No L 14/56 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 91 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION | of 11 January 1991 terminating the anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of potassium permanganate originating in the USSR (91/24/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 on protection against dumped or subsidized imports from countries not members of the European Economic Community ('), and in particular Article 9 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2423/88, Whereas : A. PROVISIONAL MEASURES () The Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 1537/90 (3, imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium permanganate falling within CN code ex 2841 60 00 and originating in the USSR. Furthermore, the validity of the provisi- onal duty was extended for a period not exceeding two months by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2896/90 (3). B. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE (20  Following the imposition of the provisional anti- - dumping duty, the representatives of the exporting country requested, and were granted, an opportu- () OJ No L 209, 2. 8. 1988, p. 1. {) OJ No L 145, 8. 6. 1990, p. 9. () OJ No L 276, 6. 10. 1990, p. 36. &) O nity to be heard orally by the Commission, and the exporter in the USSR known to be concerned made its views known in writing. This submission stressed that the only exports of potassium perman- ganate made in 1988 were destined for Austria, and that no exports to the Community had been made in 1989 nor were envisaged in 1990. Given that since the beginning of 1988 all imports into the Community of potassium permanganate known to have originated in the USSR have not been made directly from the country of origin but from Austria, the Commission considered it appro- priate to carry out inquiries with regard to the Austrian chemical traders likely to have exported the product concerned to the Community. It was finally established that one trader in Austria handled almost all exports to the Community of potassium permanganate originating in the USSR during the period from January 1988 to June 1989. Furthermore, the Commission carried out an inves- tigation at the premises of this Austrian trader. C. NEW FINDINGS In the course of the investigation carried out in Austria new findings were made showing that, of 475 tonnes of potassium permanganate declared at Community customs and, therefore, registered in Community statistics as imported from the USSR during the period from January 1988 to June 1989, only 100 tonnes actually originated in that country. As to the remaining 375 tonnes, most of them appeared to have originated in Romania although they were declared at Community customs as origi- nating in the USSR.