THE COMMISSION AT THIS STAGE TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION BY INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE FIRMS CONCERNED ; WHEREAS CONSEQUENTLY THIS INFORMATION HAS ONLY BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT CORRESPONDS TO VERIFIED INFORMATION ; WHEREAS ALL THE OTHER FIRMS NAMED IN THE COMPLAINT EITHER DID NOT REPLY TO THE COMMISSION ' S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT EXPORTERS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , OR THAT THEY DID NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES AN INTERESTED PARTY ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION REQUESTED AND RECEIVED VERY DETAILED WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL THE COMPLAINANT COMMUNITY PRODUCERS WITH RESPECT TO THE QUESTION OF INJURY AND CAUSATION THEREOF ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION ALSO CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF FOUR COMPLAINANT PRODUCERS , ACCOUNTING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE COMPLAINANTS , VIZ : ATO CHIMIE , PARIS ; BASF AG , LUDWIGSHAFEN ; SHELL INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED , LONDON AND BP CHEMICALS LIMITED , LONDON ;
WHEREAS ACCOUNT WAS ALSO TAKEN OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY A COMMUNITY CONSUMER OF STYRENE MONOMER AND OF THE ARGUMENTS ADVANCED BY HIM ;
WHEREAS , FOR THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF DUMPING , THE COMMISSION USED AS THE NORMAL VALUE THE DOMESTIC PRICES ON THE UNITED STATES ' MARKET ; WHEREAS , FOR THOSE EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR WHICH THE COMMISSION WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PRODUCER , THE LATTER ' S WEIGHTED AVERAGE EX-FACTORY PRICE FOR SALES TO UNRELATED CUSTOMERS WAS TAKEN ; WHEREAS IN ALL OTHER CASES THE COMMISSION TOOK THE OVERALL WEIGHTED AVERAGE EX-FACTORY PRICE FOR SALES TO UNRELATED CUSTOMERS OF THE FOUR US PRODUCERS VISITED ;
WHEREAS , AS CONCERNS THE EXPORT PRICE , THE COMMISSION USED , IN SO FAR AS THE EXPORTER COULD BE IDENTIFIED , THE PRICE ACTUALLY PAID OR PAYABLE FOR EXPORT TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL VOLUME OF EXPORTS OF STYRENE TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE EXPORTER COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED , THE COMMISSION DETERMINED THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE EXPORT PRICE FOB GULF OF MEXICO , USA ON THE BASIS OF THE COMMUNITY ' S IMPORT STATISTICS , AFTER DEDUCTION OF THE QUANTITIES AND VALUES RELATING TO IDENTIFIED EXPORTS , AND OF THE COMMISSION ' S BEST ESTIMATE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRICE FOB GULF OF MEXICO , USA AND THE PRICE CIF COMMUNITY PORT ;
WHEREAS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC COMPANIES INVESTIGATED THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS WERE AS FOLLOWS :
- GULF HAS NOT EXPORTED ANY STYRENE TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE FIRST HALF OF 1979 ,
- BORG WARNER HAS ONLY EXPORTED INDIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1979 , AND ONLY FOR ITS CAPTIVE REQUIREMENTS ; MOREOVER , THE CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS REGULATING THESE INDIRECT EXPORTS APPEAR TO ENSURE EITHER THAT THE EXPORT PRICE IS NOT BELOW NORMAL VALUE , OR THAT IN ANY EVENT THE PRICES AND QUANTITIES INVOLVED DO NOT CAUSE ANY INJURY TO THE FREE MARKET FOR STYRENE IN THE COMMUNITY ,