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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels*21January1931
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyoncertainchemical
fertilizeroriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM(31)27final

EXPi.AfvH;'->YMEMORANDUM -
On15August1980.byRegulation 2182/80theCommissionimposedaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonexportsofureaammoniumnitratesolutionfertilizer
originating intheUnited'StatesofAmerica*Thisdutywasbasedonthe
findingsatAlliedChemicalsCorporation whichwasatthetime-theonly
USproducerwhichco-operated withtheCommission'sinvestigation *
Subsequently anumberofotherproducersandexportersclaimedthattheir
I ·salesforexporttotheEECwerenotdumpedandtheCommissionproceeded
tomakeon^-spotinvestigations onthepremisesofthesecompanies;the
* f• ■ *
Commissionalsoreceivedfurtherinformation fromanumberofUSbrokers
andimporters *
»
Thefactsasfinallyestablished fortheinvestigation-period ofthefirst
ν
ninemonthsof1980showthattheproductsoldforexportbyAgricoChemical
Companyhasnotbeendumped,whereasexportsalesbyotherproducersand/or
exportershavebeendumpedatdumpingmarginsvaryingbetween5and10%,
theweightedaverageofthosecompaniesdeemedtohavebeendumpingbeing
■6.5%*-'•!' * ': ";:..
Inrespectofinjurycausedbythesedumpedexport-,totheEECindustryand
especiallytheFrenchproductionlatestfiguresshowthatforthefirstfour
monthsoftheagricultural year(June-September)therehasbeena50%
dumped vincreasein/importsfromtheUScomparedtothesameperiodoflastyear*
ResalepricesintheEF.Cofthedumpedimportsarestillconsiderably lower
thanpricelevelsneededbyEECproductiontocovertotalcosts.
Thefollowingcompanieshaveofferedundertakings toincr-r -~etheirpricesto
alevelwhichelimins -tes<x":snotexceedthec'mp-'r?■norg-'nendwhichthe
vCommissionfindsacceptable 1:AlliedChemicals /Cor;-jr?tion>KaiserAluminum
DomesticandInternational Sale1;Corporation,Col.biaNitrogenTorporation,
Transcontinental Fertilizer Cipor.^*:ion.InternetioraIC-'eandFertilizer
Corporation,andBCMIncorporated *
0JN°L212,15*8„ï?30,p*43

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I
OnthebasisofthesefactstheCommissionthereforesubmitstothe
CouncilitsproposalforaCouncilregulationimposinga6.5%definitive
anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizeroriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmerica,excludingtheabove-mentioned companiesand
! '
AgricoChemicalCompanyfromtheapplicationofthedut^.anddefinitively
i xcollectingtheamountssecuredasprovisional dutyuptothedumping
marginsfound,,

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposing adefinitiveanti-dumpir.gdutyoncertainchemicalfertilizer
originating intheUnitedStatesof-America
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
I
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3017/79of20December1979
onprotection againstdumpedorsubsidized importsfromcountriesnot
1membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle 1
thereof. '1membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle12
HavingregardtotheproposalsubmittedbytheCommissionafterconsultation
withtheAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)
No3017/79,
WhereasinDecember1979theCommission received acomplaintlodgedby
theComit6MarcheCommundeI'lndustrie desEngraisAzotesetPhosphates
onbehalfofmanufacturers accountingforamajorpartoftheCommunity 1
production ofureaammoniumnitratesolutionfertilizer;whereasthe
complaintcontainedevidenceoftheexistenceofdumpinginrespectof
thelikeproductoriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,andof
materialinjuryresultingtherefrom,especially inFranceandtheFederal
RepublicofGermany; . '
Whereasthesaidinformation suppliedprovidedsufficient evidenceto
justifyinitiating aproceeding;whereastheCommissionaccordingly
announced,byanoticepublishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
.2Communities ,theinitiationofaproceeding concerning importsofcertain
chemicalfertilizeroriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica,and
commencedaninvestigation ofthematteratCommunitylevel;
0JN°L339,31.12,1979,p.1
20JN°C47,26*2.1980,p.2

