Exporting USA made Cosmetics to the European Union after July 2013. Full implemetation of EU Cosmetics Directive EC 1223. What this means to U.S. manufacturers that export cosmetics, shampoos, etc. to the EU?

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New European Union cosmetic regulations will have a major impact on all U.S. manufacturers of cosmetics that export to the EU now, and after July 2013. This is when the new regulations will go into full effect. The regulations were first implemented in 2009, but the old 1976 regulations will be fully replaced on July 11, 2013. There has been a gradual implementation of these new regulations since then.

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International Export Trade and Export Trading Companies

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I started this website and blog for this American export trading company or ETC, to promote the sale of USA made goods. According to the Dept. of Commerce less than one percent of all U.S. manufacturers export, and in 2005, fifty-eight percent of those that did export, exported to only one country, e.g. Canada, the next 26 percent to 2-4 countries, the next 9 percent to 5-9, and the last 7 percent to 10 or more. Why is this? We make so much here the rest of the world never sees. Continue reading