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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels /24th Apn I1980
AMENDED PROPOSAL REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
CONCERNING THEDEFINITIVE COLLECTION OFPART OFTHE
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PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ONCERTAIN ACRYLIC FIBRES
ORIGINATING .INTHE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil /pursuant tothe
second paragraph ofArticle 149ofthe EECTreaty )
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COl*'*C!LB£J'«LATIC.CC£C)NO.
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Imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyon/'certainacrylicfibresoriginatingintheunitedStatesofAnerica
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THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, y
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregjrtltoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No;.3017/79of20December1V79orv
.308/11protectionagainstdur.pedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesnotmembersoft"-.e
EuropeanEconomicCommunity(1),
HavingregardtotheproposalsubmittedbytheCommissionafterconsultation -itn
.theAd!CommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No.3017/79,
Whereason11May1979theCommissionrece'vedacomplaintsubmittedbyCIRrS,the
International RayonandSyntheticFibresCorritteeonbehalfofthequasi-totalit/
oftheCommunityproducersofacrylicfibres,settingoutevidenceastothe
existenceofdumpingofthelikeproductoriginating inGreece,Japan,Spain,T„r*ey
andtheUnitedStatesofAmericaandofmaterialinjuryresultingtherefrom;
!1.53/15Whereas,sincetherewassufficientevidencetojustifyinitiating aproceeding
'theCommissionpuolishedintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCcrmur.ities of
12June1979anoticeoftheinitiationofananti-dumping procecureconcerning
.irportsofcertainacrylicfibresoriginating inGreece,Japan,Spain,Turkeyand
■theUnitedStatesofAmerica(2),soadvisedtheexportersandimportersknowno/tre
IComnissiontobeconcerned,aswellasrepresentatives ofthecountriesconcerned
andtrecomplainants andcommencedtheinvestigation atCommunityLevelanag„ve
335/11thepartiesdirectlyconcernedtheopportunitytomakeknowntheirviewsin
writingar.dibeheardorally,andtomeetsothatopposingviewsmightbe
presenteaandrebuttalargumentsputforward; •
^preliminaryWhereas,forthepurposesofadetermination ofdiinpingendinjury,theCommission
madeonthespotinvestigations attheofficesoftheAmericanexporterswhoseoperatic ;
weredeededtorequireinvestigation,nar.elytheAr.ericanCyonamidCcr.pany,Wayne,
NewJersey,USAandtheBadischeCorporation,Williamsburg,Virginia,USA;whereas
(1)0JNo.L339,31.12.1979,p.1
(2)0JNo.C146,12.6.1979.p.2

similar investigations were carried out atthe offices ofVonvicryl SI,A
Athens ,Greece ,Akrilik Kiraya Sanayii A.S. ,Istanbul ,Turkey ;whereas i'?Corr.r .is
c-rriet cutont.-,espot invest igaticr.s ettheoffices ofthamcin Ccv .:. y^reducers
involved r.-rjly theItalian co.-pjnics A\iC SPA, .Kilcn ;Kontcf icre .PA,*.MIc.r.,
Societa Italia.-ia fiesina SPA (S.I.R. ),flilan -andSKIA Viscosa SPA,MiU/s;
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Whereas itemerged from the investigations carried out inGreece and Turkey that no
dumping existed inthecase oftheexports ofthese producers to .theCommunity and
the investigation was consequently closed insofarasthey areconcerned ;
Whereas tomake apreliminary examination oftheexistence ofdumping byAr.eri jn
producers ,the Commission cor.pared their export prices tothetor-unity wi"tn tnose
ruling ontheAmerican market ;
\
Whereas weighted averages were used forthese comparisons ,which were made atcne
ex-factory level forsales during theperiod 1June 1978 to31May 1979 ;
