Policy & Regulation

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to grant the Intrinsic Organics inulin ingredient derived from Jerusalem artichoke (Artichoke) as a generally recognized safety (GRAS) certification.

• bulking agent
• inulin
• FDA

Due to the shutdown of downstream factories, the interruption of port operations and the new crown epidemic, the world has entered a blockade period, and the supply of sulfuric acid is in excess of demand, which has caused the price of sulfuric acid

• sulfuric acid
• supply
• price

China’s imports and exports improved in March after the coronavirus outbreak caused a dramatic collapse in the first two months of 2020, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

• China
• Trade

Automotive adhesives sales are expected to reach USD5.345 billion in 2023

• Adhesives
• Automobile
• industrial chemical

In March, the rubber and plastic index fell all the way, and there was no sign of rebound.

• Plastics
• Rubber
• Market

The United States Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for imported non-NIOSH approved respirators manufactured in China, as the supply gap for respirators continued to rise in the country.

• N95
• China
• mask
• U.S.

China will create fresh momentum for exports in e-commerce and processing trade, and will actively respond to foreign restrictions in order to stabilize the country's foreign trade growth this year, a customs official said on Tuesday.

• E-Commerce
• Foreign Trade
• China

In the United States, there are multiple sources of supply for lemons, but this year some companies' import channels appear to have changed.

• Vitamin-C
• COVID-19

Chinese drug and medical equipment manufacturers are working round the clock to produce as many products as possible to ensure a stable global medical supply chain.

• China
• Medical
• pharm
• COVID-19

China's propylene and polypropylene (PP) prices rallied over the last few days, driven by robust PP futures and strong demand for fibre-grade PP for mask production amid the rapid spread of Covid-19 globally.

• propylene
• and
• polypropylene
• PP
• China

Consumption of plastic products, especially single-use items, has been consistently rising in China.

• China
• plastics
• plague

In anticipation of increasing market demand for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued product-specific guidelines

• chloroquine
• FDA
• drugs
• policy

In 2020, the demand for building coatings in China will reach about 7.3 million tons.

• Painting&Coating
• Coating

Yesterday, the domestic styrene market remained stable.

• styrene

According to the Statistics Bureau of Shaanxi Province, from January to February, the output of industrial raw coal in Shaanxi Province was 79.3788 million tons, up 10.5% year on year.

• industry

On the upstream side, the procurement demand of inland power plants is not high, and the receiving prices have been lowered one after another.

• coal

The "plastic restriction" action of the cosmetics industry, along with the documents frequently issued by major regulatory authorities, is gradually being implemented.

• plastic
• comestic industry

Oxea has put n-propanol and n-propyl acetate on 100% sales control for the second quarter, citing recent strong demand growth and “logistics issues and service related to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] stay-at-home orders."

• n-propanol

For a long time, basic energy laws have been absent. The formulation of the "Energy Law" is an urgent need to advance the "four revolutions, one cooperation" new energy security strategy.

• energy

The world ’s largest oil producers have reached a historic agreement to reduce production, which put an end to the oil price war, which has serious consequences.

• oil
• price war