Xingyuan Group,166,7,
Giti Group,98,7,
Aeolus Group,151,2,
Hankook Group,80,4,
Other cooperating companies,110,3,
All other companies,166,7,
 Table 1 ,
 Union consumption (in items) ,
   Source: ETRMA, Eurostat Comext and tread suppliers.  ,

20 248 578,20 782 365,21 452 278,21 590 193,
 100 , 102,6 , 105,9 , 106,6 ,
 Table 2 ,
 Import volume (in items) and market share ,
   Source: Eurostat Comext  ,

3 471 997,3 840 290,4 420 368,4 596 098,
 100 , 110,6 , 127,3 , 132,4 ,
17,1,18,5,20,6,21,3,
 100 , 107,8 , 120,2 , 124,1 ,
 Table 3 ,
 Import prices (EUR/item) ,
   Source: Eurostat Comext  ,

144,4,144,3,127,7,128,8,
 100 , 99,9 , 88,4 , 89,1 ,
 Table 4 ,
 Production, production capacity and capacity utilisation ,
   Source: ETRMA, Eurostat Comext for import and export data and information submitted by the complainant  ,

20 722 065,20 199 411,20 496 669,20 863 087,
 100 , 98 , 99 , 101 ,
27 978 885,27 443 671,25 609 977,25 178 389,
 100 , 98 , 92 , 90 ,
74,74,80,83,
 100 , 99 , 108 , 112 ,
 Table 5 ,
 Sales volume and market share ,
   Source: ETRMA and Eurostat Comext for import data  ,

14 584 057,14 558 260,14 385 254,14 426 297,
 100 , 99,8 , 98,6 , 99,0 ,
72,0,70,1,67,1,66,8,
 100 , 97,3 , 93,1 , 92,8 ,
 Table 6 ,
 Employment and productivity ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of the sampled Union producers and submissions from tread suppliers and ETRMA.  ,

38 445,36 478,34 959,34 188,
 100 , 95 , 91 , 89 ,
539,554,586,610,
 100 , 103 , 109 , 113 ,
 Table 7 ,
 Sales prices in the Union and cost of production ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

237,225,216,218,
 100 , 95 , 91 , 92 ,
200,188,183,188,
 100 , 94 , 91 , 94 ,
 Table 8 ,
 Sales prices in the Union and cost of production — Tier 1 ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

270,8,255,3,245,3,245,7,
 100 , 94 , 91 , 91 ,
222,200,199,203,
 100 , 90 , 89 , 91 ,
 Table 9 ,
 Sales prices in the Union and cost of production — Tier 2 ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

228,212,193,201,
 100 , 93 , 85 , 88 ,
187,176,162,170,
 100 , 94 , 87 , 91 ,
 Table 10 ,
 Sales prices in the Union and cost of production — Tier 3 ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

181,176,172,172,
 100 , 97 , 95 , 95 ,
170,175,167,172,
 100 , 103 , 98 , 101 ,
 Table 11 ,
 Average labour costs per employee ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers.  ,

43 875,44 961,46 432,46 785,
 100 , 102 , 105 , 106 ,
 Table 12 ,
 Inventories ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers.  ,

 100 , 81 , 100 , 144 ,
7 %,6 %,7 %,9 %,
 100 , 81 , 97 , 134 ,
 Table 13 ,
 Profitability, cash flow, investments and return on investments ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

15,6,16,7,15,2,13,7,
 100 , 107 , 98 , 88 ,
309,312,292,272,
 100 , 101 , 94 , 88 ,
86,63,59,65,
 100 , 73 , 69 , 76 ,
21,0,21,7,19,3,17,6,
 100 , 103 , 92 , 84 ,
 Table 14 ,
 Tier 1 profitability, cash flow, investments and return on investments ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

17,9,21,8,18,9,17,5,
 100 , 122 , 106 , 98 ,
191,218,199,192,
 100 , 113 , 104 , 100 ,
54,36,35,38,
 100 , 68 , 65 , 72 ,
26,0,29,3,25,0,24,3,
 100 , 112 , 96 , 93 ,
 Table 15 ,
 Tier 2 profitability, cash flow, investments and return on investments ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