Whereas all the allowances claimed bytheBadische Corporation for transport ar.a
selling expenses were granted ;whereas ,however ,the company 'sclaim th„t first
quality material sold asdevelopment samples atlowprices should not oeincludeo
intheoverall netweighted average calculation for first quality materia .,was
disallowed since tne volume ofthe sales concerned constituted such ahicn
proportion oftotal sales and thecompany didnotprovide sufficient evidence
tojustify itsclaim ;
Whereas the allowance claimed bythe d-iorican Cyanamid Company fortransport ,
costs wasgranted ;whereas ,intheabsence ofsufficient .,evidence insupport
oftheir claim that there were virtually noselling expenses onexports totne •
Community ,thebreakdown ofthese costs was based ontheavailable accounting
data ,allocated proportionately totheturnover Tor each product andxarket uncer
cons iderat ion;1whereas theexporter inquestion requested inaddition asupplementary
adjustment fcrcertain ac.-.inistrat i\,eindother expenses ;whereas ,intheabsence of
sufficient proof astothedirect relationship ofthese expenses with .thesales unaer
consideration ,theCommission was not able totake this request into account ;whereas
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aclaim made bytheAmerican Cyanamid Company fordifferences int.heprcduct ioncost of
certain acrylic fibres sold inthedc-estic market asopposed tothose sold inthe
Comr.jni tymarket wasnotallc-ed since theexporter inquestion refuseo tcprovide
documentary proof insupport ofitsclaim ;

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WhereaswithregardtoinjurytheevidenceavailabletotheCommission during
thepreliminary examination showedthattheCommunity hadbeenmakingstrenuous
effortstorecoverfromtheeffects,'experienced overmanyyears,ofvirtual
stagnationofproduction andconsumption accompanied byconsiderable overcapacity
andextremelyhighlosses;
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Whereasthisprocessofrecoveryhadentailedmajoreffortstoreducecapacity .•
andtorationalize whichhadresultedinanoverallreductionofapproximately 8%
oftr.eworkforcesince1977,andattemptsbytheEuropeanproducersto
increasetfeirsellingpricesinordertocoversharplyincreasedrawmaterialcosts
andtoreachareasonableprofitsituation;/
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12Whereas,whilsttheseattemptswerebeingmadebyCommunityproducers asignificant
increaseinimportshadtakenplaceespecially fromtheUnitedStatesofAr,erica;.,
whereastheevidenceavailabletotheCommission shewedthatimportsintotrieCcr.cn'-ty
ofacrylicfibresoriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmericahadincreasedfrom7oil
tonnesin1977to10719tonnesin1978representing anincreaseof41%,andto43C"!
tonnesinthefirstquarterof1979;whereasonthebasisofavailablestatistics
continuous filamenttowrepresented approximately 605.'anddiscontinuous acrylicfibre
represented 40%ofAmericanimports;whereastheAmericanmarketsharenadnearly
doubledsince1977from1.7%in1977to3.4%inthefirstthreemonthsof1979;
WhereasUSimportswereconcentrated inItalywhich,forthefirstQuarterof,1979,
receivedalrr.ost75%ofAmericanexportstotheCommunty;whereastheseexportsto
Italyhadincreasedfrom1794tonnesin1977to6225tonnesif>1978representing ar.
increaseof246%andto3181tonnesforthefirstquarterof1979indicating anannual
increaseof104%comparedwi;h1978;whereasthemarketshare'oftheseimportshad.
•increased from1.1%in1977to2.9%in1978andto6.0%iorthefirs.tthreemonths
of1979;whereastht.seincreasedAmericanexportstoItalyhadbeenatextremely
lowpricesundercutting Italianproducersbyapproximately 25%;whertasthishad
,resultedina'lossofordersforItalianproducersanddepressionofpricesand
^additional lossesforItalianproducers; .
