1. The Commission examined whether there were any changed circumstances since the original investigation which could lead to a different conclusion concerning the Community interest. To this end, information was requested from all interested parties known, including parties in the upstream industries, the Community producers, importers/distributors and the users. It should be noted that no replies were received from the upstream industries.
2. An intercorrelation matrix (which is symmetric) invariably loses the essential dichotomy between a supplying industry and a receiving (using) industry which industrial complex analysis should ultimately reveal.