Ozone-depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases

Product Coverage

Product description Ex HS Code HS Nomenclature
Controlled substances: import, export or manufacture of bulk methyl bromide, with the quantity of methyl bromide permitted to be imported for non-quarantine and pre-shipment fumigations limited to the quantity approved by the Montreal Protocol; import, export or manufacture of bulk HCFCs and HFCs, with import quotas set in line with Montreal Protocol phase-out obligations and Australia’s domestic policy to accelerate phase-out of HCFCs and phase-down of HFCs; import, export or manufacture of bulk perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride, with no restrictions on quantity.
Equipment licences: precharged equipment containing synthetic greenhouse gases and refrigeration and air conditioning equipment containing HCFCs. The import of some equipment is restricted.
Essential use: import, export or manufacture of bulk hydrochlorofluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform and bromochloromethane approved for essential use by the parties to the Montreal Protocol.
Used substances: import and export of bulk used chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, methyl chloroform, bromochloromethane, methyl bromide, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride.