2 August 2012

A total of 48 Chinese national standards, mostly in GB/T (nationwide recommended) type, regarding the determination and testing methods of chemicals, chemical hazard classification and packaging of dangerous goods are coming into force as of the first date of August this year. This group of national standards has been incorporated in an official announcement No 23 of 2011 issued by the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC) on December 30 of 2011. In the SAC announce 23 of 2011, the agency together with China’s AQSIQ has published in total 625 national standards that are essential to various domestic chemical industries including polymers, plastic & rubber, coating, electronic, textiles and petroleum chemicals, etc.

2 August 2012

Domestic manufacturers and importers of electrical and electronic products now are invited to make comments from July 24 to August 22, 2012 on a draft directive issued by China MIIT that specifies supplier declarations of conformity under China’s legislation on the restriction of hazardous substances in electric and electronic products (China RoHS).

1 August 2012

25 July 2012

From American Chemistry Council (July 24, 2012) — The American Chemistry Council (ACC) today released the second monthly report of its Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a new leading macroeconomic indicator. The July CAB was flat after declining three consecutive months, historically a sign of slowing economic activity.

27 July 2012

According to the latest economic statistics of China’s MIIT, in the domestic household chemicals market, accumulative total industrial output showed a mild year-on-year growth by 6.75% in the first five months of 2012; accumulative total sales-output ratio at 94.6%; and the export delivery value up 2.11% from the same period last year.

12 July 2012

In a recent China MIIT¹ notice on 10 July, a list of first 20 state accredited certifying bodies and laboratories has been published for the Chinese voluntary RoHS certification campaign. REACH24H’s parent company, Centre Testing International (CTI) headquartered in Shenzhen, South China, ranks second among all the approved certifying institutes. The CTI group has been committed to product quality control throughout the supply chain since 2003, with the testing and inspection on electronics and hazardous substances one of its most competitive services in domestic China.

11 July 2012

Subsequent to near 10 years’ practice of the existing registration model for hazardous chemicals, the China State Administration of Work Safety has published today the updated edition of the “Measures for the Administration of Hazardous Chemicals Registration” (SAWS Order 53 of 2012). Hazardous chemicals importers have been incorporated into the registration obligation for the first time. The revision greatly promotes the implementation of GHS in China. Affected importers are now obliged to register the hazardous chemicals, prior to its first import in China, with local registration offices affiliated to their corresponding competent authorities of work safety.  They will also face an escalated compliance urgency on GHS hazard classification, labelling, SDS making/updating and more visible regulatory concerns like hazard identification and risk control measures.

In response to a China AQSIQ proposal pertaining to the issue of entry-exit inspection fees on toxic and dangerous goods, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Finance have lately agreed to stop from 1 August of 2012 charging double the inspection fees for imported and exported toxic and dangerous goods.

02 July 2012

29 June 2012, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has released its announcement No 36 of 2012 to launch anti-dumping investigation over the toluidine imported from EU. The Customs Import and Export tariff line of the investigated product is 29214300.