ITS SUBSIDIARY IN THE COMMUNITY WERE THEREFORE RECONSTRUCTED ON THE BASIS OF THE PRICES AT WHICH THE IMPORTED PRODUCTS WERE FIRST RESOLD TO AN INDEPENDENT PURCHASER ; WHEREAS IN THAT CASE ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COSTS INCURRED BETWEEN IMPORTATION AND RESALE BY BURLINGTON ( IRELAND ) LTD , INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS , SALES , TRANSPORT , INSURANCE AND HANDLING COSTS , CUSTOMS DUTIES AND , WHERE THE PRODUCTS WERE NOT RESOLD IN THE STATE IN WHICH THEY HAD BEEN IMPORTED , THE PROCESSING COSTS ; WHEREAS A PROFIT MARGIN OF 5 % , WHICH WAS DEEMED REASONABLE , WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RECONSTRUCTION EXERCISE ;
WHEREAS THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT AT THE SEVEN US COMPANIES CONCERNED SHOW THAT THEIR PRICES FOR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY WERE BELOW THE NORMAL VALUE AND THAT THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DUMPING MARGINS WERE 38 % FOR J . P . STEVENS AND CO ., INC ., NEW YORK ; 30.8 % FOR FRANK IX AND SONS INC ., NEW YORK ; APPROXIMATELY 3.9 % FOR TEXFI INDUSTRIES INC ., GREENSBORO , NORTH CAROLINA , BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES , INC ., GREENSBORO , NORTH CAROLINA , BLOOMSBURY MILLS INC ., NEW YORK AND MILLIKEN AND CO ., SPARTANBURG , SOUTH CAROLINA , AND 0.7 % FOR GREENWOOD MILLS , GREENWOOD , SOUTH CAROLINA ;
WHEREAS THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED IN RESPECT OF CONSIGNMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE US EXPORTERS WHICH DID NOT MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN ; WHEREAS AT THE PRESENT STAGE IN THE INVESTIGATION IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONCLUDE ON THE BASIS OF THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE DUMPING MARGIN FOR THOSE IMPORTS IS LESS THAN 38 % ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN TEXTURED POLYESTER FABRICS ORIGINATING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ROSE FROM 8.7 MILLION M2 IN 1979 TO 16.2 MILLION M2 IN 1980 ; WHEREAS IMPORTS OF THE FABRICS IN QUESTION FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE MARKET MOST AFFECTED , INCREASED BY 23 % BETWEEN 1979 AND 1980 ; WHEREAS THE SHARE OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET HELD BY THE UNITED STATES INCREASED FROM 8.7 % IN 1979 TO 17.1 % IN 1980 ; WHEREAS IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES HELD 12 % OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET IN 1979 AND 16.4 % IN 1980 ;
WHEREAS , IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1979 AND IN 1980 , RESALE PRICES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE TEXTURED POLYESTER FABRICS OF US ORIGIN WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE DUMPED FREQUENTLY UNDERCUT THE PRICES OF LIKE FABRICS PRODUCED BY COMMUNITY MANUFACTURERS , BY MARGINS REACHING 30 % IN SOME CASES ; WHEREAS THESE MARGINS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREATER HAD COMMUNITY PRODUCERS NOT REDUCED THEIR PRICES IN AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO MEET US COMPETITION AND TO PRESERVE