IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN BY 7.7 % IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1980 AS COMPARED WITH 1979 , LEAVING COMMUNITY PRODUCERS WITH AN ESTIMATED 76.4 % OF THAT MARKET , THE WHOLE OF THE DECREASE HAVING BEEN LOST TO EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ;
WHEREAS AT PRESENT MOST COMPLAINANT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS ARE FORCED TO SELL AT PRICES WHICH ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO RECOVER COSTS AND ARE UNABLE TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION BY MEANS OF USING MORE PRODUCT CAPTIVELY ; WHEREAS , AS A RESULT , THEY ARE INCURRING LOSSES , SOME OF WHICH ARE EXTREMELY HIGH ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS CONSIDERED THE INJURY CAUSED BY OTHER FACTORS WHICH , INDIVIDUALLY OR IN COMBINATION , ARE ALSO AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ; WHEREAS IT HAS EXAMINED IN PARTICULAR THE PRICES AND LEVEL OF NON-DUMPED IMPORTS , AND THE LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION OF STYRENE IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY LEVEL OF EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY BY US EXPORTERS FOUND NOT TO BE DUMPING WAS 6.1 % LOWER IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1980 THAN IN 1979 ; WHEREAS , MOREOVER , THE QUANTITIES INVOLVED ONLY REPRESENT A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL COMMUNITY IMPORTS OF STYRENE ; WHEREAS VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER IMPORTS OF STYRENE INTO THE COMMUNITY ARE OF CANADIAN ORIGIN ; WHEREAS THE LEVEL HAS FLUCTUATED CONSIDERABLY FROM YEAR TO YEAR , RISING TO 28 000 TONNES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1980 COMPARED WITH 34 500 TONNES IN THE WHOLE OF 1979 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE COMMISSION IS SATISFIED THAT THESE IMPORTS ARE NOT HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE FREE MARKET IN THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS CONSUMPTION IN THE FREE MARKET IN THE COMMUNITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER IN 1980 THAN IN 1979 , OWING TO DESTOCKING ; WHEREAS THERE WAS ALREADY EVIDENCE OF THIS OCCURRING IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1980 ; WHEREAS , WHILE THIS HAS CLEARLY BEEN A FACTOR CAUSING INJURY TO COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , THE COMMISSION IS CONVINCED , ON THE BASIS OF THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE , THAT THE INJURY CAUSED BY THE INCREASED MARKET SHARE OF DUMPED US STYRENE , AND BY THE ACCOMPANYING PRICE UNDERCUTTING , MUST NEVERTHELESS , TAKEN IN ISOLATION , BE CONSIDERED AS MATERIAL ;
WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN ORDER TO PREVENT INJURY BEING CAUSED DURING THE PROCEEDING , THE INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY CALL FOR IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION CONSISTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF A PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON IMPORTS OF STYRENE MONOMER ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , AT A RATE WHICH , HAVING REGARD TO THE EXTENT OF INJURY CAUSED , SHOULD BE EQUAL TO THE DUMPING MARGIN PROVISIONALLY ESTABLISHED ; WHEREAS IN THIS CONTEXT , THE COMMISSION HAS CONSIDERED THE EFFECTS WHICH ANY PROTECTIVE MEASURES WOULD HAVE ON THE DOWNSTREAM PRODUCTS FOR WHICH STYRENE MONOMER IS ONE OF THE BASE RAW MATERIALS ; WHEREAS THOSE EFFECTS , COUPLED WITH THE LEVEL OF THE PROVISIONAL DUTY , HAVE NOT LED TO OTHER CONCLUSIONS ;
WHEREAS ,