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Where the demand is

Singapore

Regional headquarters and distribution hub for Southeast Asian beauty.

Analysis on Singapore

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Composite montage: a hand holding a CITES certificate beside a stack of photocopies labelled as document fraud, two Aquilaria species labelled wild against plantation, a seized container at a port marked as a CITES offence, a map tracing flows from Indonesia through Hong Kong to China with dotted lines marked invisible volumes, an old Hong Kong harbour with junks, and a scientist at a genetic reference database of incense trees
Regulation & Compliance

What a CITES permit on agarwood proves

Diagram of Southeast Asia centred on Singapore, showing fragrance and flavour creation labs and compliance files concentrated on the island, agarwood arriving by trade, separate notification dossiers required for each member state with the Singapore one marked as expiring, and on a world map the European Union writing rules others adopt while the United States under MoCRA and China under CSAR keep their own
Regulation & Compliance

Does an EU formula clear the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive?

A smartphone with a blurred skincare app screen next to unbranded skincare bottles
Actors & Partnerships

Why North Africa keeps missing L'Oréal's Big Bang

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