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China may overtake Japan as the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer earlier than anticipated as China recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, while Japan’s economy remains in a slump, Rystad’s head of gas research said.

• LNG
• China
• Import

Social Standards, a social media consumer analysis and business insight company, analyzes the brands, products, features, and trends that consumers are talking about at multiple social data points to write a new beauty report

• cosmetics
• market trends

On June 6, essential oil producer Ultra International B.V. released the summer essential oil market report, which conducted an in-depth analysis of more than 90 essential oil products from 25 countries and regions.

• peppermint oil
• India
• price

The research could lead to treating common skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and dehydration

• skin care
• Protein
• research

French insect breeding startup Ÿnsect announced that it has become the first company to obtain natural insect fertilizer certification and market approval with ŸnFrass.

• insect-derived fertilizer
• mineral fertilizer
• natural

FIC 2020 will be extended to March 16-18,2021

• Exhibitions
• postpone
• FIC

The covid-19 vaccine test that people around the world are concerned about! Finally, the exciting results were ushered in: the safety after vaccination was good, and there was no case of serious adverse reactions.

• raw material
• COVID-19
• vaccine

my country's antiviral APIs are small-scale varieties in the entire category of materials and have been developing steadily in recent years.

• Antiviral
• API
• raw material
• market
• Pharmaceuticals

In June, my country's chemical market continued its upward trend, but the inventory of terminal products was high, and there was still pressure on the market to rise unilaterally.

• PetroChina
• Petrochemicals
• Market

On June 17, PolyOne announced that it will increase the production of post-industrial recycled nylon grades Nymax™PIR and bio-based thermoplastic elastomer reSound™OM in Europe.

• PolyOne
• sustainable product
• Europe

On June 16, Edlong, an American food flavor manufacturer, announced the launch of a series of high-strength cheese and cultured dairy food flavors that can be used in sauces, salad dressings, and dipping sauces.

• flavors
• dairy product
• innovation'

Functional ingredient supplier Beneo has launched two new organic ingredients, organic glutinous rice starch Remyline O AX DR and organic chicory root fiber Orafti Organic, further consolidating its market leading position.

• Organic
• Chicory root fiber
• product

Recently, the Beijing Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, dairy product quality and and

• lactoferrin
• dairy product
• Brain health

Vitamin D was Japan brand FANCL’s best-selling supplement in April 2020, with sales growing 218% compared to the corresponding period last year.

• FANCL
• vitamin D
• COVID-19

In April, the sales of Xiangjiang Paint were 77.03 million yuan, an increase of 30.11% year-on-year

• Xiangjiang
• Paint
• Painting&Coating
• sales

In early June, the pure benzene market continued to pick up. The reference price on June 11 was 3750 yuan (ton price, the same below), up 24% from the beginning of May.

• Pure Benzene
• market trends
• China

The exhibition area of the 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE), scheduled in Shanghai from 5 to 10 November, will be expanded to 360,000 square meters, according to the organizers.

• CIIE
• Exhibitions
• China
• Shanghai

Chemical tanker capacity: About 50,000 dwt in total.

• China
• Transportation
• 2020
• Chemical
• export

Chinese company reports positive early clinical data for a COVID-19 vaccine.

• COVID-19
• China
• Vaccine
• Sinopharm

Right on the heels of data showing the decades-old, inexpensive steroid dexamethasone can reduce COVID-19 deaths among hospitalized patients requiring oxygen, the U.K. government granted a world-first approval.

• dexamethasone
• COVID-19
• UK