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BUDAPEST PROCEEDINGS CONTENTS Page Preface iii Global Developments in the Aroma Chemicals Industry Status and development of China’s aroma chemicals manufacturing industry 1 Cathy Chen Doing Xia (Hangzhou Aroma Chemicals, P.R. China) India’s aroma chemical industry: A vision for the future 12 Parag Satoskar (Arofine Chemical Industries, India) Current status and prospects of sulfur-containing flavor compounds in China 24 Sun Baoguo, Tian Hongyu, Zheng Fuping, Xie Jianchun, Liu Yuping (Beijing Technology and Business University, P.R. China) Structure-odour relationship of macrocyclic musks and harmony with the environment Hideaki Takaoka (Soda Aromatic Company, Japan) 36 REACH Legislation and Implementation REACH preparation from an EU-based company perspective 45 Joseph S. Tomusange (Treatt, UK) REACH: A global perspective from the fragrance industry 55 T.J. (Hans) van Bergen (IFRA, Belgium) Developments in the Essential Oils Industries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans The IFEAT Medal Lecture: Essential oil production in Hungary 68 Professor Jenő Bernáth (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) Albania’s medicinal and aromatic plant industry 80 Elvira Bazina (Enterprise Development and Export Market Services, Albania) and Xhevit Hysenaj (Essences Producers and Cultivators Association, Albania)

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Recent developments in the Bulgarian essential oils industry 87 Juliana K. Ognyanova (Bulatters, Bulgaria) and Angel N. Konakchiev, (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria) The essential oils industry in Moldova 103 Nathalie Green (Framaroma, France) Production of aroma chemicals and essential oils in the Slovak Republic 113 Peter van der Schaft (LiAxx Biotech, Slovakia) and Pavel Farkaš (Monoprix, Slovakia) The essential oils industry in the former Yugoslavia 120 Ana Rangus (Arxfarm, Slovenia) Developments in the Essential Oils Industry Elsewhere The Cuban citrus industry 135 Reut Berezovsky (Waknine & Berezovsky, Israel) Developments in Indonesia’s essential oils and the establishment of the Indonesian Essential Oil Council 146 Wien Permahdi Gunawan (Indonesian Essential Oil Council, Indonesia) Other Presentations Aroma marketing: new applications of essential oils and synthetic aromatic substances 152 Monika Kaleta (Pollena Aroma Flavours & Fragrances, Poland) Why Perfume Products? 157 Tony Curtis (Plymouth Business School, United Kingdom) IFEAT Business Report on the 2007 British Society of Flavourists training course at the University of Reading 168 The University of Plymouth Perfumery Course 171 IFEAT Egypt Study Tour 2006 Ian Mclean (S&D Botanicals, South Africa) 174