17,9,16,7,16,0,15,3,
 100 , 93 , 90 , 86 ,
88,76,65,69,
 100 , 86 , 74 , 78 ,
18,16,15,17,
 100 , 92 , 84 , 97 ,
20,4,21,4,20,1,16,2,
 100 , 105 , 98 , 79 ,
 Table 16 ,
 Tier 3 profitability, cash flow, investments and return on investments ,
   Source: Verified questionnaire replies of sampled Union producers  ,

6,1,0,6,2,7,– 0,4,
 100 , 10 , 45 , – 7 ,
28,17,26,11,
 100 , 62 , 93 , 38 ,
14,10,10,10,
 100 , 69 , 66 , 66 ,
7,6,0,2,4,8,2,5,
 100 , 2 , 62 , 33 ,
 Table 17 ,
 Union consumption split per tier in years 2012 and 2016 ,
   Source: ETRMA and Eurostat Comext.  ,

17 684 000,21 452 278,
46 %,37 %,
27 %,24 %,
27 %,39 %,
 Table 18 ,
 Imports from third countries ,
   Source: Eurostat  ,


Volume of imports from Turkey,712 497,710 504,856 110,884 241,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 100 , 120 , 124 ,
Unit import prices from Turkey,212,216,194,185,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 102 , 91 , 87 ,
Market share (%),3,5,3,4,4,0,4,1,
Share in total Union import volume (%),12,6,11,4,12,1,12,3,

Volume of imports from Korea,431 676,463 643,477 185,381 167,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 107 , 111 , 88 ,
Unit import prices from Korea,219,191,181,186,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 87 , 83 , 85 ,
Market share (%),2,1,2,2,2,2,1,8,
Share in total Union import volume (%),7,6,7,4,6,8,5,3,

Volume of imports from Japan,386 128,418 802,398 427,390 859,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 108,5 , 103,2 , 101,2 ,
Unit import prices from Japan,293,227,218,221,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 77,6 , 74,4 , 75,4 ,
Market share (%),1,9,2,0,1,9,1,8,
Share in total Union import volume (%),6,8,6,7,5,6,5,5,

Volume of imports from Russia,181 031,237 582,270 515,279 798,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 131,2 , 149,4 , 154,6 ,
Unit import prices from Russia,145,131,130,130,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 90,7 , 89,6 , 89,5 ,
Market share (%),0,9,1,1,1,3,1,3,
Share in total Union import volume (%),3,2,3,8,3,8,3,9,

Volume of imports from Thailand,142 735,177 209,174 994,167 509,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 124,2 , 122,6 , 117,4 ,
Unit import prices from Thailand,310,226,233,241,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 72,9 , 75,3 , 77,7 ,
Market share (%),0,7,0,9,0,8,0,8,
Share in total Union import volume (%),2,5,2,8,2,5,2,3,

Volume of imports from all other countries,338 457,376 075,469 425,464 224,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 111 , 139 , 137 ,
Unit import prices from all other countries,202,195,200,192,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 96 , 99 , 95 ,
Market share (%),1,7,1,8,2,2,2,1,
Share in total Union import volume (%),6,0,6,0,6,6,6,5,

Volume of imports from all other countries,2 192 524,2 383 815,2 646 656,2 567 798,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 109 , 121 , 117 ,
Unit import prices from all other countries,227,202,192,189,
 Index (2014 = 100) , 100 , 89 , 85 , 83 ,
Market share (%),10,8,11,5,12,3,11,9,
Share in total Union import volume (%),38,7,38,3,37,5,35,8,
 Table 19 ,
 Export performance of the Union producers ,
   Source: Eurostat Comext  ,

6 079 036,5 920 561,5 893 729,5 920 981,
 100 , 97,4 , 97,0 , 97,4 ,
188,179,169,168,
 100 , 95,3 , 89,9 , 89,8 ,

Xingyuan Group,166,7,68,8,68,8,
Giti Group,98,7,33,2,33,2,
Aeolus Group,151,2,48,1,48,1,
Hankook Group,80,4,29,3,29,3,
Other cooperating companies,110,3,40,2,40,2,
All other companies,166,7,68,8,68,8,