Det blev desuden hævdet, at tre af de samarbejdende EF-producenter havde flyttet dele af deres produktion ved at oprette produktionsanlæg i Kina, og at disse virksomheder derfor burde udelukkes fra beregningen af statusniveauet.
Moreover, it was argued that three of the cooperating Community producers had partly relocated their production by establishing production sites in the PRC and that, therefore, should be excluded from the standing calculation.