Adskillige parter gentog deres påstand om, at den økonomiske krise og ikke dumpingimporten havde forvoldt EU-erhvervsgrenen skade — eller alternativt, at den økonomiske krise var hovedårsagen til skaden, mens importen fra Kina nærmere var en supplerende faktor.
Several interested parties reiterated the claim that the economic crisis rather than the dumped imports had caused the injury to the Union industry — or, alternatively, that the economic crisis was the main cause of injury while imports from the PRC were at most only a second, additional factor.