Policy & Regulation

ANRPC's latest August report predicts that in 2021, global natural rubber production is expected to increase by 2% year-on-year to 13.86 million tons.

• ANRPC
• natural rubber

On September 21, Incyte announced that the FDA approved Opzelura (ruxolitinib) cream for short-term and non-continuous long-term treatment of non-immune-compromised patients with mild to moderate atopic dermatitis (AD).

• Opzelura
• Ruxolitinib
• JAK
• inhibitor

Recently, the National Health Commission issued the “National Food Safety Standard   Limits of Pathogenic Bacteria in Prepackaged Foods” (GB 29921-2021), etc. 17 national food safety standards and 1 amendment.

• Sports nutrition
• food regulation

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission directly named nine provinces in a regular press conference

• reduce production

Following CMA CGM's announcement that starting from September 9, 2021, its brands will suspend the increase in spot freight rates, another shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has also joined the ranks of "freezing spot freight rates."

• Maersk
• sea freight

On September 1, 2021, Brazil's ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) held a webinar on food additives, titanium dioxide.

• Titanium Dioxide

Recently, according to China National Standard Announcement No. 11 of 2021, the national standard GB/T 5211.14-2021 "General Test Methods for Pigments and Extender Pigments Part

• coating standard
• pigment

Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the company's Phalaenopsis extract to be used as a coloring matter and added to food after receiving a related application from a coloring company under Sensient.

• Phalaenopsis blue
• pigment
• FDA
• food color

In August 2021, the FDA approved a total of 4 new drugs, including 2 chemical drugs and 2 biological drugs.

• Biological API
• Drugs

On August 26, the Ministry of Commerce stated at a press conference that due to the continued spread of the global epidemic, rising prices of international bulk commodities, and structural imbalances in global transportation capacity

• freight price

Recently, the second round of the fourth batch of central ecological and environmental protection inspectors has been fully launched.

• Environmental inspection
• Chemical Industry

On August 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology responded to the Proposal No. 0963 (Gongjiao Post and Telecommunications No. 93) of the Fourth Session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferen

• chemical project
• policy

About combining methyl 3-oxo-2-phenylbutyrate, 3-oxo-2-phenylbutanamide, 2-methyl-3-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenyl]glycidol Acid, 2-methyl-3-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)phenyl] glycidyl methyl ester, benzyl cyanide and γ-butyrolactone 6 substances

• precursor chemicals
• policy

Recently, many ports have encountered "large ship jams", and about 400 container ships around the world have stuck in line at the ports.

• water based coating

According to Descartes Datamyne, a US-BASED research firm, container traffic by sea from Asia to the US rose 10.6 percent in July from a year earlier to 1,178,641 20-foot containers.

• Container

Recently, the Hunan Yueyang Housing and Urban-rural Construction Bureau issued the "Notice on the Price Limitation of Newly-built Commercial Housing in the Real Estate Market"

• paint raw material
• price limit

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, ocean freight rates have continued to rise sharply, and the “difficult to find one box” of ocean routes has continued to be staged.

• shipping price
• freight rate

On July 23, 2021, a media outlet found on Clinicaltrials.gov that Kangfang Bio had conducted a new phase III study in the first-line treatment of metastatic recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

• PD-1
• carcinoma

• crude oil

Recently, in order to further regulate the steviol glycoside sweetener market, the European Commission issued a new labeling guideline, which revised (EC) No 1333/2008 and (EU) No 231/2012, replacing the original steviol glycoside (E 960) The label is fur

• steviol glycoside
• regulations