OUT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE MAIN COMPLAINANT UK PRODUCERS , VIZ . PIRELLI LTD ( BURTON-ON-TRENT ), THE GOODYEAR TYRE AND RUBBER CO . ( WOLVERHAMPTON ), DUNLOP LTD ( BIRMINGHAM ) AND AVON TYRES LTD ( MELKSHAM );
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH WHETHER THE YUGOSLAV IMPORTS WERE DUMPED , THE COMMISSION USED YUGOSLAV DOMESTIC PRICES TO ESTABLISH THE NORMAL VALUE ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT CZECHOSLOVAKIA , THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND ROMANIA ARE NOT MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS , FOR THAT REASON , THE COMMISSION HAD TO BASE ITS CALCULATIONS IN RESPECT OF THESE COUNTRIES ON THE NORMAL VALUE IN A MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY ; WHEREAS IN THAT CONNECTION , THE COMPLAINT HAD SUGGESTED THE SPANISH DOMESTIC MARKET ;
WHEREAS , IN THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EXPORTERS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA , THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND ROMANIA , THE COMPARABILITY OF THE SPANISH MARKET FOR CAR TYRES WAS CONTESTED BECAUSE PRICES WERE UNREPRESENTATIVE ; WHEREAS A COMPARISON WITH THE PRICE OF THE TYRES IN QUESTION ON THE YUGOSLAV DOMESTIC MARKET WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AND APPEARED REASONABLE , AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSE OF A PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF DUMPING , SINCE THE PRICES SEEMED TO BE REPRESENTATIVE ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF DUMPING FOR ALL FOUR COUNTRIES WAS ACCORDINGLY MADE BY COMPARING EX-FACTORY PRICES IN YUGOSLAVIA WITH EX-FACTORY PRICES FOR IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY FROM EACH COUNTRY IN QUESTION DURING 1979 ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE DUE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCES AFFECTING PRICE COMPARABILITY , DISCOUNTS AND SALES AND SERVICE COSTS BORNE BY THE YUGOSLAV MANUFACTURERS WERE DEDUCTED FROM THEIR PRICES ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWS THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORTS CONSIDERED IN THE INVESTIGATION , THE DUMPING MARGIN BEING EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE NORMAL VALUE AS ESTABLISHED ABOVE EXCEEDS THE PRICE AT WHICH THE GOODS ARE EXPORTED TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS THE MARGIN VARIES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE AND SIZE OF TYRE AND THE EXPORTING COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , FOR THE PRINCIPAL SIZES OF TYRE , THESE MARGINS RANGED UP TO 7.27 EUA PER TYRE ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT IMPORTS INTO THE MAJOR COMMUNITY MARKET , I.E ., THE UK , OF THE TYRES IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES COVERED BY THE INVESTIGATION ROSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 386 000 UNITS IN 1975 TO 802 000 UNITS IN 1978 , FALLING TO 473 000 UNITS IN 1979 , THE YEAR WHEN THE PROCEEDINGS WERE INITIATED ;
WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF OFFICIAL PRODUCTION AND IMPORT FIGURES RELATING TO THE TYRES IN QUESTION , IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE EXACTLY THE SIZE OF THE UK MARKET FOR SUCH TYRES ; WHEREAS , NEVERTHELESS , THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT THE UK MARKET SHARE HELD BY IMPORTS OF THESE TYRES ORIGINATING IN THE