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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposing adefinitive anti-dumping dutyonoxalicacid
originating inChinaanddefinitively collecting theamounts
securedbywayofprovisional dutyonoxalicacidoriginating
inChinaandCzechoxlovakiaCOM(82)226final
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.On19September1981theCommissioninitiatedananti-dumping procedure
concerningimportsofoxalicacidoriginating inChina,Czechoslovakia ,
theGermanDemocraticRepublicandHungaryd).
2.Initspreliminaryinvestigation theCommissionestablished thatimports
ofoxalicacidoriginating intheGermanDemocraticRepublicandHungary
accountedforasmallpercentageofCommunityconsumption andthatany
injurysustainedbytheCommunityindustrywasnotattributable tothose
imports.
3.Thepreliminary investigation alsoshowedtheexistenceofdumpingmargins
ofatleast29.2%inthecaseofCzechoslovakia andChina.Incalculating
thedumpingmarginstheCommissiontookasthebasisofnormalvaluethe
constructed valueinSpain,makingdueallowanceforaprofitmarginof
6%whichwasconsidered reasonable .
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4.WithregardtotheinjurySustainedbytheCommunityir*|Justry,theCommission
hadestablished thatasaresultoftheconsiderable increaseinimports
ofoxalicacidoriginating inChinaandCzechoslovakia ,theincreasein
theirshareoftheCommunitymarket,thepressurewhichtheseimports
exertedonpricesandtheLossessustainedbyCommunityproducers,imports
ofoxalicacidoriginating inthesetwocountrieswerecausingmaterial
injury.
5.Consequently,theCommissionimposedaprovisional anti-dumping dutyof
29.2%onimportsofoxalicacidoriginating inChinaandCzechoslovakia(2 ).
6.Sincetheprovisional dutywasimposedtheCommissionhascontinuedits
investigation andreceivedinformation fromexporters,importersand
Communityproducerswhichhasledittoreviseitsconclusions withregard
todumpingassetoutinRegulation (EEC)No171/82(2).
(1)OJNoC241,19.9.1981
(2)OJNoL19,27.1.1982

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7.Initssubsequentinvestigation theCommissionestablished thatthere
wasanaveragedumpingmarginof34.2%inthecaseofimportsofoxalic
acidoriginating inChinaand23.9%inthecaseofimportsofoxalicacid
originating inCzechoslovakia .Thesemarginswerecalculated onthesame
basisasthatusedfortheprovisional duty(1).
8.Theexporterofoxalicacidoriginating inCzechoslovakia undertook
voluntarily toincreasehispricestoalevelwhich,afterconsultation,
theCommissionconsiderstobesufficienttoeliminatethedumpingmarginor
itsinjuriouseffects.Consequently,theCommissionisclosingthe
anti-dumping procedureinrespectofimportsofoxalicacidoriginating in
Czechoslovakia and,forthereasonsgivenunderpoint2,intheGerman
9.InviewoftheinjurybeingcausedtotheCommunityindustry,itisproposed
thatadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyof34.2%shouldbeimposedonimportsCzechoslovakia and,forthereas
--Democratic RepublicamHungary.
ofoxalicacidoriginating inChina.Itisalsoproposedthatthesecurities
depositedinconnectionwiththeprovisional dutyshouldbecollected
definitively,intheirentiretyinthecaseofimportsfromChinaandin
anamountequivalenttothedutyof23.9%inthecaseofimportsfrom
Czechoslovakia .

