( 11 ) Certain importers pressed for an adjustment in connection with the deduction of sea freight costs , arguing that they used cheaper ( when compared to other companies ) vessels from the former USSR for transportation between the ports of the former USSR and the Community .. This sentence is hard to understand. A simpler version with equivalent meaning is the following:
( 11 ) As regards the deduction of shipping costs , some importers requested an adjustment . They indicated that for transport between the ports of the former USSR and those of the Community , they used , at lower rates ( than those charged by other companies ) , ships originating in the former USSR .