Saccharin from China - USITC

DOC/ITC regulations. Their own production is so small that there is no way they could produce anyquantities close to the numbers entering the States. Further, they do not produce calcium and have beenimporting calcium saccharin as well from Kaifeng. They have made a mockery of the government.”***“The antidumping duty effectively increases the domestic price as compared to the global price. Thisdifference made the US market more attractive to non-subject manufacturers, which improved availabilityduring the extreme shortages since Oct. 2007. The combination effect of antidumping and the shortagemotivated us to begin imports in 2008.”***“No answer.”The Commission requested U.S. importers if they would anticipate any changes in theirimports, U.S. shipments of imports, or inventories of saccharin in the future if the antidumpingduty order was to be revoked. (Question II-12)***“If the antidumping duty order were to be revoked, there would be significant sales losses within a year.”***“If the antidumping duty on saccharin were revoked, we would expect to see an increase in saccharinimports into the United States. Our firm and other similar firms would possibly have a better opportunityto gain saccharin market share in the United States. This could, in turn, create more competition amongimporters and drive down prices for end users and manufacturers, such as P&G, Colgate, Unilever, AbbotLabs, Johnson & Johnson, and so on.”***“We would buy from China assuming a better value than we have today, and assuming comparablequality.”***“No.”***“We would anticipate a large increase in imports from a large number of Chinese producers andexporters. The price of Chinese saccharin would sharply decline and our company would cease importingsaccharin it was no longer profitable to trade in saccharin.”D-7