Hvad angår påstanden om anvendelsen af visse stearinlystyper, skal det bemærkes, at det under en høring med bl.a. sammenslutningen af stearinlysproducenter i Kina blev konstateret, at hjemmemarkedsforbruget i Kina i de senere år har været kraftigt stigende, og at de stearinlys, der sælges på hjemmemarkedet, har det samme anvendelsesformål som i Fællesskabet, nemlig indendørsdekoration.
Concerning the claim made on the use of certain candles types, it should be noted that during a hearing held in particular with the Association of candles producers in the PRC it was stated that domestic consumption in the PRC is significantly increasing in the last years and that candles sold domestically had the same main use as in the Community, namely interior decoration.