17,151 Substances Pre-registered under Korea REACH

On July 15, 2021, South Korea's Ministry of Environment (MoE) published the updated list of pre-registered substances under K-REACH^[1]. So far, a total of 193,224 pre-registration applications have been submitted for 17,151 existing chemical substances, of which 78 are CMR substances. About 11% of the pre-registered substances are manufactured or imported over 1,000 tonnes per year.

For each pre-registered existing chemical substance, the MoE provides information including

·KE number, CAS number and chemical name;

·number of applications for pre-registration;

·the maximum tonnage band (1-10t/y: 6,777 substances; 10-100t/y: 5,687 substances; 100-1000t/y: 2,850 substances; Above 1000: 1,837 substances);

·if it is a CMR substance;

·if consumer uses apply; and

·hazard classification information.   

The Ministry of Environment urges the stakeholders involved with existing chemical substances with a volume over 1,000 tonnes per year or CMR substances with a volume over 1 tonne per year to join consortium and speed up the registration work before the first registration deadline of December 31 of 2021.