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WhereastheevidenceavailabletotheCommission alsoindicatedthatthissituationin
Italywhichrepresentsapproximately "*30%ofCommunityproduction andapproximately

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••ofComunity .consu-.ption hadaconsiderable impacton.-otherCcr.n..n:Typroo-cers
.hotraciticr,ally'experttoItalyandwho«.erealsofacingadifficult ctu-:-icn
crar'acterired byheavylosses,andwhowerecurrentlyforcetomeetartificaUy low
Ar-eric;nprices; ,,
.3C3/1/! :••
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.Whereastherefore therewassufficient'evic'ence toshowthat"tre.d--pc-dir„ort <-.
originating intheUSAwereur.derr.inir.g theprocessofrecovery07Ccm.-.unityz*„dvca*
whereas,consequently ,theseimportsconstituted injurytoaCommunityincustry;
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w'r.ereas,sir.eethispreliminary examination oftheroat;ershowedthatthere
wjSdjrpir.fj,thattherewassufficient evidenceofinjuryandthattheinterest:,
oftrcCommunitycalledforir.nediateintervention ,theCommission,byRc^ulat-cr .CE-i:
No.2712/79CD,ir.posedaprovisional anti-dumpingdutyoncertainacrylicTii'cs
c-iginatir.g intheUnitedStatesofAmerica;
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sinceithad ' *. i
Vereas/vr.ergedfronthepreliminaryexamination ofthefactst'utnosu~p:r -;'
existeoonirportsfrom.E.I.Dupantdef.'emoursandCompany,uilmin-jtcri,I:-'.jw.ir2,
USAtr.isfirmwasexcludedfromtheapplication oftheprovisional d-iy;
fcrirerrr.ore -'
W.TCos/Ofttfofrr^eAmericanexporters,BadischeCorporation ,Wi11ij.-c.urg,Viroir.»a
uSAhaJvoluntarily uneertaken to
increaseitipricestolevelswhichwereconsideredsatisfactory ;-r.ereaitr.ic
ur.aertakir.g wasacceptedbythe.Commission,whichaccordingly ceciceetoterminate
theprocedureconcerningt*iiscompanyandtoexcludeitfromtheaspncstior .ofthe
provisional duty! .-3C6/12
wnsreassubsjer.tlytheCc.^irission byRegulation (EEC)No.61/£G(i),
excludedt.jitmanChemicalInternational A.G.andMonsantoInternatior,.;lSalesCc~i.any
fromtne;ip;)licotionoftheprcjisior.al^duty;
Whereasclever '' inventigaMc/V
werecarrieccutwithUemainSpanishexporterinthecourseofur.i'cr.apriceuhlerUi'
wasreceivec .whicr.wescc..sitcreos*tis*actcrybytheCommission ar.dtheprocedure Was
consequentlyterminated asrecurcsimportsircmSpain(3);
v.)oj'.w.lii.1;, p.11
I?):j:.o.I-.o,15.1.:Ç5f,p.7
.J:.o.C2,4.1.1ÇÕ0,p.c

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Whereassincetheexaminationofthefactsofthematterhadnotyetoeenea<M".0
andtheAmericanCyananidCompany,theonlyknownexportertowhomtheprovisional
dutyapplied,hadrequestedthatthedutybeextendedforaperiodnotexceeding
^_two'months,theCouncilby-Regulation(EEC)No.522/80(1)soextendedtheduty;
WhereasfollowinqthisextensiontheCommissioncompleteditsinvestigation
intoJapaneseexportsofacrylic^fibrestotheCommunity;whereasdumpingand
:injuryresultingtherefromhavingbeenprovisionally established,theprincipal
Japaneseexportersofferedpriceundertaking% theeffectofwhichwasto
increaseimportpricesintotheCommunitytoalevelnecessarytoeliminate
injury;theseundertakings havebeenacceptedbytheCommissionwhichhas
decidedtoterminatetheanti-dumping procedureinsofarasJapanisconcerned;
W.'i-.«Jinthecourseof,thesubsequentexamination oftheexportsof
productsmanufactured byAmericanCyanamidCompany,completed
