Application, Certification and Notification of Toxic Chemicals

Companies which deal with import and/or export of toxic chemicals in the "List of toxic chemicals severely restricted for import or export from People Republic of China" may need to register with CRC and apply for the relevant certificate or custom clearance notification.

Foreign companies which export toxic chemicals to China will need to apply for Registration Certificate for Environmental Management on the Import of Toxic Chemicals (hereinafter referred to as Registration Certificate). One Registration Certificate is issued for only one type of toxic chemical, to only one foreign company with only one China domestic company as its trade associator; and Registration Certificate is issued with a quantity limit and is only valid for two years.

For every batch of goods imported to China, importer (China domestic company) shall apply for Clearance Notification of Environmental Management on Import of Toxic Chemicals (hereinafter referred to as Import Clearance Notification), by providing a copy of Registration Certificate obtained from its contract partner, i.e. a foreign company which exports goods to China. This document is checked on custom clearance procedures, as its name indicates.

China domestic companies, when exporting every batch of toxic chemicals goods shall provide the Clearance Notification of Environmental Management on Export of Toxic Chemicals, i.e. Export Clearance Notification, to pass through China Customs.