(170) In its response to the final disclosure, Hailide requested an adjustment to constructed normal value to ensure fair comparison with the export price under Article 2(10) of the basic Regulation. According to Hailide, elements such as freight and insurance that could have been included in the SG&A used in the construction of the normal value should be removed from, as the same were deducted from the export price thereby creating asymmetry between the two.
(171) The Commission noted that Hailide failed to demonstrate that freight and insurance have been included in the SG&A used for the construction of the normal value. It follows that the requested adjustment was neither substantiated nor quantified and thus the request was rejected.
3.6.
Dumping margin
(172) The Commission compared the weighted average normal value of each type of the like product with the weighted average export price of the corresponding type of the product concerned to calculate the dumping margin, in accordance with Article 2(11) and (12) of the basic Regulation.
(173) In response to the final disclosure, Hailide raised a number of specific claims regarding the export sales via Hailide’s related importer in the Union. These claims related to adjustments for allowances attributable to the related importer, a clerical error in exchange rate used for conversion of CIF amounts, as well as deductible SG&A percentage and were accepted as valid. Moreover, the Commission noted and corrected a clerical error in the exchange rate used for conversion of allowances amount with respect to the sales of the related importer. As a result, Hailide’s dumping margin was recalculated and the revised calculations were subject to an additional disclosure.
(174) The definitive dumping margin thus established, expressed as a percentage of the CIF Union frontier price, duty unpaid, is 6,9 % for Hailide.
(175) The Commission considered that the provisions of Article 7(2) were applicable to set the level of the definitive duty.
4.
INJURY
4.1.
Definition of the Union industry and Union production
(176) The like product was manufactured by six producers in the Union during the period considered. They constitute the ‘Union industry’ within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the basic Regulation.
(177) The total Union production during the investigation period was established at around 117 000 tonnes. A part of the production, 22 322 tonnes, is subject to captive consumption. The Commission established the figure on the basis of all the available information concerning the Union industry, such as figures provided by the Union producers. As indicated in recital (12), three Union producers were selected in the sample representing more than 50 % of the total Union production of the like product.
4.2.
Union consumption
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