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Article: Sodium Bicarb Market Faces Overcapacity in Animal Feed. (Markets: Inorganics).(sodium bicarbonate)
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- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- December 17, 2001
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THE NORTH AMERICAN sodium bicarbonate market is mostly in balance, and pricing is stable with no announced price increases this year. However, producers say that the additional sodium bicarbonate capacity placed in the market this year by new entrant American Soda LLP, which is intended for use in the animal feed market, has created potential oversupply in that segment.
"Less differentiated products, such as feed and industrial grades, have been more out of balance from a supply and demand standpoint," says Art Esposito, business director, specialty products division, Church & Dwight Co. Inc.
"The market is generally in balance, with the exception of the ...