MARKET HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STATIC FROM 1978 TO 1980 ; WHEREAS THE MARKET SHARE HELD BY IMPORTS OF LOUVRE DOORS ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ROSE FROM 9 % IN 1979 TO 24 % IN 1980 ; WHEREAS MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 % OF THESE IMPORTS ;
WHEREAS THE RESALE PRICES IN THE COMMUNITY OF DUMPED LOUVRE DOORS ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE UNDERCUT THOSE OF LIKE UNITS PRODUCED BY COMMUNITY MANUFACTURERS BY UP TO 34 % ;
WHEREAS THE CONSEQUENT IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY IS CHARACTERIZED BY DEPRESSION OF COMMUNITY PRICES OR PREVENTION OF PRICE INCREASES WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED ;
WHEREAS MOST OF THE COMMUNITY FIRMS ARE CONSEQUENTLY MAKING CONSIDERABLY REDUCED PROFITS ON LOUVRE DOORS AND THE PROFITABILITY OF THIS INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IS , THEREFORE , AT RISK ; WHEREAS THE BEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT SINCE 1979 THERE HAS BEEN A REDUCTION OF 15 % IN THE NUMBERS EMPLOYED DIRECTLY IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LOUVRE DOORS ; WHEREAS FURTHERMORE THE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED IN THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN REDUCED BY BETWEEN 34 AND 40 % ;
WHEREAS INJURY CAUSED BY OTHER FACTORS WHICH COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT AMOUNTS EXPORTED BY MALAYSIAN AND SINGAPOREAN PRODUCERS OTHER THAN MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD WERE GENERALLY CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN THE SHIPMENTS MADE BY MASTER TIMBER AND THAT IN MOST CASES THE PRICES OF THE OTHER PRODUCERS WERE HIGHER ; WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE DUMPED IMPORTS IN THEMSELVES HAVE CONSEQUENCES WHICH HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED AS MATERIAL INJURY ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING , THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE FACTS SHOWS THAT DUMPING OF LOUVRE DOORS BY MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD EXISTS , AND THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE OF CONSEQUENT MATERIAL INJURY WHICH COULD WORSEN IN VIEW OF THE UNLIMITED QUANTITIES WHICH THIS COMPANY WAS PREPARED TO EXPORT AT DUMPED PRICES ;
WHEREAS THE EXPORTER CONCERNED WAS INFORMED OF THE MAIN FINDINGS OF THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND COMMENTED ON THEM ; WHEREAS AN UNDERTAKING WAS CONSEQUENTLY OFFERED BY MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD ( SINGAPORE ) CONCERNING IMPORTS FROM SINGAPORE ;
WHEREAS THE EFFECT OF THE SAID UNDERTAKING WILL BE TO INCREASE IMPORT PRICES INTO THE COMMUNITY TO A LEVEL NECESSARY TO ELIMINATE DUMPING ; WHEREAS THESE INCREASES IN NO CASE EXCEED THE DUMPING MARGIN ;
WHEREAS THE COMMISSION HAS , THEREFORE , DETERMINED THAT IT IS NOT NOW NECESSARY TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS FROM MASTER TIMBER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD ;
WHEREAS , IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES , THE UNDERTAKING OFFERED IS CONSIDERED ACCEPTABLE AND THE PROCEEDING CONCERNING SINGAPORE MAY , THEREFORE , BE TERMINATED WITHOUT IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
THE COMMISSION HEREBY ACCEPTS THE UNDERTAKING GIVEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING CONCERNING LOUVRE DOORS ( 1 ) ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE .
ARTICLE 2
THE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING IMPORTS OF