Brief introduction of China Association of Fragrance Flavor and Cosmetic Industries

China Association of Fragrance Flavor and Cosmetic Industries (CAFFCI) was founded on August 21 1984. It is an industrial association at national level with an independent corporation status, approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

At present, CAFFCI, a nonprofit social organization, is comprised of more than 700 members, most of them are enterprises and institutions involved in the production of raw materials & products, packaging, equipment design & production and R&D of fragrances flavors and cosmetics. The
member's Representative Assembly is the top authority body of CAFFCI.

Principals

Representing the concerned industries, Abiding by the laws, Communicating with the governments, Serving for members, Safeguarding the right & reinforcing the self regulations and Prompting the development of the industries.

Main Functions

1. To formulate the self regulations and administrative code in the concerned industries, then to organize their implementation;
2. Entrusted by the concerning governmental organizations, to draft the development program of the industries, and to provide guidance for the development of the industries;
3. To conduct the investigation and study on the issues in the development of the industries, and to provide suggestions on industry policies and regulations to governmental organizations;
4. To participate in formulating and revising standards used in the industries and to organize the implementation of the standards;
5. To conduct the statistics work among the industries, to collect, analyze and manage basic information of the industries, and to publish journals and other publications of CAFFCI in order to provide services for members and basic data for the concerning governmental organizations to work out the policies for the industries;
6. Cooperating with the governmental organizations, to supervise the product quality of the concerning industries, to conduct the inspections among the industries as well as the product certifying and system certifying work, to release the quality information, and to recommend products of high qualities;
7. Entrusted by General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, to be the Investigation Department of Fragrance Flavor and Cosmetic Production License.
8. To organize exhibitions and fairs of the concerned products, domestically and internationally;
9. To organize professional and technical trainings, and qualification of the employees and staffs in the concerning industries;
L0. To promote the application of new technology, processes and materials, to evaluate the scientific and technical achievements, and to organize communication and cooperation activities both domestically and internationally.

Profile of fragrance and flavor (F&F) Industry

Fragrances and flavors are important materials with characteristic odors and/or tastes, which are widely added into food, beverages, alcoholic drinks, cigarettes, detergents, cosmetics, toothpastes, leather, feed, pharmaceuticals, textiles, plastics, etc. The characteristics of F&F Industry are: various kinds of products but with rather small production, low usage level but with good effect, produced at one place but used in a lot of places. And as is known, F&F is a mixture of advanced technology and profound art.
Currently, there are more than 900 enterprises, including over 100 Sinoforeign ventures in China. In 2006, total output of F&F Industry is about 240,000 tons, the turnover is RMB13.35 billion, and export sales value is US o.6 billion. The varieties of products are about 1000.

In China, the manufacturing of fragrance and flavor products performs license management system, which promotes the construction of industrial regulations and standards in a great deal.

Profile of Cosmetic Industry

Cosmetic products are used on human bodies by scrubbing, spraying and other methods, in order to clean and protect skin, modify odors, beautify human life, etc.
Just as F&F industry, cosmetic industry also carries out license management system. At present, more than 3800 enterprises (including more than 500 Sino-foreign ventures) have obtained production licenses. There are about 50 enterprises, each of them possesses an annual turnover more than R/vU31oo million.
In 2006, the total output is over RMB 100 billion, and export volume is 32000 tons with the sales value of US 1.o4 billion. On current China market, there are more than 25000 kinds of cosmetic products. So to speak, it basically meets different｀ consumers need.

Address of CAFFCI (The Administrative Office):
Room 507-508, Building No.2 Jiaye Plaza, No.21 Songzhuang Rd. Shunsan tiao, Fengtai District, Beijing 100079, P.R.China
Tel: (86-10) 67663110、67663112、67663114、67663035、67663127、67663181
Fax: (86-10) 67663114-833
Web site: http://www.caffci.org
E-mail: caffci@caffci.org