2. What data should you report for each of your suppliers?

Before making a decision, you should gather various details about your suppliers and the chemicals they will be providing:

• the supplier's name and country (indicating whether it is a distributor);

• the main identification numbers for your substance (e.g., CAS number, EC number, chemical name);

• if it is a mixture, the percentage of each substance present; in fact, each substance in the mixture must be considered individually;

• the quantity in tons that you wish to obtain from this supplier for each substance, either as is or contained in a mixture;

• a brief description of how you and your customers use the substance.

Based on this information, you can determine whether diversifying...