REPUBLIC ) AND OF THE TWO PRINCIPAL IMPORTERS IN THE COMMUNITY , RHONE-POULENC SA ( PARIS ) AND QUAKER OATS NV ( ANTWERP ); WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF ALL COMPLAINANT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , INCLUDING , IN FRANCE , AGRIFURANE SA ( AGEN ) AND SICA-CHIMIE ( PARIS ), AND , IN ITALY , ALCE SPA ( S . MICHELE MONDOVI ) AND SIF SPA ( MILAN );
WHEREAS , IN SEEKING TO DETERMINE THE NORMAL VALUE FOR GULF AND WESTERN AMERICAS CORPORATION ( GWAC ), THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO SALES OF THE LIKE PRODUCT ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THAT SALES TO THIRD COUNTRIES NOT MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WERE RELATIVELY SMALL AND DID NOT , THEREFORE , PERMIT A PROPER COMPARISON ; WHEREAS , FOR THESE REASONS , THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THE NORMAL VALUE FOR THIS COMPANY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF ITS CONSTRUCTED VALUE ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION DETERMINED CONSTRUCTED VALUE FOR THE PERIOD OF INVESTIGATION RUNNING FROM AUGUST 1979 TO JULY 1980 BY TAKING THE COMPANY ' S TOTAL COST OF MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURE AND ADDING AN AMOUNT FOR OVERHEADS AND AN 8 % PROFIT MARGIN CONSIDERED TO BE APPROPRIATE ; WHEREAS , IN DETERMINING THE COST OF MATERIALS , THE COMMISSION HAD TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE VALUE OF THE RAW MATERIAL , BAGASSE , USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF FURFURAL ; WHEREAS BAGASSE IS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE COMPANY ' S DOMINICAN SUGAR PRODUCTION ; WHEREAS DUE TO DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH TRANSPORT COSTS THERE IS NO DEMAND FOR THIS BAGASSE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC OR ELSEWHERE AND THEREFORE NO MARKET PRICE ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE COMPANY COULD ALSO USE THE BAGASSE AS FUEL IN ITS SUGAR MILL AND THEREBY REDUCE THE MILL ' S ENERGY COSTS ; WHEREAS THE COMPANY , THEREFORE , VALUES THE BAGASSE USED IN THE FURFURAL PRODUCTION BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THESE POTENTIAL SAVINGS ; WHEREAS THIS ACCOUNTING PRACTICE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE REASONABLE ;
WHEREAS EXPORT PRICES WERE DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE PRICES ACTUALLY PAID FOR THE PRODUCT CONCERNED SOLD FOR EXPORT TO THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS , IN SEEKING A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING , THE COMMISSION COMPARED THESE EXPORT PRICES , TRANSACTION BY TRANSACTION , ON AN EX-FACTORY BASIS , WITH THE NORMAL VALUE ; WHEREAS THIS COMPARISON SHOWED THAT EXPORTS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT BEING DUMPED DURING THE PERIOD UNDER CONSIDERATION ;
WHEREAS , HAVING ESTABLISHED THAT EXPORTS FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT BEING DUMPED AND BEARING IN MIND THE SMALLER QUANTITIES OF IMPORTS FROM SPAIN AND THE PEOPLE ' S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE PRICE LEVEL OF THESE IMPORTS , THE COMMISSION EXAMINED THE QUESTION WHETHER MATERIAL INJURY WAS BEING CAUSED BY THE ALLEGEDLY DUMPED SPANISH AND CHINESE IMPORTS ;
WHEREAS THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE