Saccharin from China - USITC

CONTENTSPagePart III: Condition of the U.S. industry–ContinuedFinancial experience of the U.S. producer ..........................................Introduction ...............................................................Operations on saccharin ......................................................Capital expenditures and research and development expenses ........................Assets and return on investment ...............................................Part IV: U.S. imports, the industry in China, and the global market ....................U.S. imports .................................................................U.S. shipments of imports by type ................................................U.S. importers’ imports subsequent to December 31, 2008 .............................U.S. importers’ inventories......................................................The industry in China ..........................................................China’s capacity, production, capacity utilization, home market shipments,export shipments, and inventories ...........................................Trade restrictions in third-country markets .......................................Global market ................................................................Supply and demand .........................................................Trade balances .............................................................III-5III-5III-6III-6III-6IV-1IV-1IV-2IV-3IV-3IV-3IV-3IV-7IV-8IV-8IV-11Part V: Pricing and related information ............................................ V-1Factors affecting pricing ........................................................ V-1Raw material costs.......................................................... V-1Transportation costs to the U.S. market.......................................... V-1U.S. inland transportation costs................................................ V-1Exchange rates............................................................. V-1Pricing practices .............................................................. V-2Price data ................................................................... V-3Price trends ............................................................... V-3Price comparisons .......................................................... V-4AppendixesA. Federal Register notices and the Commission’s statement on adequacy .................. A-1B. Reserved for calendar of public hearing .......................................... B-1C. Summary data............................................................... C-1D. Comments on the significance of the existing antidumping duty orderand the likely effects of revocation ............................................ D-1Note.–Information that would reveal confidential operations of individual concerns may not bepublished and therefore has been deleted from this report. Such deletions are indicated by asterisks.ii