Saccharin from China - USITC

Trade BalancesTable IV-9 contains GTIS data for 2003-07, accessed and organized into trade balances rankedbased on calendar year 2007, from the largest trade surplus country to the largest trade deficit country, forvarious nonsubject importing countries of interest. Data for the subject country, China, is also providedfor reference.China and Korea command the largest global trade surpluses in order of importance, as shown.The largest global trade deficit countries are The United States, Germany, India, and Japan, in order ofimportance. The remaining country, Taiwan shows a more moderate trade deficit position. Korea’s tradesurplus position fluctuated upward during 2003-07. On the trade deficit side, however, the situation ismixed. While the trade deficit position of the United States and Germany widened during 2003-07, thetrade deficits gradually fell in India, Japan, and Taiwan.IV-11