WHICH CANNOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO NORMAL SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS ;
WHEREAS THIS REDUCED OUTPUT HAS LED IN MOST CASES TO REDUCTIONS IN THE NUMBER OF SHIFTS WORKED , OR IN SHORT-TIME WORKING , AND HAS IN SOME CASES LED TO A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBERS EMPLOYED ;
WHEREAS IN GERMANY THE NET PRICES FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION ACHIEVED BY DOMESTIC PRODUCERS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1980 WERE ONLY 87 % OF THOSE REALIZED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1979 FOR TUBE OF NORMAL WALL THICKNESS , AND ONLY 83 % OF THOSE REALIZED IN THE EARLIER PERIOD FOR TUBE OF HEAVY WALL THICKNESS ; WHEREAS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE NET PRICES ACHIEVED DID NOT IN GENERAL RISE BETWEEN OCTOBER 1978 AND OCTOBER 1979 , AND FELL IN SOME CASES FOR TUBE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM DIMENSIONS ; WHEREAS OVER THIS PERIOD THE GENERAL PRICE LEVEL IN THE COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE PRICE OF ENERGY , ROSE , WITH THE RESULT THAT THE PRICE DEPRESSION FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION IN REAL TERMS IS ESTIMATED TO BE OF THE ORDER OF 20 % TO 25 % IN GERMANY AND OF 10 % TO 20 % IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ;
WHEREAS THE EVIDENCE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION SHOWS THAT THE NET PROFIT MARGINS OF COMMUNITY PRODUCERS ON THIS TYPE OF TUBE FELL SHARPLY IN THE COURSE OF 1979 , AND THAT IN MANY CASES COMMUNITY MILLS MADE CONSIDERABLE LOSSES ON THIS TYPE OF TUBE ; WHEREAS THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THIS EVOLUTION REFLECTS PRINCIPALLY THE PRICE DEPRESSION REFERRED TO ABOVE , AND THE INCREASE IN UNIT FIXED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER LEVEL OF PRODUCTION ;
WHEREAS INJURIES CAUSED BY OTHER FACTORS , SUCH AS VOLUME AND PRICES OF OTHER IMPORTS OR CONTRACTION IN DEMAND WHICH , INDIVIDUALLY OR IN COMBINATION , ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN EXAMINED ; WHEREAS , FOR EXAMPLE , GERMAN IMPORTS OF THE LIKE PRODUCT FROM OTHER SOURCES WERE 36 339 TONNES IN 1978 , AND 23 247 TONNES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1979 , AN INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OF 27.9 % , WHEREAS UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF THE LIKE PRODUCT FROM OTHER SOURCES WERE 9 771 TONNES IN 1978 AND 11 467 TONNES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1979 , AN INCREASE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OF 134.7 % ; WHEREAS THE COMMISSION IS INFORMED THAT THIS LATTER INCREASE WAS LARGELY DUE TO A SINGLE LARGE ORDER TO A CUSTOMER WHO IS NOT A STOCKHOLDER , AND THEREFORE NOT PART OF THE MARKET ON WHICH THE SPANISH EXPORTERS ARE COMPETING WITH COMMUNITY PRODUCERS ; WHEREAS THE COMMISION HAS NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY THE PRICES OF IMPORTS FROM THESE OTHER SOURCES ; WHEREAS THE LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION OF THE PRODUCT CONCERNED ROSE , IN GERMANY , FROM 27 617 TONNES PER MONTH IN 1978 TO 28 207 TONNES PER MONTH IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1979 , WHILE IN THE UK IT