THE AUSTRIAN DOMESTIC MARKET IN PARTICULAR ;
WHEREAS A COMPARISON WITH THE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS CONCERNED ON THE AUSTRIAN DOMESTIC MARKET WOULD APPEAR REASONABLE AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A PRELIMINARY FINDING OF DUMPING , SINCE THE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS ARE SIMILAR , AND AUSTRIAN PRICE CONTROLS IN RESPECT OF THE TUBES IN QUESTION AND THE LARGE VOLUME OF IMPORTS WOULD APPEAR TO GUARANTEE A FAIR LEVEL OF PRICES ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY FINDING OF DUMPING WAS ACCORDINGLY MADE , FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPAL AUSTRIAN MANUFACTURER VOEST-ALPINE ( VIENNA ), BY COMPARING THE AVERAGE AUSTRIAN EX-WORKS PRICES FOR SALES OVER THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1978 TO JUNE 1979 WITH PRICES FOR IMPORTS FROM ROMANIA INTO THE COMMUNITY OVER THE SAME PERIOD ;
WHEREAS , TO TAKE DUE ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCES AFFECTING PRICE COMPARABILITY , THE MAXIMUM DISCOUNTS FOR BULK ORDERS AND CASH PAYMENT , AND SALES AND SERVICE COSTS BORNE BY THE AUSTRIAN MANUFACTURER , WERE DEDUCTED FROM AUSTRIAN LIST PRICES ;
WHEREAS THE ABOVE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWS THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING IN RESPECT OF THE IMPORTS CONSIDERED IN THE INVESTIGATION , THE DUMPING MARGIN BEING EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THE NORMAL VALUE AS ESTABLISHED ABOVE EXCEEDS THE PRICE AT WHICH THE GOODS ARE EXPORTED TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , FOR EXAMPLE , THE SAID MARGIN WAS ROUGHLY 20 % FOR ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF TUBE ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA , ROSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 22 409 TONNES IN 1976 TO 25 583 TONNES IN 1978 , REACHING 18 529 TONNES FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1979 ;
WHEREAS THE MOST RELIABLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT FROM 1979 IMPORTS OF SUCH TUBES FROM ROMANIA TOOK A MARKET SHARE OF ROUGHLY 13 % IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , THE MARKET PRINCIPALLY AFFECTED BY SUCH IMPORTS ;
WHEREAS THE RESALE PRICES IN THE COMMUNITY OF TUBES ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA UNDERCUT THOSE OF LIKE PRODUCTS MADE BY COMMUNITY MANUFACTURERS IN THE PRINCIPAL MARKET CONCERNED BY BETWEEN 12 % AND 16 % , ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION IN THE COMMISSION ' S POSSESSION ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY IN THIS MARKET HAS HELPED TO DEPRESS COMMUNITY PRICES , MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE , AT PRESENT TO COVER PRODUCTION COSTS ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS EXAMINED WHETHER INJURY HAD BEEN CAUSED BY OTHER FACTORS ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ; WHEREAS THE VOLUME AND PRICES OF OTHER IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , PRINCIPALLY FROM SPAIN , HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED ; WHEREAS IT HAD BEEN NOTED THAT SUCH IMPORTS , FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SPANISH CIRCLES INVOLVED , WILL CARRY PRICES WHICH DO NOT CAUSE INJURY TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN ACCOUNT OF OTHER FACTORS , IN