CELEX: 51987PC0506
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Date: 1987-10-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2089/84 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain ball bearings originating in Japan and Singapore (presented by the Commission)

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                                                  COM(87 ) 506 final
                                                  Brussels , 16 October 1987
                                Proposai for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
 amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2089 / 84 imposing a definitive anti-dumping
      duty on imports of certain ball bearings originating in Japan
                                and Singapore
                        (presented by the Commission )
C0M(87 ) 506 final
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                          Explanatory memorandum
1 . Following a request by the Japanese exporter of so-called
    miniature ball bearings , Sapporo Precision Inc . of Sapporo /
    Japan , the Commission carried out a review in accordance
    with Art . 14 of Regulation ( CEE ) No 2176 / 84 .
2 . The review showed that Sapporo Précision Inc . 's exports to
    the EC were dumped at 2,5 % .
3 . It is therefore appropriate to modify Régulation ( CEE )
    No 2089 / 84 accordingly .
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                                        Proposai for a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2089 / 84 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on
         imports of certain ball bearings originating in Japan and Singapore
      THE COUNCIL 0F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
      Having regard       to    the   Treaty   establishing   the  European    Economic
      Community ,
      Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 2176 /84 of 23 July 1984 on
      protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not
     members of the European Economic Community "!, as amended by Regulation
      ( EEC ) No 1761 /872,, and in particular Article 14 thereof ,
      Having regard to the proposai submitted by the Commission after consul ¬
      tations within the Advisory Committee as provided for             by    the above
      Régulation ,
      Whereas :
     A.     PROCEDURE
      1.    By Régulation ( EEC ) No 2089 /843 the Council imposed a definitive
      duty on imports of certain bail bearings originating in Japan .              This
      Régulation was later amended by Régulation ( EEC ) No 1238 /854.
      2.     In 1986 the Commission received a request from Sapporo Precision
      Inc . of Sapporo , Japan to carry out a review . This request contained
      evidence of changed circumstances with regard to the dumping margin on
      which the anti-dumping duty applicable to this exporter had been based ,
      which justified the need for review . Accordi ng ly the Commission
       publi shed , in the Off ici al Journal of the European Communit ies, a notice^ of the
      1 0J No L 201 , 30.07.1984, p. 1 .
      20J No L 167, 26.06.1987, p. 9 .
     30J No L 193 , 21.07.1984, p. 1 .
      40J No L 129, 15.05.1985, p. 1 .
      50J No C 111 , 25.04.1987, p. 3 .
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                                                                  ORIG .
opening of a review investigation concerning exports of single-row
deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest outside diameter not
more than 30 mm manufactured and exported by Sapporo Precision Inc . and
falling   within heading ex 84.62 of         the Common Customs Tariff /
corresponding to NIMEXE code ex 84.62-01 , originating in Japan .
3.   The Commission officially so advised the exporter known to be
concerned and the Community producers and gave the parties directly
concerned an opportunity to make known their views in writing and to
request a hearing .
The exporter concerned , one importer and the Community producers made
their views known in writing and requested and were granted hearings .
No submissions were made by or on behalf of Community purchasers or
processors of the product .
4. The Commission sought and verified all information it deemed to be
necessary and carried out an investigation at the premises of the
exporter , Sapporo Precision Inc ., Sapporo , Japan .
                                          »
The Commission requested and received detailed written submissions from
the applicant exporter and verified the information therein to the
extent considered necessary .
B.  NORMAL VALUE   .
5 . For the purpose of establishing normal value , representative types
of single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings were selected which
together represented about two-thirds of all exports by Sapporo
Precision Inc . to the Community .     Normal value for these types was
established on the basis of the weighted average price paid for identical
types by unrelated domestic purchasers .       In those cases where the
producer/ exporter sold both directly to these purchasers and through a
controlled sales company, the combined weighted average of sales prices
to unrelated purchasers was taken .
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                                                                    Ori g .
Where Sapporo Precision Inc . did not sell a type identical to the type
exported to the Community it proved unsatisfactory to establish normal
value on the basis of the most similar type sold on the domestic market
because   the   Commission  was   not   satisfied  that   differences    in the
production costs of the various types were adequately reflected in the
sales prices . For each of these types , therefore , a constructed normal
value was established by adding cost of production and a reasonable
profit margin . The cost of production was computed on the basis of all
costs , fixed and variable , of materials and manufacture and including
the actual selling , administrative and other general expenses incurred
by Sapporo and its related sales company on the domestic market .           The
exporter accepted this approach .
C.  EXPORT PRICE
6.     Since   all  exports   were   made   to  unrelated   importers   in  the
Community , export prices were determined on the basis of the prices
actually paid or payable for the products sold for export to the
Community .
υ.  ΰΟΜΡΑΚΙδΟΝ
7.  Normal    value    determined as described under paragraph 5 was
compared with export prices on a transaction by transaction basis ,
taking account , where it was requested and could be satisfactorily
proved , of differences affecting price comparability ; this was the case
with regard to commission expenses , transport , packing , financing and
handling costs . No other claims were made .
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                                                              Orig .
E.   DUMPING
8.    A margin of dumping of      2.5% was established for exports by
Sapporo Precision Inc ., the margin of dumping being equal to the amount
by which the normal value as established exceeds the price for export
to the Community.
F.   INJURY
9.    Since the application for a review was limited to the claim of
changed circumstances with regard to dumping , the investigation did not
have to cover injury aspects .
G.   COMMUNITY  INTEREST
10 .   No reason has come to light as to why conclusions different to
those referred to in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2089 / 84 with regard to
Community interest should be reached .
H.   LEVEL 0F DUTY
11 .   In view of these findings , Regulation ( EEC ) No 2089/84 should
accordingly be amended to the extent that it concerns exports of
single-row deep-groove radial ball bearings with greatest outside
diameter not more than 30 mm, manufactured and exported by Sapporo
Precision Inc . and originating in Japan .
HAS AüOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ---pagebreak--- The following entry is hereby inserted in the List headed 'JAPAN' in Article
1(2 ) of Régulation ( EEC ) No 2089 / 84 :
" - Sapporo Précision Inc .              2.5% "
                                Article 2
This Régulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication
in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Régulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly   applicable in
ail Member States .
Done at                                               For the Counci l