Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that it is to impose temporary anti-dumping measures on food additives imported from Thailand and Indonesia. These food additives are disodium 5'-inosinate, disodium 5'-guanylate and disodium 5'-ribonucleotide.

The statement said companies from the two countries had dumped the additives on the Chinese market and this had caused substantial damage to the domestic industry. The preliminary ruling required importers of disodium 5'-inosinate, disodium 5'-guanylate and disodium 5'-ribonucleotide to place deposits starting from Jan.5, 2010. The deposit rate for these products imported from the two countries is 6.5-29.7%, including Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd and PT. Kirin Miwon Foods.