AND EXPORTERS CONCERNED IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THERE WERE NO SALES OF THE LIKE PRODUCT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE ON THEIR DOMESTIC MARKETS AND THE NORMAL VALUE WAS , THEREFORE , BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE , I.E ., THE COSTS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE OF MATERIALS , MANUFACTURE AND OVERHEADS IN TAIWAN PLUS A 10 % MARGIN FOR PROFIT , WHICH WAS CONSIDERED REASONABLE BY THE COMMISSION AND NOT DISPUTED BY THE TAIWANESE ; WHEREAS THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION ON RAW MATERIAL COSTS WAS CONTRADICTORY AND UNSUBSTANTIATED ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THIS COST WAS ESTABLISHED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION WITH APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS TO MEET THE SITUATION OBTAINING IN TAIWAN ; WHEREAS TO MAKE AN EXAMINATION OF THE EXISTISON OF DUMPING BY TAIWANESE PRODUCERS A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THEIR EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE NORMAL VALUE ; WHEREAS THOSE COMPARISONS WERE MADE AT THE FOB TAIWAN LEVEL FOR SALES DURING THE LAST THREE-QUARTERS OF 1979 AND THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1980 ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWED THAT IN THE INVESTIGATION PERIOD THERE WAS DUMPING IN RESPECT OF EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY BY ALL THE MANUFACTURERS CONCERNED , THE DUMPING MARGIN VARYING FROM 16 % TO 40 % ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT TAIWANESE EXPORTS OF LOUVRE DOORS WERE CONCENTRATED ON THE UNITED KINGDOM , WHERE THEY REACHED 254 000 PIECES IN 1979 ; WHEREAS THESE EXPORTS HAD FALLEN IN 1980 BECAUSE THE TAIWANESE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING RAW MATERIALS ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE TAIWANESE EXPORTERS HAD THEMSELVES INDICATED THAT IT WAS THEIR INTENTION TO SUPPLY 300 000 PIECES PER ANNUM TO THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET WHEN THESE DIFFICULTIES WERE RESOLVED , WHICH THEY NOW APPEAR TO BE ;
WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF SEPARATE PRODUCTION AND IMPORT FIGURES RELATING TO LOUVRE DOORS ALONE , IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE EXACTLY THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOR SUCH UNITS ; WHEREAS , NEVERTHELESS , THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT THE TOTAL COMMUNITY MARKET HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STATIC FROM 1978 TO 1980 ; WHEREAS THE MARKET SHARE HELD BY IMPORTS OF LOUVRE DOORS , ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN , IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 % IN 1979 AND WAS LIKELY TO BE APPROXIMATELY 20 % IN 1981 ;
WHEREAS THE RESALE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM TAIWAN WERE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCERS ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY IS CHARACTERIZED BY DEPRESSION OF COMMUNITY PRICES OR PREVENTION OF PRICE INCREASES WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED ;
WHEREAS MOST OF THE COMMUNITY FIRMS ARE CONSEQUENTLY MAKING CONSIDERABLY REDUCED PROFITS ON LOUVRE DOORS AND THE PROFITABILITY OF THIS INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IS , THEREFORE , AT RISK ; WHEREAS THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT SINCE 1979 THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION OF