China SAWS released on 25 Feb the updated Catalogue of industries applicable for Hazardous Chemicals Safe Use Permit 2013 (hereinafter as “Catalogue”) to replace its previous version issued in 2011.
Companies that are included in the Catalogue and use HCs (for production purpose) with use quantities reaching the threshold annual tonnage specified in the “Use quantities standard for hazardous chemicals” are required to obtain the HCs Safety Use Permit, according to the SAWS Order 57 (Chemlinked news on 29 Nov 2012).
The Catalogue 2011 contains 3 main industries, which are divided into 12 sub-categories with 38 types of products. Compared with it, the newly-updated version has cut two sub-categories and 13 specific products shown below:
3 Main Industries | 10 Sub-Categories | 25 Specific Products |
|---|---|---|
Chemical raw materials and chemical manufacturing
| Basic chemical raw materials manufacturing | Inorganic acid |
Inorganic base | ||
Inorganic salt | ||
Organic chemical raw materials | ||
Other basic chemical raw materials | ||
Fertilizer manufacturing | Nitrogen fertilizers | |
Phosphate fertilizers | ||
Potash fertilizers | ||
Organic fertilizers and microbiological fertilizers | ||
Other fertilizers | ||
Pesticide manufacturing | Chemical pesticides | |
Coating, ink, pigment and other similar products manufacturing | Coatings | |
Ink and other similar products | ||
Pigment | ||
Dyes | ||
Synthetic materials manufacturing | Plastic in primary forms and synthetic resin | |
Synthetic rubbers | ||
Synthetic fiber monomer and polymer | ||
Other synthetic materials | ||
Exclusive-use chemical products manufacturing | Chemical reagent and auxiliary | |
Specific chemical Products | ||
Forest chemical products | ||
Drug materials for environmental pollution treatment | ||
Other exclusive-use chemical products | ||
Daily chemical products manufacturing
| Soap and synthetic detergen | |
Fragrance and flavor | ||
Pharmaceutical manufacturing | Chemical drug raw materials manufacturing | Chemical drug raw materials manufacturing |
Chemical drug preparations manufacturing | Chemical drug preparations | |
Veterinary drugs manufacturing | Veterinary drugs | |
Chemical fibers manufacturing | Cellulose raw materials and fiber | Chemical fiber pulp |
Artificial fibers (cellulose) | ||
Synthetic fiber manufacturing | Nylon fibers | |
Polyester fibers | ||
Acrylic fibers | ||
PVA fibers | ||
Polypropylene fiber | ||
Spandex | ||
Other synthetic fibers |
Companies that use the 13 deleted products will be exempted to apply for the safe Use permit. Meanwhile, this amendment has made clearer the scope of affected companies, since some vague terms such as “other synthetic fibers” are deleted.
