, AND STAFFWOODS LTD , WOLVERHAMPTON ;
WHEREAS FOR ALL THE PRODUCERS CONCERNED THERE WERE NO SALES OF THE LIKE PRODUCT IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE ON THEIR DOMESTIC MARKETS AND THE NORMAL VALUE WAS , THEREFORE , BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE , THAT IS THE COSTS IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE OF MATERIALS , MANUFACTURE AND OVERHEADS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA PLUS A 10 % MARGIN FOR PROFIT CONSIDERED TO BE REASONABLE ; WHEREAS TO DETERMINE THE EXISTENCE OF DUMPING BY MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPOREAN PRODUCERS A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THEIR EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE NORMAL VALUES ; WHEREAS THESE COMPARISONS WERE MADE AT THE EX-FACTORY STAGE FOR SALES DURING THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1979 TO 31 DECEMBER 1980 ;
WHEREAS IT EMERGED FROM THIS EXAMINATION THAT MALAYSIAN EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY WERE NOT LOWER THAN THE CORRESPONDING CONSTRUCTED VALUE ;
WHEREAS CONSEQUENTLY NO DUMPING EXISTED IN THE CASE OF EXPORTS FROM MALAYSIA OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY ;
WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS APPROPRIATE TO TERMINATE THE PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING IMPORTS OF LOUVRE DOORS ORIGINATING IN MALAYSIA ;
WHEREAS IN SINGAPORE THE RESULTS OF THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AT THE COMPANIES CONCERNED WERE AS FOLLOWS :
- WITH RESPECT TO CHUAN SOON HUAT AND GOLDEN WOOD PTE LTD THE COMPARISON OF THEIR EXPORT PRICES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTRUCTED VALUES SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO DUMPING ;
- WITH RESPECT TO MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD IT WAS FOUND THAT THEIR RAW MATERIALS WERE BOUGHT FROM THEIR ASSOCIATED COMPANY AT PRICES WHICH COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS BEING IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE AND THAT FOR CERTAIN OTHER COSTS THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIATING EVIDENCE ; THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE WAS THEREFORE BASED ON THE EVIDENCE WHICH COULD BE SUBSTANTIATED , WITH A BEST ESTIMATE ON THE FACTS AVAILABLE BEING MADE FOR THE OTHER COSTS . THE PRICE COMPARISON OF THE CONSTRUCTED VALUE AND MASTER TIMBER ' S EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY SHOWED THAT THERE WERE DUMPING MARGINS RANGING UP TO 30 % . EXPORTS HAD ALSO BEEN OFFERED TO A UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTER AT DUMPING MARGINS OF UP TO 40 % ;
WHEREAS , WITH REGARD TO THE INJURY CAUSED TO THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY , THE EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT TOTAL IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE LOUVRE DOORS IN QUESTION SOLD BY MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD ROSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 233 000 UNITS IN 1979 TO 450 000 UNITS IN 1980 ; WHEREAS THERE WAS ALSO EVIDENCE THAT MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES HAD CONTRACTED TO SELL APPROXIMATELY 100 000 PIECES TO A UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTER AT DUMPED PRICES AND HAD OFFERED UNLIMITED QUANTITIES AT EVEN HIGHER DUMPING MARGINS ;
WHEREAS , IN THE ABSENCE OF SEPARATE PRODUCTION AND IMPORT FIGURES RELATING TO LOUVRE DOORS ALONE , IT IS DIFFICULT TO GAUGE EXACTLY THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY MARKET FOR SUCH UNITS ; WHEREAS , NEVERTHELESS , THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT THE TOTAL COMMUNITY