*
Whereasduringitspreliminary investigation' whichwasbasedonan
investigation ,periodcoveringthecalendaryear1979'theCommission took
accountofthefactthatallUScompanies knowntobeconcerned' whichare
sellingtheproductinquestiononthedomesticmarket,withtheexception
ofAlliedChemicafp?rSTi0n6tfurnishtheinformation deemednecessaryto
spot
establishnormalvalueanddidnotagreetoon-the-investigations attheir
premises;whereas,therefore ,,theCommission hadtobaseitsdetermination of
normalvalueontheevidenceprovidedbyAlliedChemicalCorporation ;
whereas,inrespectofexportprices,information wasavailable fromAllied
,icaLCorporation andajnumberofbrokers;,whereashavingestablished,onthisbasis,
Ithattheexportsoftheproductinquestionwere
dumpedataweightedaveragemarginof12«2%andsincetherewas
sufficient evidenceofinjuryresultingfromtheirentryforconsumption
intotheCommunity andsincetheinterestsoftheCommunitycalledfor
immediateintervention inordertopreventfurtherinjurybeingcaused .
1duringtheproceeding,theCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No.2182/80,
imposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyoncertainchemicalfertilizer
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica;whereasAlliedChemical
βη
Corporation hadoffered/acceptable undertaking toincreaseitsexport
prices /'ar)dwastherefore
exemptedfromtheprovisional duty;whereassubsequent tothere-examination
ofthe,normalvalue/'AlliedChemicalCorporation hasrenouncedthis
undertaking ;
theperiodofvalidityof
Whereas/thisprovisional dutywasextendedforaperiodnotexceeding
:.... 2twomonthsbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)No314V80;
0JN°L212,15.3*1980,p.£3
20JN°L330,6-12-1980,p.A

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23/20Whereasinthecourseofthesubsequentexamination ofthematter,
completedaftertheimpositionoftheprovisional anti-dumping duty,the
interestedpartieshadtheopportunity tomakeknowntheirviewsin
writing,itobeheardbytheCommissionandtodeveloptheirviewsorally,
toinspectnon-confidential informationrelevanttothedefenceoftheir
interestsandtobeinformedoftheessentialfacts.andconsiderations .
onthebasisofwhichitwasintendedtomakeafinaldetermination ;
whereasthecomplainants .andmostoftheexportersandimporters
concernedavailedthemselvesofthesepossibilities bymakingknown
*• '•.theirviewsinwritingandorally;
WhereasanumberofproducersandexportersfromwhomtheCommission had
soughtinformation duringthepreliminaryinvestigation nowcameforward
andofferedtoprovidetheinformation onnormalvalueandexportprices;
whereasthereforetheCommissiondecidedtocarryoutinspectionsatthe
premisesofAgricoChemicalCompany(Tulsa),KaiserAluminumDomesticand
.,CorporationInternational Sales/(Savannah),ColumbiaNitrogenCorporation (Augusta)andBCMIncorporated
(Memphis)andtocarry-outafurtherinspectionatthepremisesof
AlliedChemicalCorporation (Morristown )inordertoupdatetheinformation
whereas 'originallyreceived;/theCommissionobtainedfurtherinformation from
International OreandFertilizerCorporation (NewYork),Transcontinental
FertilizerCorporation (Philadelphia)andfromUnifertEuropeSA,ComagriSA,
EssochemBelgium,UnievanKunstmestfabr iekenandHelmDüngemittel GmbH
withintheEEC;'_
Whereas,inseekingtodeterminetheexistenceofdumpingtheCommission
comparedtheexportpricestotheCommunitywiththenormalvalue;
whereas,forthosecompaniesselling ■nitrogensolutionfertilizer onthetheir
USdomesticmarket/normalvaluewasestablished onthebasisof/prices-
*from
ontheAmericanmarketintheperiod/1Januaryto30September1980
excludingsalesthroughcompany-owned retailoutletsbecausethesesales
not.were/consideredtobe.atthe.samelevelcftradeasexportsalesto
EECdistributors ; '

