INC ., MADISON , NORTH CAROLINA ; MONSANTO TEXTILE COMPANY , ST . LOUIS , MISSOURI ; TITAN TEXTILE COMPANY INCORPORATED , NEW YORK , N.Y . AND UNIFI INCORPORATED , GREENSBORO , NORTH CAROLINA ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE MAIN COMPLAINANT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , INCLUDING IN FRANCE , RHONE POULENC TEXTILE ; IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , ENKA AND HOECHST AG ; IN ITALY MONTEFIBRE SPA AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , COURTAULDS LTD AND ICI LTD ; WHEREAS , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MONSANTO COMPANY , NO IMPORTER HAS REPLIED TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE SENT BY THE COMMISSION AND CONSEQUENTLY NO VISITS HAVE BEEN MADE TO IMPORTERS ' PREMISES ALTHOUGH THE FIGURES PROVIDED BY THE MONSANTO COMPANY ' S EUROPEAN OFFICES WERE INSPECTED IN BRUSSELS ;
WHEREAS THE PRODUCT ALLEGED TO BE DUMPED IS EXPORTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF EITHER NON-TEXTURED OR TEXTURED YARN ;
WHEREAS , IN SO FAR AS NON-TEXTURED YARN IS CONCERNED , IN SEEKING TO DETERMINE NORMAL VALUE THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ALLEGATION OF THE COMPLAINANTS THAT DOMESTIC SALES OF THIS PRODUCT IN THE UNITED STATES WERE BEING MADE AT PRICES BELOW THEIR COST OF PRODUCTION DURING THE PERIOD UNDER INVESTIGATION WHICH EXTENDED FROM 1 MAY 1979 TO 30 APRIL 1980 ;
WHEREAS EASTMAN CHEMICAL INTERNATIONAL COMPANY REFUSED TO STATE WHETHER OR NOT SALES WERE MADE AT PRICES LESS THAN THEIR COST OF PRODUCTION AND REFUSED TO DIVULGE ANY ELEMENTS PERTAINING TO THE SAID COST ; WHEREAS MONSANTO TEXTILE COMPANY , STATED THAT LOSSES WERE INCURRED ON THIS PRODUCT BUT DECLINED TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF ITS COST OF PRODUCTION ; WHEREAS E.I . DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY DECLINED TO COMPLETE IN FULL THE QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO IT BY THE COMMISSION ON THE BASIS THAT THEIR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY WERE INSIGNIFICANT AND , IN PARTICULAR , DID NOT MAKE ANY REPLY TO THAT PART OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE RELATING TO PROFIT AND COSTS OF PRODUCTION ;
WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES , THE COMMISSION HAD TO BASE ITS PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE , I.E ., THAT CONTAINED IN THE COMPLAINT ; WHEREAS IT CONSEQUENTLY CONCLUDED THAT NON-TEXTURED YARN WAS SOLD AT A LOSS ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET DURING THE INVESTIGATION PERIOD CITED ABOVE ;
WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED THESE SALES AS NOT HAVING BEEN MADE IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE AND ESTABLISHED A CONSTRUCTED VALUE USING AVAILABLE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE COMPLAINANTS ON THE COSTS OF MATERIALS , MANUFACTURE AND OVERHEADS AND INCLUDING A 3 % PROFIT MARGIN CONSIDERED TO BE REASONABLE ;
WHEREAS THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE WAS COMPARED AT FOB LEVEL WITH THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICES FOR EXPORT SHIPMENTS TO THE EEC DURING THE INVESTIGATION PERIOD AS ESTABLISHED DURING THE ON-THE-SPOT INVESTIGATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION SHOWED A WEIGHTED AVERAGE DUMPING MARGIN OF 15.6 % FOR MONSANTO TEXTILE COMPANY , THE LARGEST KNOWN