Interview of REACH24H’s regulation expert: Key points of oversea cosmetic companies entering China market
On April 14, Tommy Kong, General Manager of the Cosmetic Division of REACH24H Consulting Group China was interviewed by Mr. Simon Pitman from Cosmetics Design during the In-Cosmetics in Barcelona. Based on his professional perspective, Mr. Kong shared his opinions on current challenges of oversea cosmetic brands entering China market.
Regulatory compliance will be the first step for oversea cosmetic companies. Mr. Kong shared 3 Must-Know for oversea companies who want to have a primary understanding on regulations. First, cosmetics In China are divided into 2 categories, namely non-special use products and special use products. Both have different requirements on regulatory compliance. Secondly, specified requirements on formula and ingredients. A company need understand that China has a positive ingredient list IECIC. In the meantime, oversea company needs appoint a responsible agent in China, they will handle all the pre-market application issues. In order to avoid any unnecessary loss of time and money, the company itself still needs to keep a better understanding on China regulations.
At this moment, special use products may be a most challenge category, like sunscreen, hair growth, since it has a strict safety requirement on formula and manufacture. Registration is required for the imported special use product, but as for imported non-special use product, only record before come into market is need.
Finding a qualified long-term partnership is also an essential step for entering China market such as working with a good distributor is necessary for sales, cooperating with a professional third company will be also a good approach for dealing with regulatory barrier and language barrier.
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