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Wher^a;for-Cotui.IBI*NitrogenCorporatIOThowever,whosedomesticsaleSof
theprodJCtinquestionwerefoundto!'beenmadeatalossduringthe
abovementioned investigation period.normalvaluewasestablished on
thebasisofcostsofproduction incingareasonablemarginforoverheads
nndprofitforthethirdquartero-1980/-thisbeing"theperiodduring
whichthecompany'sonly1980expo;tsalewasmadeandwhenitsnew
productionplantwasoperatingforthefirsttimeundernormalconditions;
whereas^giventheparticulardebtequityratioofthiscompanyaprofit
marginofonlyonepercentwasconsideredreasonable;
Whereas/inthecaseofexportsalesmadebybrokerswhoneithersellthe
productontheUSdomesticmarketnorsellitinanysignificantquantityto
thirdcountl-ies/normalvaluewasestablishedonthebasisofthepriceat
whichtheypurchased.hequantitiesdestinedforexportfromtheirsuppliers;
Whereas/exportpricesweredetermined onthebasisofpricesactuallypaid
orpayablefortheproductconcernedsoldforexporttotheCommunity;
Whereas/inthecaseofimportsmadebyEsscchemBelgiumandUKFtheexport
pricehadtobeconstructed onthebasisofthepriceatwhichtheimported
productwasfirstresoldtoindependent buyersbecausebothimportershad
associations withtheirrespectiveexporters;whereas,forthepurposesof
thisconstruction /allowancewasmadeforareasonablemarginforoverheads
andprofit,a3%marginbeingconsideredreasonable;
Whereasthecbmparisons weremadetransaction bytransaction onanex-factorywhereas
basisforalloftheproducersvisitec^and/forBCMInc,atraderselling
bothforexportandonthedomesticmarket,thecomparison wasmadeatan
ex-shippingpointlevel,thisbeingeitherex-factoryproducerorex-terminal ;
I
Whereasmostofthecompanies <nsitedclaimedthat/forthepurposeofa
faircomparisoreaccountshouldbetakenofdifferences indistribution and
sellingcostsondomesticandexportmarketsanddifferences inpayment
terms; ,

WhereastheCommissiontookaccountofthedifferencesaffectingprice,
comparability withrespecttovariabledistribution andsellingcosts,and ■,...-'•
salesmen'ssalaries/paymentconditionsandofcashdiscountswhere
claimsintheseareascouldbesatisfactorily demonstrated ;
Whereasthisexamination showedthatexportsmadebyAgricoChemicalCompany
duringtheinvestigation periodwerenotdumped;whereasfortheother
companiesvisitedthedumpingmarginsfoundwereforAlliedChemical
Corporation 6.5%,forKaiser'AluminumDomesticandInternational Sales
Corporation 5„0%,forColumbiaNitrogenCorporation 10„0%andforBCM
< r
Incorporated 7.6%;
Whereasforbrokerswhomaybuytheproductfromvarioususproducersfor
exporttotheEEC,andfoeallotherexportersnotknowntotheCommission,
thedumpingmarginwas.determinedasbeingtheweightedaveragedumping
marginofthosecompariesinvestigatedwhichwerefoundtohavebeen
dumping;whereasthedumpingmarginthusestablished was6»5Z;,•
Whereas/asregards ,theinjurycausedbythedumpedimports -totheCommunity
andinparticulartocneFrenchindustry,theconsiderations whichledto,
theimpositionoftheprovisional dutyremainvalid;whereasfurther
information received
bytheCommissionaftertheimpositionof-theprovisional dutyshowedthat
dumpedimportsintoFranceoftheproductinquestionoriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmericatorthefour~monthperiodfromJunetoSeptember
amountedto
1980206835tonnes,"excluding 21600tonnesoftheproductexported
byAgricoChemicalCompanyanddeedednottohavebeendumped,compared
to137950tonnesforthesameperiodin1979,representing anincrease
ofatleast50%;
•Whereas/aIthoughtherewasaconsiderable increaseinthepriceofUS
J ' '-''
exportsduring198CUtheresalepriceofimportednitroqensolution .
fertilizerinFraneestilie.esnotperentFrenc'iproducerstoseIItheir
owingproductatabovecost/_toafurtherincreaseinfeedstockpricesin
August1980;

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WhereastheCommissionalsofollowedupthecontentionofvariousexporters
andimportersthattheFrenchindustry WKSworkingatfullcapacitybut
wasconcentrating primarilyonsolidnitrogenfertilizerandwas,therefore,
unabletoproducemorenitrogensolution;whereasthefactsasestablished
bytheCommissionshowthat theFrenchindustrycould
significantly increaseitsproductionofsolutionevenifpresentoutput
nitrogenofsolid/fertilizer wasmaintained;
WhereastheCommission hasconsideredwhetherthereisinjurycaused
byotherfactorswhich,individually orincombinationare
alsoaffectingtheCommunityindustry;
whereasithasestablished inthiscontextthatthelevelofconsumption
/
ofnitrogensolutionfertilizerinGermanyandespeciallyinFrance,the
mainoutletsforUSexportsintheCommunity,hasconsiderably increased
inrecentyears;whereas,moreover,thevolumeofnon-dumpedimportsfrom
AgricoChemicalCompany'wasrelativelysmallcomparedtototalimports,and
represented lessthan17%thereofin1980;whereastheinfluenceofthese
non-dumpedimportsonthenitrogensolutionfertilizermarkethasbeen
isolatedfromthedumpedimports;whereasthesubstantial andsudden
importsof. ..increaseof/dumpednitrogensolutionfertilizersince1978andtheprices
atwhichtheywereofferedforsaleintheCommunityledtheCommissionto
determinethattheUSexportsofdumpednitrogensolutionfertilizerhave
causedmaterialinjurytotheCommunityindustryconcerned;
Whereas*inthesecircumstances protectionoftheCommunity'sinterests
callsfortheimpositionofadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonnitrogen
solutionfertilizeroriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmericawhich,
havingregardtotheextentofinjurycaused,shouldbeequaltothedumping
4 \
marginsfound,andforthedefinitivecollectionoftheamountssecuredby
wayofprovisional dutyinrespectoftheproductconcerneduptotherateof
thedumpingmarginsfoundontransactions madebythosecompaniesfrom
whichundertakings havebeenacceptedbytheCommissionandattherateof
thedefinitivedutyonallotherimports;

