Knowing from the website of Commere Department that Brazil decided to accept the price promise provided by 6 citric acid and citrates producers in China on July 24th. It is the first time Brazil reach an agreement with Chinese citric acid producers in the history of Brazil's anti-dumping policy toward China.
Due to the language and rule differences, South America has always been one of the most difficult areas for Chinese enterprises to respond to trade friction cases. Brazil has also been recognized as the representative of trade protectionism. The citric acid case is not only the first price promise between China and Brazil, it will also set an example for countries in South America who anti-dumps Chinese products.
Citric acid and citrates are flavor agent and anti-staling agent. They are usually used to strengthen foods' flavor. "Chinese products enter into Brazil market at dumping price, which has a big influence on its domestic industry." The reason why Brazil anti-dumps China's products.
The anti-dumping case encountered many difficulties and took a very long time. But Chinese citric acid and citrates' producers successfully kept Brazil market to certain extent. To our citric acid and citrates industry which highly reply on oversea market, the emerging market like Brazil is becoming more and more important.
In 2008, the United States is the biggest importer of citric acid and citrates from China. After their anti-dumping policy, the export quantity for citric acid has been largely decreased. After that, Chinese citric acid enterprise tried to open up new oversea market. Emerging economies became the preferred market of Chinese citric acid enterprises.
In 2009, India became the biggest import market for citric acid. In the early 2011, the top nine import countries for citric acid are India, Japan, Mexico, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Netherlands, Indonesia and Brazil. Emerging economies are among the most. The agreement between China and Brazil will set an example for all the countries.