PERIOD 1 AUGUST 1978 TO 31 JULY 1979 ; WHEREAS THIS COMPARISON WAS MADE AT THE EX-FACTORY LEVEL ;
WHEREAS , TO ENSURE THAT EXPORT PRICES AND NORMAL VALUES WERE ON A COMPARABLE BASIS , ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN MADE , WHERE APPROPRIATE , FOR DIFFERENCES CLAIMED IN THE CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SALE ON EACH MARKET , AND IN PARTICULAR TO DIFFERENCES IN THE COSTS OF CREDIT AND PACKAGING ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , IN THE CASE OF EXPORTS BY THE AMERICAN PRODUCER NO ALLOWANCE WAS MADE FOR DIFFERENCES CLAIMED IN RESPECT OF THE COSTS OF ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH , SINCE THESE COSTS WERE NOT CONSIDERED TO BEAR A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO SALES IN THE DOMESTIC MARKET ONLY ;
WHEREAS IT EMERGED FROM THE EXAMINATION OF DUMPING BY THE JAPANESE PRODUCERS AND EXPORTERS THAT IN NO CASE DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD WERE THE JAPANESE EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING PRICES ON THEIR DOMESTIC MARKET AND THAT THE EXPORT PRICES EXCEEDED THEIR NORMAL VALUE BY 0.4 TO 15.6 % ;
WHEREAS CONSEQUENTLY NO DUMPING EXISTED IN THE CASE OF EXPORTS FROM JAPAN OF SACCHARIN AND ITS SALTS TO THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TERMINATE THE PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF SACCHARIN AND ITS SALTS ORIGINATING IN JAPAN ;
WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWS THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF SACCHARIN AND ITS SALTS FROM CHINA , THE MARGIN OF DUMPING IN 1979 BEING 13.9 % FOR ALL EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY AND 15.2 % FOR EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ; WHEREAS SUCH EXAMINATION SHOWS ALSO THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , THE MARGINS OF DUMPING BEING 40 AND 51 % IN RESPECT OF EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 51 % IN RESPECT OF EXPORTS TO FRANCE AND GERMANY ;
WHEREAS WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT THE MARKET SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA IN THE COMMUNITY INCREASED FROM 3.9 % IN 1976 TO 16.5 % IN 1979 , AND THAT IN THE SAME PERIOD THE MARKET SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE COMMUNITY INCREASED FROM 2.9 TO 6.0 % ; WHEREAS DURING THE SAME PERIOD THE SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM CHINA IN THE MARKET IN THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE MARKET MOST AFFECTED BY THESE IMPORTS , ROSE FROM 3.4 TO 22.1 % AND THE MARKET SHARE OF IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INCREASED FROM 3.2 TO 5.2 % ;
WHEREAS THE RESALE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PRODUCER ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY IS CHARACTERIZED BY A FALL IN PRODUCTION BY LOW CAPACITY UTILIZATION AND BY A LOSS OF MARKET SHARE FROM 1976 TO