21. 10. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 305/31 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 October 1989 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of polyester film originating in the Republic of Korea (89/560/EEC) 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. subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Community ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consultations within the Advisory Committee as provided for under the above Regulation, Whereas : m @ ©) " proceeding.. The A. Procedure In September 1987 the Commission received a complaint lodged by the European Plastic Films, Membrane and Covering Manufacturers Association (AEC) on behalf of producers representing the total Community production. of polyester film against imports of polyester film originating in the Republic of Korea (hereafter called ‘Korea’). The complaint. contained evidence of dumping and of material injury resulting therefrom, which - was considered sufficient to justify the initiation of a Commission  accordingly Journal of the European Community(?), the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports into the Community of polyester film, falling within CN codes 3919 10 31, 391990 31, 39206100, 39206200, 392063 00, 3920 69 00, 3921 19 90, 3921 90 19 and commenced an investigation. The Commission officially so advised the exporters and “importers known: to be concerned, the representatives of the exporting country and the complainant, and gave the parties directly concerned the opportunity to make known their views in writing and to request a hearing.- The Commission, for the purpose of obtaining all the information it deemed to be necessary, sent questionnaires to the four companies on whose behalf the complaint was made, in order to allow each company to demonstrate the injury caused to () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No C 7, 12. 1. 1988, p. 9. @ oy 6) @ it- by imports- of polyester film from Korea. The Commission carried out a detailed analysis of those four companies who returned completed question- naires and whose combined production represented the complete Community production. All the producers/exporters and some importers known to be concerned made known their views in writing. All of the producers/exporters requested and were granted hearings ; the complainant also requested and ‘was granted-a: hearing. The Commission verified the information :received to the extent it deemed necessary for the purposes of a preliminary determination and carried out investigations at the premises of the following companies : (a) Community producers: — Du Pont de Nemours, Luxembourg, — Hoechst AG, Wiesbaden, Germany, — ICI, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, — Rhoéne-Poulenc, Lyon, France; (b) Korean producers/exporters: — Kolon Industries Inc,, Sevoul, — SKC Ltd, Seoul: The investigation of dumping covered the year 1987 ; the trends in the relevant economic factors to determine whether the Community industry is suffering material injury were examined for the years 1984 to 1987, B. Injury- With regard to the injury allegedly being caused by the allegedly dumped imports, the evidence available to the Commission shows that imports of all types of polyester film to the Community from Korea increased from 582 tonnes in 1984 to 8§90 tonnes .in- 1985, to 2 207 tonnes in 1986 and. to 2949 tonnes in 1987. This development in imports represents. an increase in market share for the Korean producers/exporters from 0,6 % in 1984, to 0,9 % in 1985, to 2,0 % in 1986, to 2,4 % in 1987. During the same period the market share of the Community industry decreased from 73,4 % in 1984 to 68,1 % in 1987 while its average return on sales before taxes oscillated from 16,2 % in 1984 to 7,4 % in 1985, to 9,9 % in 1986 and to 10,6 % in