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Whereasitisapproprid.^toexcludeimportsoftheproduceexportedby
AgricoChemicalCompanyfromtheapplication ofthedutyandthedefinitive
collectionoftheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutybecause ,
theseexportswerenotfoundtohavebeendumpe:!, - .
WhereasAlliedChemicalCorporation,KaiserAluminumDomestic ,andInternational
?Corporation.ColumbiaNitrogenCorp*.ration,BCMIncorporated ,..International Oreand
Int?rore C<-porationInç.,.... ,fertilizerCorporation>a.iaTranscontinéntalFertilizerCorporation have
voluntarilyundert?-\«n fcq-increase'theirpricestoaleveleliminating
butnotexceedingthedumpingmarginsfound;whereastheCommissionhas
acceptedtheseundertakings; _
Whereasitisconsenuently appropriate toexcludetheimportsofthe
-productconcernedexportedbythesecompaniesfromtheapplication ofthe
duty,^: ', '
.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION:'~
Article 1 "■'
1*Adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedonu,-eaammonium -
nitratesolution •fertilizer,fallingwithinComic^nCM'tomaTariff
-subheading ex31*02Cardcorresponding toNIME'Ecodeex31*02-90,
,originating inthe»Jnit?dStatesofAmerica*
•~ ,"A ,,,.'determined2*TherateofthedcK>*shallbe6*5Aontheisofthrcustomsvalue
inaccor*dancewithCc-nmu'.ation(ECC)No180ot<-°May1980
onthevaluationofgov'"sfurcu^tci:spurposes ■'')
3*Theprovisionsin-fopce•.'ortheappl.in-'n•/oustc';ier'•!•>?'.I ,j
applytothisduty* j
(1)0JN.L134,31.5.1980rP-1- ,i

Article2
Thedefinitiveanti-dumping dutyimposedbyArticle1shallnotapplyto
-ureaammoniumnitratefertilizerexportedbythefollowing UScompanies:
AgricoChemicalCompany,BCMIncorporated,KaiserAluminumDomesticand
International SalesCorporation,ColumbiaNitrogenCorporation,Allied
CorporationChemicalCorporation,International OreandFertilizerCorporation,Interore/inc£
andTranscontinental Fertilizer Corporation ,. f
TheamountssecuredbywayofprovisionaldutypursuanttoRegulation(EEC) j
No2182/80shallbedefinitively collectedatarateof j
i
!
Netherlands from S
ChemicalInternational
•■'-J
Francefrom f
I
-6„5%forallotherimportswiththeexceptionofimportsofAgricoproduct
madebyHelmDungemittel GmbH,GermanyfromIntselCorporation,NewYork ,
andallimportssofureaammoniumnitratesolutionfertilizerexportedby i
AgricoChemicalCompanyonwhichtheamountssecuredshallnotbe
definitively collected * i
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication in
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
■inallMemberStates- ' ~I
Article3 ■ r
!
securedbywayofprovisional dutypursuanttoRegulation (EEC) i
1«II!<•••.« III .I. _»
-10%forimportsmadebyUnievanKunstmestfabrieken ,
ColumbiaNitrogenCorporation;
-7„6%forimportsmadebyEssochemBelgiumfromExxon
SupplyCompany;
-5%forimportsofKaiserproductmadebyComagriSA,
/Transcontinental FertilizerCorporation;
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onthedayofitspublication in
DoneatBrussels TheCouncil