Saccharin from China - USITC

Table IV-2Saccharin: U.S. importers’ U.S. shipments of Chinese product, by type of saccharin, 2000-02 and2003-08* * * * * * *U.S. IMPORTERS’ IMPORTS SUBSEQUENT TO DECEMBER 31, 2008The Commission requested importers to indicate whether they imported or arranged for theimportation of saccharin from China after December 31, 2008. Of the 17 responding importers, threereported imports or arrangements for importation of saccharin totaling *** pounds from China as shownin the following tabulation, based on responses to Commission questionnaires: 1* * * * * * *U.S. IMPORTERS’ INVENTORIESU.S. importers’ inventories of saccharin are presented in table IV-3.Table IV-3Saccharin: U.S. importers’ end-of-period inventories from China and other countries, 2003-08* * * * * * *THE INDUSTRY IN CHINAIndustry sources indicated five producers of saccharin in China for the period of review, 2 which isthe same as the number of producers during the original investigation. Three producers responded to theCommission questionnaires in the original investigation and one producer, Tianjin Changjie, respondedfor the period of review.China’s Capacity, Production, Capacity Utilization, Home Market Shipments,Export Shipments, and InventoriesData for Chinese production capacity, production, shipments, and inventories for the originalinvestigation are presented in table IV-4; analogous data for the period of review are presented in tablesIV-5 and IV-6. 3 During the original investigation, none of the responding producers of saccharin inChina produced products other than saccharin on the same equipment and machinery used in theproduction of saccharin.1U.S. importers’ questionnaire responses, section II-5.2The Commission faxed and emailed the questionnaires to Kaifeng Xinghua Fine Chemical Factory (“Kaifeng”);Shanghai Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Fortune”); Suzhou Fine Chemicals Group Co., Ltd. (“Suzhou”);Tianjin Changjie Chemical Co., Ltd. (“Tianjin Changjie”); and Tianjin North Food (“Tianjin North”).3Data for 2000-02 were sourced from the original investigation final phase Confidential Staff Report; data for2003-08 were sourced from The Survey of Saccharin in China, “Current Supply Situation,” CCM InternationalLimited, September 2008, and The Global Trade Atlas.IV-3