No L 80/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 4.93 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 797/93 ' of 30 March 1993 l imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ferro-chrome with a carbon content by weight of max. 0,5 % (low carbon ferro-chrome) originating in ' Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88 of 11 July 1988 on protection against dumped or subsi- dized imports from countries not members of the Euro- pean Economic Community (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, : After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the abovementioned Regulation, Whereas : A. PROCEDURE (1) In June 1992, the Commission received a complaint lodged by the Comité de Liaison des Industries de Ferro-Alliages de la Communauté Economique Européenne on behalf of the sole Community producer of low carbon ferro-chrome. The complaint contained evidence of of dumping of the said product and of material injury resulting ‘therefrom which was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a proceeding. (2 The Commission accordingly announced by a notice published in the Official Journal of the European Communities(’) the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of low carbon ferro-chrome, originating in Kazakh- stan, Russia and Ukraine, falling within CN codes 7202 49 10 anbd 7202 49 50, and commenced an investigation. (3 The Commission officially informed the exporters and importers known to be concerned, the repre- sentatives of the exporting countries and the complainant. Parties directly concerned were given the opportunity to make their views known in writing and to request a hearing. (4)  Seven of the companies which had received a ques- tionnaire for importers replied within the deadline set by the Commission ; of those companies only one indicated that it was an importer of the () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 195, 1. 8. 1992, p. 6. ©) (6) @ ®) product under consideration. Since the volume of the imports has small in relation to the total imports, they could not be considered representa- tive of the exports in question. Of the six compa- nies which received a questionnaire for exporters only one replied, but gave not details of its exports to the Community. Several associations represen- ting importers, traders and consumers of low carbon ferro-chrome requested and were granted a hearing. Due to the lack of cooperation, the Commission could only use, for its preliminary determination, the trade statistics of the Community, certain infor- mation given by interested parties and the informa- _ tion supplied by the Community producer Elektro- wertk Weiweiler GmbH, Eschweiler, Germany, which was verified at the premises of that company. The investigation of dumping covered the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992 (‘the investiga- tion period’). B. PRODUCT UNDER INVESTIGATION — LIKE PRODUCT 1. Origin of the imported product The three exporting countries concerned, which had formerly belonged to the Soviet Union, became independent at the beginning of 1992. The situa- tion is not yet reflected in the import statistics of ‘the Community where, for the period under consi- deration, figures still refer to the former Soviet Union. However, since the. Commission has no knowledge of any producer operating outside Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine in the territory of the former Soviet Union and since no interested party was able to provide such information, it is provisionally concluded that the imports coming from the former Soviet Union originate in the three States concerned. 2. Product description Ferro-chrome with a carbon content of max. 0,5 % (low carbon ferro-chrome) is an alloy of iron and chromium produced by reducing chromium ores with silicon and/or carbon in an electric furnace. It