The statistics of scientific research record (SR Record) under China New Chemical Substance Notification (China REACH) from April to June 2012 have been published on 12 September 2012 on the website of Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP SR Announcement No. 6).
The 6th batch lists 207 SR Records approved under China MEP Order No 7. A majority of the submitting companies are non-Chinese enterprises and joint ventures in China. Big notifiers include Merck, DSM, Bayer, JSR, etc.
Previously, China MEP has released 5 batches of SR Records. Combined with the previous 5 batches, in total 1370 SR Records have been registered from November 2011 to June 2012. The new substances under SR Record are approved to import or manufacture in China at the annual tonnage of below 0.1 t/y and for the purpose of scientific research.
SR Records Summary
Batch | Time | Number |
Batch1 | November 2010 - March 2011 | 225 |
Batch2 | April 2011 - June 2011 | 225 |
Batch3 | July 2011 - September 2011 | 287 |
Batch4 | October 2011 – December 2011 | 227 |
Batch5 | January 2012 – March 2012 | 199 |
Batch6 | April 2012- June 2012 | 207 |
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| In total: 1370 |
Information about the notifying companies and their numbers of reported substances is shown on the China MEP website, for details please find the attached appendix.