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Article: Sodium Bicarbonate Market Braces For the Entrance of American Soda.
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- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- September 18, 2000
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THE SODIUM bicarbonate market has remained stable during the past year and a half. Growth and pricing are steady, and producers are meeting demand. Producers caution that despite Rhodia's withdrawal from the market last year and subsequent price increases, pricing may fall once American Soda LLP comes on early next year.
The industry's North American capacity is rated at 700,000 short tons, and Church & Dwight leads the market with a nameplate of 480,000 short tons. The industry's capacity utilization remains a hale 95 percent, and demand for sodium bicarbonate is still growing by 4 percent (20,000 tons) per year, according to Art Esposito, marketing director for ...
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