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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COM(81)459 final
Brussels,27July1981
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Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonpotatogranulesoriginating
inCanada
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)459final

On28April 1981 the Commission ,byRegulation (EEC)1101/81(1 )imposed
aprovisional anti-dumping duty onpotato granules originating inCanada .
However ,oneofthetwoexporters known tobeconcerned ,Carnation ,offered
voluntary undertakings toincrease itsprices and was,therefore ,exempted
from this duty .
Thefacts asfinally established show that Vauxhall Foods Ltd,theother
exporter ,has been dumping atvarying rates ,insome instances upto20%,
the weighted average margin being 6,9% .After imposition oftheprovisional
duty Vauxhall ,therefore ,hasalso offered avoluntary undertaking
which the Commission considers acceptable .
 
With regard toinjury ,noadditional information has been received by
the Commission .The Commission hastherefore definitively concluded that the
dumped imports have caused material injury toaCommunity industry concerned
Itistherefore proposed toimpose adefinitive anti-dumping duty on •
potato granules originating inCanada ,therate ofwhich should beequal
totheprovisional duty,i.e. 4.481 European Units ofAccount per 100 kg
net weight ,with the exemption ofCarnation Foods Company Ltd,Carnation
Inc and Vauxhall Foods Ltd.Although these companies were theonly known
exporters ofgranules theduty isnecessary inorder toavoid that the
price levels established bytheundertakings are undercut byfuture
exports made byother Canadian manufacturers .
Itisfurther proposed that the amounts secured bywayofprovisional
duty should bedefinitively collected .
<1)0JNoL116,28.4.1981 ,p.11

Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
imposing adefinitive anti-dumping duty onpotato granules
originating inCanada
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°3017/79of20December 1979
onprotection against dumped orsubsidized imports from countries not
members oftheEuropean Economic Community (1),andinparticular Article
12thereof ; '
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Having regard totheproposal submitted bytheCommission ;
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After consultations within theAdvisory Committee setupunder that Regulation ;
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Whereas theCommission ,byRegulation (EEC)N°1101 /81 (2),imposed a
provisional anti-dumping duty onimports ofpotato granules originating
inCanada ,whereas atthe same time theCommission accepted voluntary under­
takings ^offered byCarnation ,oneofthetwoCanadian exporters known to
beconcerned ,toincrease their prices toalevel eliminating thedumping
margin found andexempted their exports from theapplication ofthe
provisional duty ; . ,
Whereas with regard totheother e'xporter concerned ,Vauxhall Foods Ltd., ,
theprovisional dumping margin wasestablished bytaking account ofthe
fact that this company ,during theperiod ofinvestigation ,hadsold
substantial quantities oftheproduct concerned ataloss onthedomestic
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market ;whereas normal value wasestablished ,therefore ,onthebasis of
theconstructed value including a6%profit margin ;whereas
subsequently Vauxhall contested thefinding ofdumping and inparticular
theaddition of6%profit margin ;whereas itwasunnecessary totake adecision
onthemerits ofthese arguments because ,forthepurpose ofthefinal deters
mination ,theCommission determined normal value onthebasis ofthecompany 's
sales onthedomestic market made ataprice which wasnot less than thecost of
production ,which represented approximately onethird oftotal domestic sales
volume during theperiod ofInvestigation andwasdeemed ,therefore ,torepresent
areliable basis forcomparison .
<1)0J N°L339,31.12.1979 ,p.1
(2)OjN°L116,28.04.1981 ,p.11.

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Whereas this normal value wascompared with Vauxhall 'sexport prices ,
transaction bytransaction ,onanex-factory basis ;
Whereas forthepurpose ofafair comparison between normal value
andexport prices ,account wastaken ofthefact that certain variable
costs like commissions paid tosales agents were only incurred on
thedomestic market ;
Whereas this comparison showed that exports totheCommunity made by
Vauxhall during theperiod ofinvestigation were dumped atvarying rates ,
insome instances upto20%,theweighted average margin being 6,9% ;
Whereas with regard toinjury caused bythedumped imports tothe
Community industry ,noadditional information hasbeen received by
theCommission ;whereas ,however ,Vauxhall alleged that due toa
shortage ofpotatoes inCanada inthepresent crop year they were
unable tosupply substantial quantities ofgranules totheir EEC
customers andcould not,therefore ,cause any injury toCommunity
producers ;whereas this allegation isnot supported bythe facts
available totheCommission andVauxhall didnotsupply anysupporting
evidence ;whereas theCommission hastherefore definitively concluded that \uhe
dumped imports have caused material injury totheCommunity industry concerned ;
Whereas Vauxhall Foods Ltd .have voluntarily undertaken toincrease
their prices toalevel which eliminates theinjurious effects of
their exports totheCommunity ;whereas theCommission hasaccepted
this undertaking ;
Whereas ,although theonly twocompanies known tobeexporting potato
granules tothe Community have voluntarily undertaken toincrease their
export prices ,protection ofCommunity interests nevertheless requires
theimposition ofadefinitive anti-dumpinq duty inorder toavoid
theprice levels established bytheundertakings being under-cut
byfuture exports made byother Canadian manufacturers ;whereas itisappropriate
that this duty beequal totherate oftheprovisional duty which was
applicable toexporters other than Vauxhall ,andhasnever been contested ;
whereas Community interests also call forthedefinitive collection intheir
entirety oftheamounts secured bywayofprovisional anti-dumping duty ;

Whereas itisappropriate ,however ,toexclude theexports made by
VauxhaLL' andCarnation whose undertakings have been accepted bythe
Commission ,from theapplication ofthis definitive duty ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Adefinitive anti-dumping duty ishereby imposed onpotato granules
falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading ex11.05 andcorresponding
toNIMEXE code ex11.05-00 ,originating inCanada .This duty shall not
apply topotato granules exported byCarnation Inc:,Carnation Foods
Company Ltd .andVauxhall Foods Ltd.,Canada .
2.The rate oftheduty shall beequivalent to4.481 European Units
ofAccount per 100 kgnetweight .
3.Theprovisions inforce for theapplication ofcustoms duties shall
apply tothis duty .
Article 2
Theamounts secured bywayofprovisional anti-dumping duty persuant to
Regulation (EEC)No1101 /81shall bedefinitively collected . >
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayofitspublication
intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
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This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels ,