As regards the claim that measures on imports of the product concerned would harm the competitiveness of Union users as they would increase their production costs and favour imports of downstream products from other third countries, it is recalled that the duties do not intend to stop imports and that the level of measures is not such as to prevent users from sourcing from the USA.
Vastuseks väitele, et meetmete kehtestamine vaatlusaluse toote impordi suhtes kahjustab liidu kasutajate konkurentsivõimet, suurendab nende tootmiskulusid ja soodustab järgmise etapi toodete importi muudest kolmandatest riikidest, tuleb meenutada, et tollimaksude kehtestamise eesmärk ei ole peatada importimist ja et meetmed kehtestatakse tasemel, mis ei takista kasutajatel USAst importida.