Očitna poraba Skupnosti je temeljila na kombiniranem obsegu prodaj na trgu Skupnosti s strani industrije Skupnosti in drugih sodelujočih proizvajalcev Skupnosti, kakor so o njej poročali v svojih odgovorih na vprašalnik, na obsegu prodaj, ki so ga navedli nekateri drugi proizvajalci Skupnosti, ocenjenem obsegu prodaj s strani drugih nesodelujočih proizvajalcev Skupnosti, kakor se je o njem poročalo v zahtevi po pregledu, in na podatkih o obsegu celotnega uvoza, kakor je o njem poročal Eurostat, kar je bilo preverjeno, kolikor mogoče, s sklicevanjem na podatke, ki so jih zagotovili sodelujoči proizvajalci.
Apparent consumption was based on the combined volume of sales in the Community market by the Community industry and by other cooperating Community producers as reported in their questionnaires replies, the volume of sales provided by certain other Community producers, the estimated volume of sales by other non-cooperating Community producers as reported in the request for a review and the information on the volume of total imports as reported by Eurostat, cross-checked where possible by reference to the information provided by cooperating exporters.