Samtidig nedsatte EF-erhvervsgrenen sine salgspriser med 7 %, og i 2005, hvor produktionskapaciteten var på 129 % af kapaciteten i 2003, lå priserne stadig 5 % under 2003-niveauet til trods for en voldsom stigning i råvarepriserne, jf. betragtning 72 ovenfor (+19 % for VAM).
At the same time, the Community industry decreased its sales prices by 7 %, and in 2005, when the production capacity had reached 129 % of the capacity during 2003, prices were still 5 % below the 2003 level, in spite of strongly increasing raw material costs as indicated in recital 72 (+ 19 % for VAM).