(15) This review investigation confirmed what was established in the original investigation — that AN is a pure commodity product, and its quality and basic physical characteristics are identical whatever the country of origin. The AN manufactured and sold by the applicant on its domestic market in Ukraine and the one exported to the Community have the same basic physical and chemical characteristics and essentially the same uses. Therefore, these products are considered to be like products within the meaning of Article 1(4) of the basic Regulation. Since the present review was limited to the determination of dumping as far as the applicant is concerned, no conclusions were reached with regard to the product produced and sold by the Community industry in the Community market.

(16) In order to establish the normal value, it was first verified that the total domestic sales of the applicant were representative in accordance with Article 2(2) of the basic Regulation, namely that the total volume of such sales represented at least 5 % of the total export sales volume of the applicant to the Community. The investigation showed that the applicant sold only one type of AN and that this type was sold in representative quantities on the domestic market.

(17) The Commission subsequently examined whether the domestic sales of AN could be regarded as having been made in the ordinary course of trade in accordance with Article 2(4) of the basic Regulation, by comparing domestic net sales price with the calculated cost of production.

(18) When the applicants cost of production was assessed, it was found that gas costs were not reasonably reflected in the applicants records. It should be noted that energy costs, such as gas, represent a major proportion of the manufacturing cost and a significant proportion of the total cost of production.

(19) As regards gas costs, it was found that Ukraine is importing the majority of the gas consumed in the production of AN from Russia. In this regard, all available data indicate that Ukraine imports natural gas from Russia at prices which are significantly below market prices paid in unregulated markets for natural gas. The investigation revealed that the price of natural gas from Russia when exported to the Community was approximately twice as high as the domestic gas price in the Ukraine. Therefore, as provided for in Article 2(5) of the basic Regulation, the gas costs borne by the applicant were adjusted on the basis of information from other representative markets.

(20) Following disclosure, the applicant argued that any adjustment of its gas price paid on the domestic market would be unwarranted because the accounting records of the company fully reflected the costs associated with the activity of production and sales of the like product in the country of origin.

(21) However, when the cost of production of the like product under Article 2(5) of the basic Regulation is examined, it must be determined whether the costs as booked in the companys accounts reasonably reflect the costs associated with the production and sale of the product under investigation. For the reasons set out in recital 19, this was found not to be the case.