Isti proizvajalec – izvoznik je nadalje dokazoval, da so škodo povzročili drugi dejavniki, t.j. da industrija Skupnosti ni bila dovolj pripravljena, da bi konkurirala na svojem notranjem trgu in na tujih trgih, da so na njeno donosnost vplivale njene lastne poslovne odločitve o naložbah, da bi ohranili zadnje stanje tehnike objektov in naprav in ravnali v skladu s svojim pravnim okoljem (strogi okoljski predpisi), industrija Skupnosti je navzoča samo v najvišjem segmentu, ki samo posredno konkurira najnižjemu segmentu, ki se oskrbuje z uvozom iz Ljudske republike Kitajske in nekateri kitajski proizvajalci imajo primerjalne prednosti, ki jim omogočajo, da so bolj konkurenčni od industrije Skupnosti.
The same exporting producer further argued that any injury was caused by other factors, i.e. the Community industry was insufficiently prepared to compete on its domestic and foreign markets, its profitability has been affected by its own business decisions on investments in order to maintain state of the art facilities and comply with its legal environment (strict environmental regulations), the Community industry is present only in a high-end segment which only indirectly competes with the low-end segment satisfied by imports from the PRC and certain Chinese producers enjoy comparative advantages that allow them to be more competitive than the Community industry.