To Know More About Raw Material

What Are Raw Materials?

Raw materials refer to the basic raw material used to produce a certain product. It is a product used at the start of the production process. Raw materials are divided into two categories. One is forest products, mineral products and marine products in natural form, such as iron ore crude oil. The other is agricultural products, such as grain, cotton, oil, tobacco and so on.

Types of Raw Materials and The News

l Food Raw Materials

New food raw material sugarcane extract and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies BB536 open for comments

Recently, the pace of approval of new food raw materials has been significantly accelerated. A week ago, leaf-eating grass was added to the list of new food raw materials, and a week later, new food raw materials sugarcane extract and Bifidobacterium longum subspecies BB536 were publicly solicited for comments.

New raw material: β-1,3/α-1,3-glucan/dihydroquercetin/Lactobacillus rhamnosus MP108/microchlorella

On April 25, the official website of the Health Commission issued the No. 5 document of 2021, announcing β-1,3/α-1,3-glucan, dihydroquercetin, Lactobacillus rhamnosus MP108, pseudo-microspheres The four raw materials of algae are new food materials, while protease and phosphoinositide phospholipase C are new food additives.

Protein and DHA will be used as functional raw materials for record

On December 20, 2021, the State Administration for Market Regulation revised the "Nutrient Supplements in the List of Health Food Ingredients (2022 Edition) (Draft for Comment)" and "Nutrient Supplements in the List of Health Function Allowed by Health Food Claims (2022 Edition) (Draft for Comments))" and "Protein in the List of Health Food Ingredients (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)", openly soliciting opinions from the public.

A total of 6 raw materials to be included in the health food raw material catalog for this consultation.

l Cosmetics Raw Materials

No chemical raw materials cosmetics using natural high-quality raw materials 

As early as 2017, Hong Kong began to prohibit the sale of a foreign brand of cosmetics containing "toxic chemicals". At that time, shower gels, shampoos and other cleaning products were exposed by a large number of media, which caused widespread concern and heated discussions in the society. 

How to Manage the Registration of New Cosmetic Raw Materials

New Cosmetic Raw Materials Registration and Filing Documents" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), the National Pharmaceutical the Cosmetics Supervision Department of the Supervision Bureau collected and sorted out the issues related to the registration of new cosmetic raw materials that the cosmetics industry was concerned about, and answered them one by one.

Newly banned 17 kinds of raw materials for cosmetics, including plant extracts & fragrances

In January, the China Institute for Food and Drug Control issued a "Notice on Soliciting Opinions on the Catalogue of Prohibited Cosmetics." Another batch of 17 raw materials has been on the blacklist of supervision. The one-month solicitation period has passed, and the revision of the "Prohibited Catalog" is also nailed down.

l Paint and Coatings Raw Materials

The 'limit order' is here! The price increase of paint and raw materials is even crazier!

The promulgation of the "restriction order" is undoubtedly a good thing for the coatings and raw material industries, and it exists like a cardiotonic. With such an "underpinning", paint and raw material companies will have more confidence to increase prices. This can also be seen from the price increase of many leading construction and coating companies such as Nippon and PPG.

Only 2 weeks left for Interlakokraska 2022

The international exhibition of paint and coatings, raw materials and technologies for their production Interlakokraska 2022 is to take place at EXPOCENTRE Fairgrounds in Moscow on March 1–4, 2022.

More than 100 chemical raw materials for resin and butylene glycol are soaring  

 According to the Coatings Purchasing Network, since the second half of the year, due to the stricter “dual control” of energy consumption, the price of raw materials has risen after power and production restrictions.

The superposition of coal, natural gas, oil and other energy-end commodities is in urgent need, and the rise of chemical raw materials in the future will continue to spread.

With soaring raw materials, where does the fluorocarbon coatings market go

Since the second half of 2020, fluorine-containing raw materials have gradually come to the forefront. The market that has been relatively stable has also become popular with other chemical products. With the passage of time, it has become more and more intense. 

Chemical Raw Material Prices Trends and Market Analysis

Analysis of the domestic veterinary drug raw material market in the seventh week of 2022-1

Ceftiofur sodium, ceftiofur hydrochloride, affected by the production restriction and suspension of Beijing Winter Olympics, the price is strong, ceftiofur sodium 2350, ceftiofur hydrochloride 1700

Cefquinoxime sulfate, the price fluctuated upwards, the market price was 7000…

Energy crisis? Raw material crisis? Commodities keep going up! 

Kazakhstan riots cause price volatility of many commodities; Indonesia bans coal exports due to supply shortage.

90% reduction in chemical raw material production!

basic chemical raw material manufacturing, coal processing, and ferroalloy refining is higher than Enterprises with the industry average level adopt key enterprise energy use control measures. Among them, enterprises that are 1-2 times higher than the average level are limited to 50%, and those that are 2 times or more higher than the average are limited to 90%.

The power ration is over! The raw material market is polarized!

Once the power rationing was over, the price of raw materials, which had soared due to power rationing, finally fell. As of November 9, in just over a week, the prices of dozens of chemical raw materials had fallen one after another, with the highest drop of nearly 12,000 CNY/ton.

The spot is tight, the raw material market rose 43% this week

U.S. oil is still agitated by the weather, and the market has obviously shielded the unfavorable information of the epidemic.

Manufacturing prices of chemical raw materials and products to increase by 19.1% in 2021

In December 2021, the prices of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing increased by 23.8% year-on-year and decreased by 2.1% month-on-month.

Dow breakdown stop! Several types of chemical raw materials have soared!

The continued boom in coal prices has promoted the price increase of chemical raw materials such as ethylene, propylene, methanol, and acetic acid in the industrial chain, which has been transmitted to many downstream chemicals and promoted the price increase across the board.

BASF was forced to close the factory! Raw materials have to go up again!

N-butanol (NBL), also known as butanol, is an important organic chemical raw material, mainly used in the production of coatings and adhesives, and can also be used as a raw material for other derivatives. According to public information, there is a certain gap in the supply and demand of my country's n-Butanol market.