HONG KONG AND ADDING A REASONABLE MARGIN FOR OVERHEADS AND PROFIT ; WHEREAS , FOR EACH OF THE MAJOR MODELS EXPORTED TO THE COMMUNITY , THE NORMAL VALUE AS THUS DETERMINED WAS COMPARED WITH THE EXPORT PRICE TO THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS , SINCE THESE VALUES WERE ONLY AVAILABLE ON A FOB BASIS , THE COMPARISON WAS EFFECTED AT THE FOB STAGE ; WHEREAS THIS ALSO SHOWED NO DUMPING IN RESPECT OF EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG ;
WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH WHETHER IMPORTS FROM CHINA , CZECHOSLOVAKIA , THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND THE USSR WERE DUMPED , THE COMMISSION HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THESE COUNTRIES ARE NOT MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES ;
WHEREAS , FOR THAT REASON , THE COMMISSION HAD TO BASE ITS CALCULATIONS ON THE NORMAL VALUE IN A MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , IN THAT CONNECTION , THE COMPLAINT HAD CITED THE MEXICAN DOMESTIC MARKET ;
WHEREAS , ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE MEXICAN MARKET MADE AVAILABLE BY THE COMPLAINANTS , AND OF THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HONG KONG MARKET OBTAINED DURING THE INVESTIGATION , AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD BY A NUMBER OF THE EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS CONCERNED , DISPUTING THE COMPARABILITY OF THE MEXICAN MARKET , IT WOULD APPEAR APPROPRIATE AND NOT UNREASONABLE , AT LEAST FOR THE PURPOSES OF A PRELIMINARY FINDING OF DUMPING , TO USE HONG KONG AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE NORMAL VALUE FOR EXPORTS OF MECHANICAL ALARM CLOCKS FROM THE NON-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES CONCERNED ; WHEREAS , IN PARTICULAR IN THIS CONNECTION THE LOW LEVEL OF PROTECTION AFFORDED TO ALARM CLOCK PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG WOULD APPEAR TO GUARANTEE A FAIR LEVEL OF COSTS AND PRICES ;
WHEREAS SINCE NO DUMPING WAS FOUND FOR HONG KONG , IT WAS APPROPRIATE AND NOT UNREASONABLE TO USE HONG KONG EXPORT PRICES TO THE COMMUNITY AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE NORMAL VALUE FOR EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE NON-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES IN QUESTION ; WHEREAS THE PRELIMINARY DETERMINATION OF DUMPING FOR THESE COUNTRIES WAS ACCORDINGLY EFFECTED BY COMPARING THE CURRENT EXPORT PRICES FOR EACH OF THE MAIN MODELS OF EACH EXPORTER WITH THE CURRENT EXPORT PRICES OF THE HONG KONG MODELS NEAREST IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE TO THEM ; WHEREAS THE EXPORT PRICES FOR THE NON-MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES IN QUESTION WERE AVAILABLE ONLY ON A CIF FREE-AT-FRONTIER OR DELIVERED BASIS ; WHEREAS IT WAS THEREFORE NECESSARY FOR THE COMMISSION , ON THE BASIS OF THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE , TO MAKE APPROPRIATE DEDUCTIONS FROM THESE PRICES TO RENDER THEM COMPARABLE WITH THE NORMAL VALUE , WHICH COULD ONLY BE RELIABLY ESTABLISHED ON A FOB HONG KONG BASIS ;
WHEREAS DUE ACCOUNT WAS TAKEN OF THE DIFFERENCES AFFECTING PRICE COMPARABILITY KNOWN TO THE COMMISSION , IN PARTICULAR AS REGARDS PRICE DISCOUNTS AND CREDIT TERMS ; WHEREAS AT THIS STAGE NO ALLOWANCE HAS BEEN MADE FOR ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE