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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)260 final
Brussels,18May1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyonstyrenemonomer
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)260final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
InFebruary1981,theCommission imposed >aprovisional anti-dumping
dutyof4%onimportsofstyrenemonomeroriginating intheUnitedStates
ofAmerica*Thiswassubsequentlyincreased^to14*8%following
supplementary investigations byCommissionofficialsintheUnitedStates
ofAmerica*.
Thefactsasfinallyestablished showthattherewasaweightedaverage
dumpingmarginforallUSexportsofstyrenetotheCommunity-other
thanexportsbycompaniesfoundnottobedumping-of:
1,8%oftheFOBexportpriceinthefirstquarterof1980
4*9%oftheFOBexportpriceinthesecondquarterof1980
15*9%oftheFOBexportpriceinthethirdquarterof1980(14*8%ofthe
-CIFexportprice)*
•AsregardsinjurycausedtherebytotheCommunityindustry,thisconsists
essentially ofanincreaseinthemarketshareheld-byUSstyrene,.to
thedetrimentofCommunityproducers,andinseverepricedepression,
particularly in,thethirdquarterof1980,whenCommunityproducerswere
forcedtosellatpricesfallingfsrbelowtheircostsofproduction *
Itisthereforeproposedtoimposeadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyof14„8%
onstyrenemonomeroriginating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica*Itis,
however,proposedtoexcludefromtheapplication ofthisdutytheexports
,offourfirmsfoundnottobedumping,andoftwofirms-GulfandDow-
whodidnotexportatalltotheCommunityintheinvestigation period,
andwhosepositionasmajorCommunity-aswellasUS-producersofstyrene
wouldappeartoensurethattheywillnotwishtodamagetheCommunity
marketbydumpedexportsofstyreneatafuturedate*.
Itisfurtherproposedthattheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional duty
shouldbedefinitively collected*
Régulation (EEC)Ne384/81,uJNoL42,.14*2*1981,p*14
régulâtion(EEC)Mo,0JNoL...fp*

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION fEEC)
imposing adefinitive anti-dumping dutyonstyrenemonomer
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
»
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3017/79of20December1979
on^protfectionagainstdumpedorsubsidized importsfrom'countriesnot
membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunityd ),andinparticularArticle12thereo
Havingregardtotheproposalsubmitted bytheCommissionafterconsultation with
theAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)No3017/79,
WhereastheCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No384/81(2),imposedaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyof4%onimportsofstyrenemonomeroriginating inthe
UnitedStatesofAmerica,withtheexceptionofstyrene'exportedby:
-BorgWarnerChemicals
-CosdenOílandChemicalCompany
CosdenInternational SalesCompany
-MonsantoInternational SalesCompany
*
WhereastheCommission,byRegulation (EEC)No/81(3),subsequently
increasedtheamountoftheprovisional anti-dumping dutyto14J8%,thisbeing
equaltotheweightedaveragedumpingmarginprovisionally established forthe
thirdquarterof1980;
WhereastheCommission hassincethenrequestedandreceivedupdatedinformation
fromtheUSfirmswhoseexports'were excludedfromtheapplication ofthe
provisional duty;whereasthisshowsthatthesituationofBorgWarnerhas
notchanged,-andthatexportstotheCommunity 'byCosdenandMonsanto
havecontinuedtobemadeatpricesnotbelownormalvalue;
(1)0JNoL339,31.12.1979,p.1
(2)0JNoL42,14.2.1981,p.14–
(3)0JNoL "

WhereastheCommission hasotherwisereceivednoadditional information
inrespectofdumpingsuchastoleadittorevisetheweighted -
averagedumpingmarginsithasestablished ;whereasthesemarginshavetherefore •
beenconsidered asdefinitively established ;
Whereas,withregardtotheinjurycausedbythedumpedimportstotheCommunity
industry,theCommission hasnowattempted fullytpupdateandreviseall
therelevantdatafor1980;
WhereasimportsofstyrenemonomerofUSoriginstoodat85.6thousandtonnes
in1979,27.4thousandtonnesinthefirstquarterof1980,24.4thousand
tonnesinthesecondquarterand18.3thousandtonnes -inthethirdquarter;whereas
thisrepresents anincreaseof86%,comparingthefirstninemonthsof1980.
withthefirstninemonthsof'\9i?9;, '-.■1■•
Whereasitisdifficulttoestimatewithcertaintytheexactlevelof.theshare
whichtheseimportstookofthenon-captive Communitymarketforstyrene,since
noofficialstatisticsexistregardingthesizeofthelatter;whereas,onthe
basisofthebestestimateofthenon-captive marketbytheEuropeanCouncilof
ChemicalManufacturers "Federations (CEFIO,,thesharetakenbyUSexports .
stood.at17%in1979,17%in-thefirstquarterof .1980,,-17%insecond' .?quarter ,
and19%inthethirdquarter;whereas,onthebasisoftheCommission'sown
estimatesofeffectiveconsumption,the'shareofUSexportsinthenon-captive
market-may havebeenashighas23%inthethirdquarter;whereasitseemsclear
inanyeventthatUSexportshave,forsometime,heldasubstantial shareofthe
non-captive Communitymarket,andthatthisshareincreasedinthethirdquarter ■!
of1980;' v '
WhereastheaverageCIFvalueofimported USstyrenewas£853pertonneinthefirst
quarterof1980,S849pertonneinthesecondquarter,and£736pertonneinthe
thirdquarter;whereasthiswasapproximately 10%belowtheaverageunitsales
revenueofthecomplainant Communityproducersinthefirstquarter;whereas,
thereafter,theCommunityproducersprogressively reducedtheirpricesuntil,by
thethirdquarter,thesehadfallentoapproximately the'samelevelasthe
averageCIFvalueofimportedUSstyrene;.

