Esontweni lokuqala likaFebhuwari 2025, imakethe yomhlaba wonke ye-SLES ibonise izitayela ezixubile ngenxa yokuguquguquka kwesidingo kanye nokungaqiniseki kwezomnotho. Amanani ezimakethe zase-Asia naseNyakatho Melika ehlile, kuyilapho lawo asemakethe yaseYurophu enyuke kancane.
Ekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari 2025, intengo yemakethe ye-sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) eShayina yehla ngemuva kwesikhathi sokuma kwesonto eledlule. Ukwehla kwathonywa kakhulu ukwehla kwezindleko zokukhiqiza, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokwehla ngasikhathi sinye kwentengo ye-ethylene oxide yezinto zokusetshenziswa ezibalulekile. Kodwa-ke, ukwanda kwamanani kawoyela wesundu kunciphise kancane umthelela wokwehla kwezindleko zokukhiqiza. Ngasohlangothini lokufunwa, umthamo wokuthengisa wezimpahla zabathengi (FMCG) ohamba ngokushesha wehle kancane ngenxa yokungaqiniseki kwezomnotho kanye nokusetshenziswa kwemali ngokucophelela kwabathengi, okunciphisa ukwesekwa kwentengo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isidingo esibuthakathaka samazwe ngamazwe naso sengeze ekucindezelekeni okuphansi. Nakuba ukusetshenziswa kwe-SLES kuye kwaba buthaka, ukuhlinzekwa kusanele, kuqinisekisa ukuzinza kwemakethe.
Umkhakha wokukhiqiza waseShayina nawo ubhekane nokwehla okungalindelekile ngoJanuwari, okubonisa izinkinga ezinkulu zomnotho. Ababambiqhaza emakethe bathi ukwehla kwalokhu kungenxa yokwehla kwemisebenzi yezimboni kanye nokungaqiniseki ngenqubomgomo yezohwebo yase-US. Isimemezelo sikaMongameli wase-US uDonald Trump sokuthi intela engu-10% ekungenisweni kwempahla yaseShayina izoqala ukusebenza ngoFebhuwari 1 siphakamise ukukhathazeka mayelana nokuphazamiseka kokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe okuzothinta kakhulu ukuthunyelwa kwamakhemikhali kwamanye amazwe, okuhlanganisa ne-SLES.
Ngokufanayo, eNyakatho Melika, amanani emakethe ye-SLES ehle kancane, eqhubeka nomkhuba wesonto eledlule. Ukwehla kwabangelwa kakhulu amanani aphansi e-ethylene oxide, okwanciphisa ngempumelelo izindleko zokukhiqiza futhi kwabeka ingcindezi ephansi ekulinganisweni kwemakethe. Kodwa-ke, ukukhiqizwa kwasekhaya kwehle kancane njengoba abahwebi befuna ezinye izindlela ezingabizi kakhulu ngenxa yentela entsha yokungeniswa kwezimpahla eShayina.
Naphezu kokwehla kwentengo, isidingo esifundeni sihlale sizinzile. Izimboni zokunakekelwa komuntu siqu kanye nezimboni ze-surfactant yizona ezisebenzisa kakhulu i-SLES, futhi amazinga okusetshenziswa kwazo ahlale ezinzile. Kodwa-ke, isu lokuthenga lemakethe seliqaphile kakhulu, lithonywe yizibalo zokuthengisa ezibuthakathaka. I-National Retail Federation (NRF) ibike ukuthi ukuthengiswa okuyinhloko kwehle ngo-0.9% inyanga nenyanga ngoJanuwari, okubonisa isidingo sabathengi esibuthakathaka futhi okungenzeka kuthinte ukuthengiswa kwekhaya kanye nokunakekelwa komuntu siqu.
Kodwa-ke, imakethe ye-SLES yaseYurophu yahlala izinzile ngesonto lokuqala, kodwa amanani aqala ukukhuphuka njengoba inyanga iqhubeka. Naphezu kokwehla kwamanani e-ethylene oxide, umthelela wayo ku-SLES wahlala ulinganiselwe ngenxa yezimo zemakethe ezilinganiselayo. Imikhawulo yokuphakelwa isalokhu ikhona, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-BASF okunesu phakathi kwamanani amandla akhuphukayo kanye nokungaqiniseki komnotho, okuholele ezindlekweni eziphezulu ze-SLES.
Ngasohlangothini lwesidingo, umsebenzi wokuthenga emakethe yaseYurophu usazinzile. Imali engenayo emikhakheni yezimpahla ezisheshayo zabathengi kanye neyokuthengisa kulindeleke ukuthi ikhule ngokulinganisela ngo-2025, kodwa ukuzethemba kwabathengi okubuthakathaka kanye nokushaqeka kwangaphandle okungenzeka kungafaka ingcindezi ekudingeni okuphansi.
Ngokusho kwe-ChemAnalyst, amanani e-sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) kulindeleke ukuthi aqhubeke nokwehla ezinsukwini ezizayo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokungaqiniseki okuqhubekayo kwezomnotho okuqhubeka nokucindezela imizwa yemakethe. Ukukhathazeka kwamanje kwezomnotho kuholele ekusetshenzisweni kwemali ngokucophelela kwabathengi kanye nokwehla kwemisebenzi yezimboni, ngaleyo ndlela kunciphisa isidingo se-SLES. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ababambiqhaza bemakethe balindele ukuthi umsebenzi wokuthenga uzohlala uphansi esikhathini esifushane njengoba abasebenzisi bokugcina bethatha indlela yokulinda nokubona phakathi kwezindleko zokufaka eziguquguqukayo kanye nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali engezansi.
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