Saccharin from China - USITC

PART III: CONDITION OF THE U.S. INDUSTRYInformation on the U.S. industry is based on the questionnaire response of the only known U.S.producer of saccharin. Hence, the industry data obtained account for all known U.S. production ofsaccharin during 2003-08.U.S. PRODUCER’S CAPACITY, PRODUCTION, AND CAPACITY UTILIZATIONDuring the original investigations, there was also only one U.S. producer of saccharin whoresponded to the Commission’s questionnaire and that accounted for all U.S. production in 2002.The current review includes U.S. production of saccharin by PMC, the only producer of saccharinin the United States. PMC is wholly owned by PMC, Inc., Sun Valley, CA, which purchased thesaccharin-producing operations of Sherwin-Williams Co. in 1985. Sherwin-Williams began producingsaccharin in 1966 when it purchased the Cincinnati, OH, saccharin plant of Maumee Chemical Co. 1Numerous other firms, including Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO; Lakeway Chemical Co., Muskegon, MI;and Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, MN, previously produced saccharin in the United States. All of theseother firms ceased production of the subject product by 1972.PMC imported *** of saccharin from China during ***. PMC is ***. 2Data on PMC’s capacity, production, and capacity utilization are presented in table III-1.Although PMC reported ***. 3Table III-1Saccharin: U.S. producer’s capacity, production, and capacity utilization, 2000-02 and 2003-08* * * * * * *PMC further reported ***. 4 Saccharin production ***. Details of the changes in the character of PMC’soperations and capacity projections are presented later in this section.The Commission asked PMC whether the production equipment and the production and relatedworkers (PRWs) employed in the production of saccharin were used to produce other products. ***. 5 Inresponse to a question concerning constraints that set the limits on production capabilities, PMC ***. 6The Commission also asked if PMC was able to switch production between saccharin and other productsin response to a change in the relative price of saccharin vis-a-vis the price of other products using thesame equipment and labor. ***. 71Saccharin from China, Investigation No. 731-TA-1013 (Final), USITC Pub. No. 3606, June 2003, p. III-1.2PMC’s U.S. producers’ questionnaire response, sections I-5 and I-6.3***.4Ibid.5PMC’s U.S. producers’ questionnaire response, section II-5.6PMC’s U.S. producers’ questionnaire response, section II-6.7PMC’s U.S. producers’ questionnaire response, section II-7.III-1