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WhereastheLevelofproductionofthecomplainant Communityproducers
fellby12%betweenthefirstandsecondquartersof1980,andby24%
betweenthes?condandthirdquarters,bringingtheiraveragelevelof
capacityutilisation downfrom80%to53%;
■- \. -- ■■
Whereastheaverageunitsalesrevenueofthecomplainant producersfell
fromi2943pertonneinthefirstquarterof1980to£875pertonne
in\thesecondquarterand'"JS725pertonneinthethirdquarter;whereas
thislatterlevelwasconsiderably belowthelevelrequiredto.coverthe
costsofproduction,therebyleadingtolossesfortheproducers,which
wereinsomecasessubstantial;

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Whereas,asregardstheinjurycausedbyotherfactorswhich,individually
or1ncombination,arealsoaffectingtheCommunityIndustry,theCommission -sincetheadoptionof
hasreceivednoinformation Regulation (EEC)No384/81whichmight
leadittorevisetheconclusions reachedthereininthisrespect;whereas
theCommission hasthereforedefinitively concludedthatthedumpedimports
havecausedmaterialinjurytotheCommunityindustryconcerned;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,protection oftheCommunity'sinterestscalls
fortheimpositionofadefinitive anti-dumping dutyonstyrenemonomer
originating intheUnitedStatesofAmericawhich,havingregardtotheextent
oftheinjurycaused,shouldbeequaltotheweightedaveragedumpingmargin
established forthethirdquarterof1980,andforthedefinitivecollection
intheirentiretyoftheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional duty;
Whereas,forthereasonsindicatedabove,exportsofstyrenetotheCommunity
bythefollowingfirmsshouldbeexcludedfromtheapplication ofthis
definitive duty:
-BorgWarnerChemicals,
-CosdenOilandChemicalCompany,
-CosdenInternational SalesCompany,
-MonsantoInternational SalesCompany;
WhereasGulfOilChemicals Companyhasrequestedthatittooshouldbeexcluded
fromtheapplication of'anyanti-dumping dutyonthegroundsthatitwaswilling
toco-operatefully >withtheCommissioninitsinvestigation ,thatitwas
notresponsible foranyofthe,dumpedexportstotheCommunity,andthat
Gulf'spositionasamajorstyreneproducerintheCommunitywithnocaptive
consumption meansthatitcannotpossiblyhaveanyinterestindamagingthe
non-captive Communitymarketbyfutureexportsofdumpedstyreneontoit;
whereas,sincetheseargumentsaresufficientgroundsforexclusion,exports
totheCommunitybyGulfOilChemicals Companyshouldbeexcludedfromthe
applicationofthedefinitiveanti-dumping duty;
WhereassinceDowChemicalCompanyhaslodgedarequestforexclusionon
analogousgrounds,itsexportsshouldlikewisebeexcludedfromthe
applicationofthedefinitiveant1-dumpingduty;/

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
1.Adefinitive anti-dumping dutyisherebyimposedonstyrenemonomerfallir*
withinCommonCustomsTariffsubheading 29.01DIIandcorresponding toNIMEXE
code29.01-71originating intheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
t
2.Thisdutyshallnotapplytostyrenemonomerexportedby:
-BorgWarnerChemicals, "
Cosden0ilandChemical^Company,
-CosdenInternational SalesCompany,
DowChemicalCompany,
-GulfOilChemicals Company,
-MonsantoInternational SalesCompany.
3.Thisdutyshallbeequalto14.8%ofthepricefree-at-Communityfrontier.
4.Theprovisions inforceconcerning customsdutiesshallapplyforthe
application ofthisduty.
Article 2
Theamountssecuredbywayofprovisional dutypursuanttoRegulation (EEC)
No384/81shallbedefinitively collected.■
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublication in
theOfficial-JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 1981 FortheCouncil
ThePresident