OF THE MAJOR US PRODUCERS NAMELY : AMOCO CHEMICALS CORPORATION , CHICAGO , ILLINOIS ; SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY , HOUSTON , TEXAS ; ARCO CHEMICAL COMPANY , PHILADELPHIA , PENNSYLVANIA ; SUN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS COMPANY , PHILADELPHIA , PENNSYLVANIA ; WHEREAS INSPECTIONS WERE ALSO CARRIED OUT AT THE PREMISES OF PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CHEMICALS NV/SA , OVERIJSE , BELGIUM IN CONNECTION WITH SALES MADE BY TWO RELATED EXPORTERS , INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM SALES INC , PANAMA AND PHILLIPS PARAXYLENE INC , PUERTO RICO ; WHEREAS ALL THE OTHER FIRMS NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT EITHER DID NOT REPLY TO THE COMMISSION ' S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT EXPORTERS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , OR THAT THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES AN INTERESTED PARTY ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF ALL THE COMPLAINANT PRODUCERS , VIZ ., DEUTSCHE SHELL CHEMIE GMBH , FRANKFURT ; VEBA OEL , GELSENKIRCHEN ; DEUTSCHE BP UND CALIFORNIA , DUESSELDORF ; BP CALIFORNIA , LONDON ; SHELL INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL COMPANY LTD , LONDON ; ICI LTD , WILTON ; ANIC , MILAN ; MONTEDISON , MILAN AND TOTAL CHIMIE , PARIS ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF DUMPING , THE COMMISSION COMPARED EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH DOMESTIC PRICES ON THE US MARKET , EXCEPT FOR AMOCO CHEMICAL CORPORATION WHICH DID NOT HAVE SALES OF THE LIKE PRODUCT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET AND WHOSE EXPORTS WERE MADE TO AN ASSOCIATED COMPANY IN THE EEC - IN THIS CASE THE AVERAGE US DOMESTIC PRICE OF THE OTHER MANUFACTURERS WAS USED IN COMPARISON WITH AN EXPORT PRICE CONSTRUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE PRICE AT WHICH THE IMPORTED PRODUCT WAS FIRST RESOLD TO AN INDEPENDENT BUYER ; WHEREAS IN THOSE CASES WHERE PRODUCERS DID NOT SELL DIRECTLY TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY THE EXPORT PRICE WAS TAKEN AS THAT AT WHICH THEY SOLD TO TRADERS OR DEALERS FOR ONWARD EXPORT TO THE EEC ; WHEREAS FOR THESE COMPARISONS WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOB PRICES WERE USED FOR THE LAST THREE-QUARTERS OF 1980 , WITH ACCOUNT BEING TAKEN , WHERE APPROPRIATE , OF DIFFERENCES AFFECTING PRICE COMPARABILITY SUCH AS DIFFERENCES IN THE LEVEL OF TRADE ;
WHEREAS GIVEN THE PARTICULAR SITUATION OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING THE MINIMAL SIZE OF ITS INTERNAL MARKET AND THE FACT THAT MOST SALES FROM THIS AREA WERE HANDLED BY US MAINLAND ORGANIZATIONS AND WERE MADE TO THE UNITED STATES , THE NORMAL VALUE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THE BASIS OF PRICES CHARGED ON SALES FROM PUERTO RICO TO THE USA ; WHEREAS FOR THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS THE ONLY INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION WAS FROM A SINGLE EXPORTER WHO HAD CEASED TRADING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS , THEREFORE , CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE THAT THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FOR THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING THE INVESTIGATION IN THE USA ;
WHEREAS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC COMPANIES INVESTIGATED THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS