date:Jan 03, 2014
rom those two countries alone climbed from a modest 18% to 46%, according to a Sept. 16 petition Ajinomoto filed with the USITC, a quasi-judicial federal agency. Meanwhile, Ajinomoto revealed its share has plummeted from 87% in 2010 to 45% in the first half of 2013.
Ajinomoto warned it faced the prospect of large-scale capacity shutdowns and production reductions. The company has been producing MSG at its factory in Eddyville, Iowa, for more than 20 years.
The prices of the subject imports hav