Industrial Chemical

China Continued ADM on Epichlorohydrin from Four Countries

China will extend the ADM for another five year on Epichlorohydrin from US, Korea, Japan and Russia 28 June 2012   On June 27 2012, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released the Announcement No 32 of 2012 on the final ruling of the Anti-Dumping investigation over imported epichlorohydrin (HS code 29103000) from US, Korea, Japan and Russia after the expiry review, which started from June 27, 2011. China will extend the Anti-Dumping Measures (ADM) for another five year as importing of the dumped chemical will harm China’s domestic epichlorohydrin industry.

2012-06-28

Industrial Chemical

SAWS to Reinforce Control on Non-drug Precursor Chemicals

According to the Notice, non-pharmaceutical precursor chemicals currently occupy over 80% of all the precursor chemicals under domestic control in both variety and volume. In order to prevent the ...

2012-06-28

Agrochemical

Two Infringements of DuPont’s Rynaxypyr Insecticide Ruled in Jiangsu

Producing or marketing of patented pesticide without license will usually incurred both criminal and civil responsibilities if the patentee’s further pursuit of intellectual property rights, but illegal productions and marketing on the insecticide have unceasingly been probed and sentenced due to the high profit after the risk   26 June 2012   Though DuPont’s Rynaxypyr has been patent-protected with its debut in China 4 years ago, unceasingly illegal productions and marketing on the insecticide have been probed and sentenced since then due to the high profit after the risk. This month, two patent infringements cases with 24 million Yuan worth of the counterfeits were sentenced in Jiangsu, a strong chemical outputting province in China.

2012-06-26

Industrial Chemical

10 new SVHCs to be Included in REACH Annex XIV

Deadline for interested parties to submit comments for the inclusion of arsenic acid and other 9 SVHCs in Authorisation List is 19 September 2012   21 June, 2012   ECHA has launched a public consultation on its draft recommendation of 10 new priority SVHCs to be included in the Authorisation List. The agency is regularly recommending to the European Commission substances from the Candidate List for inclusion in the Authorisation List (Annex XIV of REACH). Based on an assessment of the available information, ECHA currently plans to recommend the following substances:

2012-06-21

Industrial Chemical

ECHA RAC Vetoes Danish Proposal to Restrict 4 PAEs under REACH

At its meeting this week, RAC concluded that the available data does not indicate that there is currently a risk from combined exposure to the four phthalates. In addition, RAC was of the opinion ...

2012-06-20

Industrial Chemical

MEP Publishes 2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin

Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection publishes the 2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin, summing up recent progress in environmental administration of domestic chemicals in terms of policy, legislation, chemical registration, POP and mercury control   20 June 2012 By Olivia Sun, Ph.D (Chem) Jun 6th, 2012, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has published the "2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin". In the "Column" of the Environmental Bulletin, data of chemical management in 2011 were released:

2012-06-20

Industrial Chemical

ECHA Publishes the 7th Batch of Candidate List

With the identification of 13 new SVHCs announced by ECHA on 18 June, the REACH Candidate List now contains 84 substances. All of them are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for ...

2012-06-19

Agrochemical

China Began ADM Expiry Review on SMZ Imports from India

MOFCOM decides to maintain anti-dumping measures against sulfamethoxazole imports till 15 June 2013   19 June 2012   15 June 2012, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released the announcement No 33 of 2012 to launch expiry review investigation for anti-dumping measures (ADM) imposed on imported sulfamethoxazole (SMZ) originated from India. The Customs Import and Export tariff line of the investigated product is 29350030.

2012-06-19

Agrochemical

China Optimizes Re-evaluation Procedure on Pesticide Manufacturing Licensing

More discretion will be delegated to the provincial level in re-evaluating the qualification of Chinese pesticide producers   15 June 2012   China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released a notice wednesday to its provincial branches and the China Crop Protection Industry Association(CCPIA) to start its trial of new review procedure of manufacturing permit on Chinese pesticide manufacturers. The trial will be initiated in Zhejiang, Chongqing and Jiangsu from July 1st, 2012 to June 30th, 2013, indicating that more discretion will be delegated to the provincial level in re-evaluating the qualification of the producers and accelerations on licensing will be fulfilled for China pesticide industry.

2012-06-15

Industrial Chemical

REACH Restriction Proposal on Public Consultation

1,4-dichlorobenzene has been classified as a category 2 carcinogen (liver tumours). It also affects the kidneys and respiratory tract. The dossier demonstrates that where 1,4-dichlorobenzene products ...

2012-06-15