Saccharin – import from China sour – anti dumping duty imposed.
Saccharin: A white crystalline powder, having a taste about 500 times sweeter than cane sugar, used as a calorie-free sweetener.
Saccharin's sweetness was accidentally discovered by Ira Remsen, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Constantin Fahlberg, a research fellow working in Remsen's lab. In 1879, while working with coal tar derivatives, Remsen discovered saccharin's sweetness at dinner. Remsen and Fahlberg jointly published their discovery in 1880. However, in 1884, Fahlberg went on to patent and mass-produce saccharin without ever mentioning Remsen. Fahlberg grew wealthy while Remsen remained sour.
A century and more down the line, it appears the Chinese are bent on stealing the sweetness from Indian saccharin industry by dumping the product in India. Our government would have nothing of it and so anti dumping duty is imposed on saccharin originating in or exported from China. The provisionally imposed duty is to be effective till 5th December 2006.
NOTIFICATION NO. , Dated: June, 6 2006