices should be compared to similar sized transactions of CFPP 0. On inspection of transactions of CFPP 0 of a similar quantity per transaction, the difference in price found was in line with the difference using all transactions of CFPP 0, with differences in price both above and below the average price difference. As a result there was no change to the level of price undercutting found in the provisional Regulation in recital 97.283
SME and PME biodiesel could be used in their pure forms but they are generally blended, either among themselves or with RME, before being used in the European Union. The reason for blending SME with PME is that SME in its pure form does not meet the European standard EN 14214 as regards iodine and cetane numbers. The reason for blending PME (and SME) with RME is that PME and SME have a higher Cold Filter Plugging Point (CFPP) than RME and are not therefore suitable for use in their pure form during winter months in cold regions of the European Union.317
Both SME and PME are imported into the Union, and are also manufactured within the Union, and are blended with RME and other biodiesels manufactured within the Union before being sold or blended with mineral diesel. The blenders have the choice of purchasing biodiesel from different feedstocks and different origins to produce their final product, based on the market and the climatic conditions throughout the year. PME is sold in larger quantities during the summer months and smaller quantities during the winter months, but it is still in competition with RME and Union made biodiesel and also SME from Argentina.320
PME produced in Indonesia is in competition with biodiesel produced in the Union, which is not just RME but also biodiesel made from palm oil and other feedstocks. PME can be used throughout the Union throughout the year, by blending with other biodiesels before use, in the same way as RME and SME. PME is therefore interchangeable with biodiesel made in the Union and therefore is a like product.323
The fact that the imported and domestic products were considered to be like products does not automatically mean that each of the products included in the basket of imported products is alike in all respects to each of the products included into the basket of domestic products.324 Nor does the fact that the imported and domestic products were considered to be like products address the particular competitive dynamic that PME may only be used in a blend, and is actually a component of the different blends sold to end users in the EU market. PME might compete with RME to the extent that they both are used to produce a blend. However, this does not mean that PME and blended CFPP 0 biodiesel are in competition with each other. In response to a question from the Panel the European Union confirmed this understanding, noting that "[recital 18 of the Definitive Regulation] does not state that Indonesian imports of PME and blends or EU industry CFPP 0 biodiesel are in competition with each other."325,326
In order to offset or prevent dumping, a contracting party may levy on any dumped product an anti-dumping duty not greater in amount than the margin of dumping in respect of such product. For the purposes of this Article, the margin of dumping is the price difference determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.
a. Article 7.1 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because it applied provisional measures to P.T. Musim Mas based on a WTO inconsistent preliminary determination of the existence of dumping for P.T. Musim Mas;
b. Article 7.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because it applied to P.T. Musim Mas a provisional anti-dumping duty in excess of the provisionally estimated margin of dumping for P.T. Musim Mas;
c. Article 9.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the provisional anti-dumping duty that was applied to P.T. Musim Mas and definitively collected was not in an "appropriate amount" within the meaning of Article 9.2; and
d. Article 9.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by applying to P.T. Musim Mas and definitively collecting a provisional anti-dumping duty in excess of the provisionally estimated margin of dumping for this exporting producer.
a. a mathematical error in calculating P.T. Musim Mas' domestic SG&A expenses by adding to the amount of SG&A for domestic sales the amount of the export tax payable on exports of biodiesel, in constructing the normal value361;
b. inconsistent accounting treatment of income tax expenses of two related importers, [[***]] and [[***]], by treating income tax expenses for both importers as an SGA expense, in addition to deducting an amount for income tax expenses as part of a 5% reasonable profit margin based on turnover, in constructing the export price362; and
c. inconsistent accounting treatment of gasoil hedging gains and losses, by deducting gasoil hedging losses from the resale prices of a related importer [[***]] as an allowance while failing to include hedging gains of another related importer [[***]] in its resale prices, in constructing the export price.363
Provisional measures may take the form of a provisional duty or, preferably, a security – by cash deposit or bond – equal to the amount of the anti-dumping duty provisionally estimated, being not greater than the provisionally estimated margin of dumping.
When an anti-dumping duty is imposed in respect of any product, such anti-dumping duty shall be collected in the appropriate amounts in each case, on a non‑discriminatory basis on imports of such product from all sources found to be dumped and causing injury, except as to imports from those sources from which price undertakings under the terms of this Agreement have been accepted.
a. the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 2.2.1.1 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by failing to calculate the cost of production of the product under investigation on the basis of the records kept by the producers; we do not reach findings as to whether, as a consequence, the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1(b)(ii) of the GATT 1994;
b. the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1(b)(ii) of the GATT 1994 by using a "cost" for the main input that was not the cost prevailing "in the country of origin", Indonesia;
c. the European Union acted inconsistently with Articles 2.2.2(iii) and 2.2 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement by failing to determine "the profit normally realized by other exporters or producers on sales of products of the same general category in the domestic market of the country of origin"; we reject Indonesia's request that we find that the European Union additionally acted inconsistently with Article 2.2.2(iii) because the European Union failed to determine the amount for profit based on a "reasonable method" within the meaning of Article 2.2.2(iii) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement;
d. the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 2.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by failing to construct the export price of one Indonesian exporting producer, P.T. Musim Mas, on the basis of the price at which the imported biodiesel produced by P.T. Musim Mas was first resold to independent buyers in the European Union;
e. Indonesia has not established that the European Union acted inconsistently with Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, by relying on prices of CFPP 13 biodiesel produced by the EU industry in calculating an adjustment to the price of Indonesian imports;
f. the European Union acted inconsistently with Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, by failing to establish the existence of significant price undercutting with regard to Indonesian imports;
g. the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 9.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article VI:2 of the GATT 1994 by imposing anti-dumping duties in excess of the margins of dumping that should have been established under Article 2 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1 of the GATT 1994, respectively;
h. Indonesia has not established that the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 7.1(ii) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because it applied provisional measures to P.T. Musim Mas based on a WTO inconsistent preliminary determination of the existence of dumping for P.T. Musim Mas;
i. Indonesia has not established that the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 7.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because it applied to P.T. Musim Mas a provisional anti-dumping duty in excess of the provisionally estimated margin of dumping for P.T. Musim Mas;
j. Indonesia has not established that the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 9.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement because the provisional anti-dumping duty that was applied to P.T. Musim Mas and definitively collected was not in an "appropriate amount", within the meaning of Article 9.2; and
k. Indonesia has not established that the European Union acted inconsistently with Article 9.3 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by applying to P.T. Musim Mas and definitively collecting a provisional anti-dumping duty in excess of the provisionally estimated margin of dumping for this exporting producer.
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