Policy & Regulation

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

On the 10th, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a "Catalogue of Plastic Products Prohibited and Restricted from Production, Sales, and Use." Publicly solicit opinions from the public. Among them, disposable foam plastic tablew

• plastic
• Catalogue
• restriction

Due to the long-term oversupply of coal, the transit speed of northern ports has slowed down significantly, the inventory contradiction has been further deepened.

• coal

Two important documents were issued: On March 30, 2020, the official website of the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration announced the 2020 new version of the "Drug Registration and Management Measures" and "Drug P

• policy
• API

Prices of a niche chemical called isopropanol soared as new outbreaks spread overseas.

• Isopropanol

In order to optimize and upgrade the layout of the chemical industry in Jiangsu Province, and promote the transformation and upgrading and high-quality development of the chemical industry, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, together with the P

• policy
• Jiangsu
• industry

On March 30, the State Administration of market supervision promulgated the measures for the administration of drug registration by order No. 27 of the State Administration of industry and the measures for the administration of drug production by order No

• changes
• drug
• measures

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on lacto‐N‐tetraose (LNT) as a novel food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.

• EU
• LNT

At the same time, based on its strong business base in China and Asia, the company has gradually moved to the international market.

• cosmetic

As the coronavirus spreads across the globe, the need for certain disinfectant products grows as well.

• Isopropyl
• Alcohol
• Carbomer
• disinfectant
• products