ASEAN WHITENING AND ANTI AGING SEGMENT FACES 2015 ECONOMIC COMMUNITY LAUNCH

SKIN whitening and anti-ageing products represent key growth segments for cosmetic manufacturers targeting expanding and increasingly integrated markets in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Indeed, producers of these products are set to benefit from a single ASEAN port of entry when the fully integrated ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is launched next year (2015). The regulation of cosmetics in southeast Asia has already undergone widespread change since the 2003 introduction of the ASEAN Harmonised Cosmetic Regulatory Scheme. Industry ...


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