Australia Overhauls Chemical Market to Address Risk, an Industrial Info Market Brief

Starting July 1, 2020, Australia will have a new scheme to import and manufacture industrial chemicals. The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) will be replaced by Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS), which will be based on likely levels of chemical risk.

There will be six categories for introduction, with different requirements for each level of chemical risk:
1) Listed introductions
2) Exempted introductions
3) Reported introductions
4) Assessed introductions
5) Commercial evaluation introductions
6) Exceptional circumstances introductions

The new grouping for industrial chemicals aims to evaluate environmental impacts and public health and safety.

Click here for a list of industrial gas and inorganic chemical projects in Australia, and see graph below for a breakdown by state.