Policy & Regulation

On December 20, 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation revised the "Nutrient Supplements in the List of Health Food Ingredients (2022 Edition)

• protein
• DHA
• functional material
• food additives

The production of threonine and lysine in various regions will continue to be affected by the power and coal restrictions brought about by the dual carbon emission control policy.

• Tryptophan
• Lysine
• Methionine
• Threonine
• Valine

Recently, due to the combined effects of strong shipping demand, port delays and shortage of container equipment, container spot freight rates continue to rise and reach new highs.

• freight rate
• shipping demand

OPEC raised its global oil demand forecast for the first quarter of next year in a report on the 13th, but kept its expectation of oil demand growth for the whole of next year unchanged.

• crude oil
• oil price
• global energy

On October 12, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintained its forecast for global economic growth of 4.9 percent in 2022

• shipping news

Monitoring data shows that as of December 10, the reference price of liquid epoxy resin in East China was 25,600-26,200 CNY/ton

• Epoxy Resin

Historically, most weight-loss drugs can only reduce weight by 5-10%, and there are many hidden safety risks.

• pharmaceutical trend

Last week, the Department of Ecology and Environment of Shandong Province issued the "Alternative Measures for Carbon Emission Reduction of High Energy Consumption and High Emission Construction Projects

• chemical project
• carbon reduction

The domestic PC market has different supply atmospheres for internal and external stocks

• PC market

The production of threonine and lysine in various regions will continue to be affected due to the power and coal restrictions brought about by the dual carbon emission control policy.

• lysine
• Tryptophan

违规发布禁限售信息将会依据《 ECHEMI平台禁限售商品目录规则》进行商品下架处理。 Illegal release of prohibited sales information will be removed from the shelves in accordance with the ECHEMI Enforcement Actions for Displaying Prohibited and Controlled Items.

• Enforcement actions
• regulation
• notice
• suppliers

In November, the output of PX was 1.72 million tons, and the processing fee was too low. Many factories had load reduction and shutdown.

• PX

Recently, the domestic palm oil market price has been strong, but the domestic demand is still weak.

• Palm Oil

Isopropyl alcohol exports in October came out, the performance is not ideal, only just broke through the ten thousand tons of mark.

• Isopropyl

APIs are a key link in the upstream supply chain of the pharmaceutical industry chain.

• APIs
• Pharmaceutical

On November 15th, the National Development and Reform Commission and other five departments jointly issued the "Energy Efficiency Benchmark Level and Benchmark Level in Key Fields of High Energy-Consumption Industries

• energy
• ethylene
• propylene
• glycol

On November 9th, the two ministries and commissions issued the "Notice on the Implementation Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of the API Industry."

• API industry
• pharmaceutical policy

Recently, the global logistics supply chain has been seriously congested, ports have continued to be congested, and global shipping tensions are still continuing.

• Sea freight
• cargo volume
• global logistics

After a continuous decline of more than 2000 CNY/ton in October, the market price of glacial acetic acid gradually returned to rationality and started a new round of rising trend in early November.

• Glacial Acetic Acid

On November 3, 2021, Novo Nordisk released its financial report for the third quarter of 2021. Operating income was US$5.895 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15%, of which revenue in China was RMB 4.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 11%.

• Semaglutide
• delaglutide