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
imposingadefinitiveanti-dumping dutyenoxftlloaeideriginating in
Chinaanddefinitively collectingtheamountssecuredbywayofprovisional
dutyonoxalicacidoriginating inChinaandCzechoslovakia
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
(1)HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3017/79of20December1979
onprotectionagainstdumpedorsubsidizedimportsfromcountriesnot
membersoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticularArticle
12thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalsubmittedbytheCommissionafterconsultation
withtheAdvisoryCommitteesetupunderArticle6ofRegulation (EEC)
No3017/79,
WhereasinAugust1981theCommissionreceivedacomplaintsubmittedby
CEFIC,theEuropeanCouncilofChemicalIndustryFederations,onbehalf
ofallCommunityproducers .ofoxalicacid,settingoutevidenceastothe
existenceofdumpingofthelikeproductoriginating in{Szechoslovakia,the
GermanDemocraticRepublic,HungaryandChinaandofmaterialinjury
resultingtherefrom;
Whereas,sincetherewassufficientevidencetojustifyinitiating
proceedingstheCommissionpublishedintheOfficialJournalofthe «
..,19September1981(2). ...EuropeanCommunities of. anoticeoftheinitiation ofan
anti-dumping procedureconcerningimportsofoxalicacidoriginating in
Czechoslovakia ,theGermanDemocraticRepublic,HungaryandChina,so
advisedtheexportersandimportersknownbytheCommissiontobe
concerned,aswellasthecomplainants andcommencedtheinvestigation
atCommunitylevel;
(1)0JNoL339,31.12.1979,p.1
(2)0JNoC241,19.9.1981
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Whereas,sincethepreliminary examination ofthemattershowedthat
therewasdumping,thattherewassufficientevidenceofinjuryandthat
theinterestsoftheCommunitycalledforimmediateintervention,the
(1)Commission,byRegulation (EEC)No171/82,imposedaprovisional
anti-dumping dutyonoxalicacidoriginating inChinaandCzechoslovakia ;
Whereasinitspreliminary investigation theCommissionestablishedthat
importstotheEECofoxalicacidfromtheGermanDemocraticRepublic
andfromHungaryaccountedforasmallpercentageofEECconsumption
duringthereferenceperiod;whereasinjury,ifany,sustainedbythe
EECproducersandattributable totheseimportswasconsideredminimal;
WhereastheCommissionaccordingly excludedimportsofoxalicacid
originating intheGermanDemocraticRepublicandHungaryfromthe
application oftheprovisional duty;^
Whereasduringthesubsequentexamination regardingtheGermanDemocratic
RepublicandHungarytheCommissionreceivednoevidencetoalteritspreliminary
findingsregardinginjurycausedbyimportsfromthesecountriesandhas
accordingly terminatedtheproceedings regardingsuchimports;
Whereasinthecourseofthesubsequentexamination regardingexportsfrom
ChinaandCzechoslovakia ,completed
aftertheimpositionoftheprovisional anti-dumping duty,theinterested
partieshadtheopportunitytomakeknowntheirviewsinwriting,tobe
heardbytheCommissionandtoorallydeveloptheirviews,toinspectnon-
confidential information relevanttothedefenceoftheirinterestsandto
beinformedoftheessential -factsandconsiderations onthebasisof
whichitwasintendedtomakeafinaldetermination ;whereastheCommunity
producers,theexportersandsomeoftheimportersconcernedavailedthemselves
ofthesepossibilitiesbymakingknowntheirviewsinwritingandorally^
^WhereastheCzechoslovakian exporteralsoavailed.»itselfoftheopportunity
giventoitbytheCommissiontomeetwiththeEECproducersandexchange
views;
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Whereas the Ccmmissicvi hasalso carried outinspections atthe premises of
.importers from whom noinformation wasavailable during thepreliminary
investigation notably Arnold Suhr (Antwerp ),andMetallurgie Hoboken –Overpelt
(Hoboken )inBelgium andhasobtained farther information from importers who
hadmade information available during thepreliminary investigation ;
Whereas asregards thesubsequent investigation ofdumping inrespect of
imports ofthe product concerned from China and Czechoslovakia noevidence
wasobtained toshow that theprice inSpain ?onwhich thedetermination of
normal value was based haddecreased since the date ofthepreliminary
determination ofthedumping margin ;
Whereas updated information was received from the Chinese and Czechoslovakian
exporters regarding their export prices ;whereas taking into acccunt this
information andthat received from importers during thesubsequent investigation
theCommission revised itscalculations ofdumping margins forimports of
oxalic acid tovarious Member States :