*"■"*"aftertheimpositionoftheprovisionalanti-djrpingduty,theintertsttfJparties
hoo.theopportunity "tomakeknowntheirviewsinwriting,tobehejrcoyfch*
.Ccrr.issionc.rdtoorallydeveLoptheirviews,toinspectnonconfidential'
.23/20"ir.formatior,relevanttothedefenceoftr.eirinterestsandtobeinfornea
ofthe-essentialfact*andconsiderations ohthebasisofwhicnitwasir.tenct-c'.c
node.-.final,determination ;wnereastheCommunityproducerandsemeoftheexports
9--indiirrc*er3concernedavailedthemselves .ofthesepossibilities by IfrtOvh
'•tr.eirv;Vsirwriting,andorally;whereastheCommissionalsocarriedouta
furtheronthespotinvestigation attheofficesoftheAmericanCyanamid
\
Company;
Whereasforthepurposeofafinaldetermination astowhetherdumpingexisted
-• whether''
theCommission endeavoured toestablish/Americandomesticsalesweremadein
theordinarycourseoftrade;whereassinceAmericanCyanamidassertedthat
itssalesontheAmericanmarketwerenotmadeataloss,comparisons were
madeonthebasisofthecompany'spricesrulingonthedomesticmarket;
Whereasweightedaverageswereusedforthesecomparisons,whichweremade
attheex-factorylevelforsalesduringtheperiod1December1979to
" .29February1980,thelatestdateforwhichinformationisavailable;
(1)0JN°L59,4.3.1980,p.1

Whereas ontheabove basis calculations showed that s'ince thedate ofentry
■into force oftheprovisional anti-dumping duty ,nodumping existed for ..
.discontinuous acrylic fibre andthat theweighted average dumping margin for
continuous filament towofacrylic fibres during this period is2«o%
. Whereas with regard totheelements affecting thedetermination ofinjury ,
newinformation wasreceived which showed that imports into theCommunity
ofacrylic fibres originating intheUnited States ofAmerica amounted
to17400tonnes in1979 ,representing anincrease of62'/."compared to1978 ;
whereas the American market share hadmore than doubled from 1.7% in1977
to3.5% in1979 ;whereas ithasbeen borne inmind that theabove figures
•include approximately 5000tonnes imoorteo from Eastman Chemical International
'AGandMonsanto International Sates Company which shipments ofhig^h priced
. _ {nod'crytic fibre were found nottocause injury ; , .
-Whereas insofar asItaly wasconcerned,American exports cothat country
amounted to11500tonnes in1979,represent inganincrease of85%compared
with 1978 ;whereas themarket share ofthese imports hadincreased from
2.9% in1978 to5„0% in1979 ; ' ...
Whereas thetotal market share held byAmerican exoorts andthose held by
Jaoanese and Spanish firms also found tohave dumped amounted in1979 to
7.6% intheCommunity andto9.8% inItaly ; •
Whereas ,on26March 1980 American Cyanara idCompany voluntarily offered to ,
undertake toincrease itsexport prices toalevel corresponding totheprices on
thedomestic marked thus eliminating intheir opinion dumping margins
calculated onthat basis ;" . ■
Whereas ,however ,subsequent totheoffering oftheabove undertaking the
complainant ,CIRFS ,provided totheCommission information indicating that
the -domestic sales of.like products by-American Cyanamid Company have been
made atprices below cost ofproduction since early 1979 ;whereas this •
information which isbased onareport prepared byanAmerican research
organization ,First Boston Corporation ,gives reasonaDle grouncs forbelievi.'ii !
