CAROLINA , PERMACEL , NEW BRUNSWICK , NEW JERSEY , TUCK INDUSTRIES INC ., NEW ROCHELLE , NEW YORK , NASHUA CORPORATION , NASHUA , NEW HAMPSHIRE , MYSTIK TAPE , NORTHFIELD , ILLINOIS , ARMAK COMPANY , MARYSVILLE , MICHIGAN , AND ANCHOR CONTINENTAL INC ., COLUMBIA , SOUTH CAROLINA ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INVESTIGATIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE MAIN COMPLAINANT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS , VIZ IN ITALY , BOSTON SPA , MILAN , COMET SARA , COMO , AND MANULI AUTOADESIVI SPA , MILAN AND IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , ROTUNDA LTD , MANCHESTER ;
WHEREAS THE ALLEGATIONS OF DUMPING IN THE COMPLAINT SUBMITTED BY ASSOGOMMA WERE BASED ON A COMPARISON OF THE AMERICAN PRODUCERS ' DOMESTIC LIST PRICES WITH THEIR EXPORT PRICES FROM THE USA TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWED THAT ALMOST ALL SALES IN THE USA WHICH WERE COMPARABLE WITH THEIR EXPORT SALES TO THE COMMUNITY WERE MADE ' OFF LIST ' , I.E . WITH DISCOUNTS FROM THE PRICE LIST ; WHEREAS THEREFORE THE COMMISSION COMPARED THE AMERICAN EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICES RULING ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET FOR COMPARABLE CUSTOMERS ; WHEREAS THESE COMPARISONS WERE MADE AT THE EX-FACTORY LEVEL FOR SALES DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1979 TO AUGUST 1980 ;
WHEREAS TO ENSURE THAT EXPORT PRICES AND NORMAL VALUE WERE ON A COMPARABLE BASIS , ALLOWANCES WERE MADE , WHERE APPROPRIATE , FOR DIFFERENCES IN QUANTITIES AND IN THE CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SALE , I.E . FOR CREDIT TERMS , FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE , FOR SALARIES PAID TO SALESMEN AND FOR TRANSPORT ;
WHEREAS IT EMERGED FROM THIS EXANINATION THAT FOR ALL BUT ONE OF THE COMPANIES CONCERNED , THEIR EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING PRICES ON THEIR RESPECTIVE DOMESTIC MARKETS ;
WHEREAS FOR ONE COMPANY CONCERNED THERE HAD BEEN DUMPING OF ONE ROLL SIZE , BY MARGINS OF 7 TO 11 % IN 1980 ; WHEREAS THIS ROLL SIZE REPRESENTED 0.9 % OF THE COMPANY ' S EEC SALES AND APPROXIMATELY 0.3 % OF TOTAL UNITED STATES EXPORTS TO THE EEC OF GENERAL PURPOSE PAPER MASKING TAPE ; WHEREAS THE COMPANY CONCERNED WAS TAKING ACTION TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO INJURY TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , OFFICIAL STATISTICS SHOWED THAT IMPORTS FROM THE USA HAD INCREASED FROM APPROXIMATELY 3 912 TONNES IN 1977 TO APPROXIMATELY 6 610 TONNES IN 1979 ; WHEREAS ON THIS BASIS THE SHARE OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET HELD BY THESE IMPORTS HAD RISEN FROM 29 % IN 1977 TO APPROXIMATELY 44 % IN 1979 ;
WHEREAS THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE RESALE PRICES OF US IMPORTS WERE UNDERCUTTING THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCERS ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY WAS CHARACTERISED BY A DECREASE IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCERS INVESTIGATED FROM APPROXIMATELY 18.4 MILLION SQUARE METRES IN 1977 TO APPROXIMATELY 15.7 MILLION SQUARE