Whereas these margins were established bymaking thesam$ compa.rison asset
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outinthesaid Regulation (EEC)Ho171/82; H
Whereas ,onthis basis theaverage current dumping margin is34»2% forChina
and2.3»9%forCzechoslovakia ^
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Whereasallsuchimportsduringtheperiodunderconsideration weremade
atdumpedprices;
Whereas,inthecourseofthesubsequentexaminationofinjury,thefollowing
newinformation wasreceived :
–importsintotheCommunityoftheoxalicacidinquestionoriginating
inChinaandCzechoslovakia rosefromapproximately 2.696tonnesin1978
to11.464tonnesin1980areestimatedtohavereached5-087tonnesin1981;
–themarketshareheldbysuchimportsintheCommunitywasapproximately
17$in1978,risingtoapproximately 57%in1980,andisestimatedtohave
reached46^in1981; n
–productionofoxalicacidintheCommunityhasfallenfrom14740
tonnesin1979to7670tonnesin1980andto6025tonnesin1981;
–capacityutilizationhasfallenfrom61%in1979"to34$in1980and
toanestimated26%in1981;
–salesbyCommunityproducershavebeenreducedbymorethan6Q%from
1979"fco1981;
Whereasasregardstheotheraspectsofinjury,causedbythedumpedimports
nonewinformation hasbeenreceivedsincethepreliminary determination ;
WhereastheCommissionhasconsideredtheinjurycausedbyotherfactors
whichindividually orincombination mayalsobeaffectingtheCommunity
industry;whereastheapparentconsumption ofoxalicacidintheCommunity
fellfromapproximately 16000tonnesin1978and1979to11100tonnes
in1981,whileduringthesameperiod,ChineseandCz.echoslovakian exporters
increasedtheirmarketshare;^
^whereasimportsofoxalicacidoriginatinginother
thirdcountrieshavebeeninsmallorinsignificant quantitiestowhich
injurycouldnotbeattributed ;wher'eas,althoughproductionmethodsand
rawmaterialsdifferbetweentheCommunityandChineseproducers,such
differences werenotconsideredtobeofanysignificance ;whereasunder .and Czechoslovakia
thesecircumstances thedumpedimportsoriginatinginChina/aredefinitively
consideredtohavecausedmaterialinjurytoaCommunityindustry;
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Whereas twousers ofChinese oxalic aoid have argued that anyprice increase of
this product would have anegative impact ontheir processing industries ;whereas ,
.3Π0Ιhowever ,given the extent ofdumping ofinjury resulting therefrom and given the
importance oftheCommunity industry affected ,the Commission considers that
the Community 'sinterests calls foradefinitive action ;
Whereas the Czechoslovakia ^!exporter hasvoluntarily undertaken toincrease
itsprices toalevel which eliminates the injurious effects ofthese exports
tothe Community ;
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Whereas the Commission considers this undertaking tobeacceptable and that the
proceedings concerning Czechoslovakia should beterminated .without imposition
ofadefinitive anti-dumping duty and .
fconsequently ,nodefinitive duty should beimposed onCzechoslovakian
exports ;
Whereas ,however ,theamounts secured byway ofprovisional duty should be
collected uptotheamount oftherevised dumping margin determined ;
Whereas ,asregards imports ofChina ,adefinitive duty should beimposed ,
equal tothemargin established inthesubsequent investigation ;whereas
Community interests also call forthedefinitive collection intheir entirety
oftheamounts secured byway ofprovisional duty ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
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1.Adefinitive anti-dumping duty hereby imposed onoxalic acid falling
within Common Customs Tariff subheading ex29.15 AIandcorresponding
toNIMEXE Code ex29.15-11 originating inChina .
2.The rate oftheduty shall be34.2% onthebasis ofthecustoms value
determined inaccordance with Council Regulation (EEC)No1224 /80ol^28 May
1980 onthevaluation ofgoods forcustoms purposesd ).
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3.Theprovisions inforce concerning customs Idutiesshall,apply forthe
application ofthis duty .

Article2
Theamountssecured,bywayofprovisionaldutyunderRegulation(EEC)Eo
171/82shallbedefinitivelycollectedintheirentiretyasregardsimports
fromChina.InthecaseofimportsoriginatinginCzechoslovakia ,theamounts
securedbywayofprovisional dutyshallbedefinitively collecteduptoan
amountnotexceeding23•9%ofthecustomsvaluedeterminedinaccordance'with
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1224/30of28May1980onthevaluationofgoods
forcustomspurposes(1).
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
(1)ÛJKoL134,31.5-1980.p.1