that American Cyanamid Company 'ssales ofacrylic fibres onthedomestic
Tmarket areinfact not^being made intheordinary course oftrade because the

weiahted
beginningof1979
withinaaveragesellingpriceshavebeenbelowcostofproduction
andhavenotbeenatpriceswhichpermitrecoveryofall
reasonableperiodoftimeinthenormalcourseoftrade;sincethe
costs
WhereasAmericanCyanamidCompany,despiterepeatedrequestsbythe
Commission,hasfirmlydeniedaccesstonecessaryfinancialinformation
pertainingtocostsofproduction;whereasinthesecircumstances dumping
calculations concerningthis, Companyhavebeenbasedonthe
constructed valueofacrylicfibreasderivedfromthebestevidence
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available,theabove-mentioned reportpreparedbytheFirstBostonCorporation
havingtakenintoaccountknownfactorsapplicabletoAmericanCyanamid
Company;-
Whereas,moreprecisely,thecostofproductionextractedfromthestudyin
questionforanAmericanproducerconsideredtobethemostefficientin
thisareahasbeen'increased by'Aorrespectively 5USdollarcentsperlb
toallowfordifferences intheproductionprocessofAmericanCyanamid
Companyandbyaprofitmarginbeforetaxof3%onthesellingprice;
Whereasontheabovebasisitwasfinallyestablishedthattheweiqh't^j
averagedumpingmarginfordiscontinuous acrylicfibreisnilinDecember
1979and13,7%intheearlymonthsof1980resoectively,andfor-continuous
filamenttowofacrylicfibreis3,73CinDecember1979and17,6%inthe
earlymonthsof1980respectively ;
Whereas,therefore,thefactsasfinallyestablished showtheexistence
ofdumpingpractisedbyAmericanCyanamidCompanyandmaterialinjury
resultingtherefromfortheCommunityindustryconcerned;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,protectionoftheCommunity'sinterests
callsforthedefinitivecollectionoftheamountssecuredbywayof
provisional dutyinrespectofacrylicfibresoriginating intheUnitedStates
ofAmericauptotheratesdetailedintheprecedingparagraphandfor
theImpositionofadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyattherateof13,7%on
discontinuous acrylicfibreand17,AXoncontinuousfilamenttowofacrylic
fibre;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION : ~

Article 1
1.Adefinitiveanti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedondlscontinuous
acrylicfibrefallingwithinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading ex56.01A
andcorresponding toNimexeCode"56.01-15andcontinuousfilamenttowof
acrylicfibrefallingwithinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading ex56.02A
andcorresponding toNimexeCode56.02-15,bothoriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmerica.
2.Therateofdutyshallbeasfollows:
-13,7%ondiscontinuousacrylicfibre
-17,6%oncontinuousfilamenttowofacrylicfibre
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onthebasisofthevaluedeclaredinaccordancewithCommissionRegulation
N°375/69of27February1969onthedeclaration ofparticularsrelating
tothevalueofgoodsforcustomspurposesd).
3.Theprovisionsinforcefortheapplicationofcustomsdutiesshall
a'pplytothisduty.
Article2 ,
TheamountssecuredbywayofprovisionaldutypursuanttoRegulation (EEC)
N°2712/79asamendedbyRegulation_CEEC )N°61/80shalIbedefinitively
collectedasfollows:
-fordiscontinuous acrylicfibrenoduty forimportsduring
December1979andforimportseffectedthereafteratarateOT13,7£;
-•forcontinuousfilamenttowofacrylicfibreattherateof3,7%for
importsduringDecember1979andattherateof17,6%thereafter .
(1)0JNoL52of1.3.1969,p.1

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Article3
Thedefinitiveanti-dumping dutyinstitutedbyArticle1doesnotapply
toacrylicfibresproducedandexportedby: -
-theBadischeCorporation,Williamsburg/Virginia,USA;•
-EIDupontdeNemoursandCompany,Wilmington,Delaware,USA;
-EastmanChemicalsDivisionofEastmanKodakCompany,Kingsport,Tennessee
•USA(exportedbyEastmanChemicalInternational AG,Zug,Switzerland);
-MonsantoInternational SalesCompany,Missouri,USA.
Article4
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlylapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident