, THE COMMISSION MADE ON THE SPOT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE OFFICES OF THE AMERICAN EXPORTERS WHOSE OPERATIONS WERE DEEMED TO REQUIRE INVESTIGATION , NAMELY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY , WAYNE , NEW JERSEY , USA AND THE BADISCHE CORPORATION , WILLIAMSBURG , VIRGINIA , USA ; WHEREAS SIMILAR INVESTIGATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT AT THE OFFICES OF VOMVICRYL SA ATHENS , GREECE AND AKRILIK KIMYA SANAYII AS , ISTANBUL , TURKEY ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAD CARRIED OUT ON THE SPOT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE OFFICES OF THE MAIN COMMUNITY PRODUCERS INVOLVED , NAMELY THE ITALIAN COMPANIES ANIC SPA , MILAN , MONTEFIBRE SPA , MILAN , SOCIETA ITALIANA RESINA SPA ( SIR ), MILAN AND SNIA VISCOSA SPA , MILAN ;
WHEREAS IT EMERGED FROM THE INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT IN GREECE AND TURKEY THAT NO DUMPING EXISTED IN THE CASE OF THE EXPORTS BY THESE PRODUCERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONSEQUENTLY CLOSED IN SO FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED ;
WHEREAS , TO MAKE A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING BY AMERICAN PRODUCERS , THE COMMISSION COMPARED THEIR EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE RULING ON THE AMERICAN MARKET ;
WHEREAS WEIGHTED AVERAGES WERE USED FOR THESE COMPARISONS , WHICH WERE MADE AT THE EX-FACTORY LEVEL FOR SALES DURING THE PERIOD 1 JUNE 1978 TO 31 MAY 1979 ;
WHEREAS ALL THE ALLOWANCES CLAIMED BY THE BADISCHE CORPORATION FOR TRANSPORT AND SELLING EXPENSES WERE GRANTED ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE COMPANY ' S CLAIM THAT FIRST QUALITY MATERIAL SOLD AS DEVELOPMENT SAMPLES AT LOW PRICES SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL NET WEIGHTED AVERAGE CALCULATION FOR FIRST QUALITY MATERIAL WAS DISALLOWED SINCE THE VOLUME OF THE SALES CONCERNED CONSTITUTED SUCH A HIGH PROPORTION OF TOTAL SALES AND THE COMPANY DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY ITS CLAIM ;
WHEREAS THE ALLOWANCE CLAIMED BY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY FOR TRANSPORT COSTS WAS GRANTED ; WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR CLAIM THAT THERE WERE VIRTUALLY NO SELLING EXPENSES ON EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY , THE BREAKDOWN OF THESE COSTS WAS BASED ON THE AVAILABLE ACCOUNTING DATA , ALLOCATED PROPORTIONATELY TO THE TURNOVER FOR EACH PRODUCT AND MARKET UNDER CONSIDERATION ; WHEREAS THE EXPORTER IN QUESTION REQUESTED A SUPPLEMENTARY ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES ; WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF SUFFICIENT PROOF AS TO THE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP OF THESE EXPENSES WITH THE SALES UNDER CONSIDERATION , THE COMMISSION WAS NOT ABLE TO TAKE THIS REQUEST INTO ACCOUNT ; WHEREAS A CLAIM MADE BY THE AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY FOR DIFFERENCES IN THE PRODUCTION COST OF CERTAIN ACRYLIC FIBRES SOLD IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET AS OPPOSED TO THOSE SOLD IN THE COMMUNITY MARKET WAS NOT ALLOWED SINCE THE EXPORTER IN QUESTION REFUSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTARY PROOF IN SUPPORT OF ITS CLAIM ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO INJURY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION DURING THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAD BEEN MAKING