Saccharin from China - USITC

Table IV-7Saccharin: Global exports, by country and by regions, 2003-07Calendar yearSource2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Quantity (1,000 pounds)United States 365 187 2,090 2,210 1,822China 43,510 42,482 33,293 35,514 35,496Nonsubject exporting countries:South Korea 3,922 4,417 4,256 3,933 5,117Germany 1,931 2,564 2,156 2,410 3,062Taiwan 1 150 612 732 878Netherlands 584 606 778 952 875Japan 549 372 557 746 802Singapore 538 51 44 0 586Belgium 324 564 542 324 478Spain 527 589 505 542 434India 214 663 262 305 388United Kingdom 428 139 551 335 353Switzerland 526 254 367 240 289France 159 276 203 209 280Austria 126 57 62 29 216Turkey 6 22 8 10 198South Africa 34 43 37 106 177All other 403 545 481 366 761Total nonsubject exporting countries 10,271 11,311 11,420 11,241 14,895Total 54,146 53,980 46,803 48,965 52,213Regions:EU15 (external trade) 1,797 2,174 1,975 2,125 2,440EU27 (external trade) 1,360 1,812 1,587 1,287 1,709Note.–Export figures for HTS subheading 2925.11.Source: Global Trade Atlas.Principal nonsubject saccharin importing countries of interest are shown in the data of table IV-8.These countries exhibit significant overlap (10 countries) with the countries reported in the previousnonsubject export table, table IV-7.Germany, the top global saccharin importer after the United States, ranks third in order of exportsafter subject China and nonsubject Korea, yet it is a major trade deficit country. According to theavailable GTIS import data, saccharin import demand fluctuated upward by 10.2 percent during theIV-9