INJURY , THE COMMISSION SOUGHT AND VERIFIED ALL INFORMATION IT DEEMED TO BE NECESSARY , AND CARRIED OUT INSPECTIONS AT THE PREMISES OF THE MAJOR IMPORTERS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , INCLUDING COMEX AUSSENHANDELS GMBH , F . KIRCHFELD GMBH AND CO . KG AND KLOCKNER GMBH AND CO . KG STAHLHANDEL ; THE MAJOR PRODUCERS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND FRANCE , INCLUDING ROCHLING-BURBACH WEITERVERARBEITUNG GMBH AND WUPPERMANN KALTPROFIL GMBH , FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , PROFILAFROID SA , FRANCE , AND A MAJOR AUSTRIAN PRODUCER ;
WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING , THE COMMISSION HAS HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT ROMANIA IS NOT A MARKET ECONOMY ;
WHEREAS FOR THAT REASON THE COMMISSION CALCULATED THE DUMPING MARGIN ON THE BASIS OF THE NORMAL VALUE OF THE SECTIONS IN QUESTION ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET OF A MARKET ECONOMY NON-MEMBER COUNTRY ;
WHEREAS IN THAT CONNECTION THE COMPLAINT HAD CITED THE AUSTRIAN DOMESTIC MARKET ; WHEREAS , IN THE LIGHT OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PARTIES , A COMPARISON WITH THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE OF THE SECTIONS IN QUESTION ON THE AUSTRIAN MARKET IS BOTH APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE ; WHEREAS THE SAID CONSTRUCTED VALUE WAS DETERMINED NET OF ALL PROFIT ;
WHEREAS THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE WAS COMPARED AT EX-WORKS LEVEL WITH THE ROMANIAN PRICES FOR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY , FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1979 ;
WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION DESCRIBED ABOVE SHOWS THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING WITH A MARGIN EXCEEDING 25 % IN EVERY CASE ;
WHEREAS WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE INDUSTRY CONCERNED , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF COLD-FORMED SECTIONS ORIGINATING IN ROMANIA ROSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 847 TONNES IN 1975 TO 26 141 TONNES IN 1978 ; WHEREAS THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THOSE IMPORTS WENT TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY , WHERE THEIR VOLUME AND MARKET SHARE ROSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 2 746 TONNES AND 1.55 % IN 1975 TO 25 932 TONNES AND 12.32 % IN 1978 ; WHEREAS THE REMAINDER OF THE EXPORTS IN QUESTION MOSTLY WENT TO FRANCE , BELGIUM AND THE NETHERLANDS BEING AFFECTED ONLY BY RE-EXPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ;
WHEREAS THE RESALE PRICE OF THE PRODUCTS IMPORTED INTO THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNED ARE EXTREMELY LOW AND BENEATH LOCAL PRODUCTION COSTS ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY PRODUCERS CONCERNED TAKES THE FORM OF A 30 TO 40 % CUT IN PRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , UNDER-UTILIZATION OF CAPACITY , A 30 TO 40 % REDUCTION IN THE VOLUME OF SALES , A SIGNIFICANT FALL IN THE SIZE OF THEIR MARKET SHARE , A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT , AND DEPRESSED PRICES FORCING THEM TO SELL BELOW PRODUCTION COSTS AND CAUSING THEM TO SUFFER MAJOR LOSSES ON THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER FACTORS WHICH COULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ' S SITUATION , SUCH AS THE