Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Sales Variable expenses: Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Net operating loan *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours. +Common costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. $ 430,000 $ 128,000 51,000 14,000 193,000 237,000 27,000 101,000 43,000" 121,000 9,000 43,000 344,000 $(107,000) Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company's total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses.