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GettinG approval

for your cosmetic

for General

trade in china:

what you

should know

By Miriam Bandinelli

The cosmetics market in China is the world’s second largest, and one of the
fastest growing. Imported brands dominate the high-end of the market and
growing cosmetics brands cannot ignore the market potential.
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But the regulatory framework has recently been revised to require stricter
claims testing and validation, and more and more preparation
Miriam Bandinelli and investment is required to first achieve the regulatory requirements.
is Senior Account Manager Below you will find the breakdown of imported cosmetics by product
at Cisema, a regulatory category in 2022 by percentage and sales value in uS$ million.
affairs and quality
compliance services provider
for the China market

She supports international
companies obtain their
product certification
and achieve regulatory
compliance in China.

She is a specialist for
the Chinese NMPA, CML
and CCC registrations.

Regularly writing articles
and speaking on China
regulatory affairs
and pathways for
life sciences products,
Miriam lives in Munich.

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Figure 1: Cosmetics Import by product category in 2023 in US$million .
you can contact her at
bandinelli@de.cisema.com
1 HKTDC Research, “China’s Cosmetics Market” (26 Aug 2022). Found at https://
research.hktdc.com/en/article/MzA4Nzg0MTgw (accessed September 2, 2022).
2 Source: Global Trade Atlas.

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