Pre-introduction report: introductions of 10 kg or less

This guidance helps you complete the pre-introduction report form in AICIS Business Services for the type called ‘introductions of 10 kg or less’.

Reported category

Introduction must meet reported introduction criteria at step 3 for 10 kg or less in a year.

Nil fee

No fee to submit. You must submit before you import or manufacture.

Also read 'Before you start your pre-introduction report'

When you select ‘10 kg or less introduction’, this means:

  • that the total volume of the industrial chemical you are introducing is 10 kg or less in a registration year
  • that all other criteria to be categorised as a reported introduction – 10 kg or less, at step 3 of the categorisation process are met.

When you shouldn’t submit a pre-introduction report

Do not submit if:

  • you did not categorise your introduction – use our 'Guide to categorising your chemical importation and manufacture' (Categorisation Guide) to work out the introduction category and the next steps you must take
  • your introduction is categorised as listed – meaning that your chemical is already on our Inventory and your introduction meets the regulatory obligations specified in the chemical’s ‘Inventory terms of listing’ (if there are any)

When you must submit a pre-introduction report

Submit if one of the following applies:

  1. The chemical you plan to introduce is not on the Inventory and you have worked out that your introduction is in the reported category.
  2. You’re planning to introduce an Inventory-listed chemical outside the parameters of the defined scope of assessment and you have worked out that your introduction is in the reported category.

Record-keeping obligations

Even after you have submitted your pre-introduction report, you are legally required to keep certain records about your introduction. See 'Record-keeping obligations for reported introductions'.

In this guide:

Introductions of 10 kg or less - chemical identity

Do you know the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry number of the industrial chemical?  

Select Yes if you can provide the chemical’s CAS registry number (CAS number). You will then need to enter the CAS number and its CAS name, IUPAC name or INCI name. You will also need to enter any other names you use to refer to your chemical. 

Select No if you don’t know the CAS registry number or select CAS No. is 'not assigned' if your chemical does not have an assigned CAS number. We accept the CAS name, IUPAC name or INCI name of the industrial chemical.

If you know the CAS or IUPAC name of your chemical, you will need to enter these, and any other names that you use to refer to the chemical. 

If you don't know the CAS or IUPAC name for the chemical, we accept an INCI name. You will need to enter the INCI name and then you can also enter any other names that you use to refer to the chemical

If you don’t know the CAS number, CAS name, IUPAC name or INCI name of your chemical, you must provide any other name that you use to refer to the chemical and the name of the person or business of who you believe, on reasonable grounds would give the CAS number (if assigned), and the CAS name, IUPAC name or INCI name of the chemical, if requested by the introducer, following a request from the Executive Director. You also need to indicate why you believe that the person or business that you nominate would provide this information. For example, you may hold email correspondence from the supplier or manufacturer of the chemical indicating that they would supply this information to AICIS, if requested. 

An introducer is taken to know the CAS number, CAS name, IUPAC name, or INCI name if it would be reasonably practicable for them to find out that number/name.

This means introducers must proactively try to find this information, including checking for it with their chemical supplier.  

What do we mean by ‘any other name that you use to refer to the industrial chemical’? 

Other name could be a trade name, marketing name, generic name, or common name. If you know the CAS name or IUPAC name, your other name could be the INCI name.

What do we mean by ‘the name that you use to refer to the industrial chemical’? 

If you don’t know the CAS number, CAS name, IUPAC name or INCI name of your chemical, you must provide the name that you use to refer to the industrial chemical. This could be the trade name, marketing name, generic name or common name.

Next: Hazard and exposure

Guidance on completing the ‘Chemical identity’ section of the pre-introduction report for ‘introductions of 10 kg or less’ in AICIS Business Services.

Introductions of 10 kg or less - hazard and exposure

Will the chemical be introduced as a solid or in a dispersion?

Select Yes, either solid or in a dispersion if you know that your chemical will be introduced as a solid, or that it will be introduced in dispersion.

Select Neither solid nor in a dispersion if you know that your chemical will not be introduced as a solid and it will not be introduced in dispersion.

Select I don't know if you can’t find any information on whether your chemical is a solid or in a dispersion.

What is the end use of the chemical?

Select all the end use(s) of your chemical in the picklist. End use of the chemical is defined as the purpose to which the industrial chemical can be applied.

Example: If you are introducing a chemical for an end use in cosmetics, the picklist option you need to select is 'Personal care products not covered by other end uses', unless your chemical will only be used in products with limited environmental release (for example, nail polish).

List of end uses - product descriptions and examples

Guidance on completing the ‘Hazard and exposure’ section of the pre-introduction report for ‘introductions of 10 kg or less’ in AICIS Business Services.

Adhesive and sealant products means an end use to fasten other materials together or stop the passage of liquid or gas. Examples include:

  • glues 
  • binders
  • adhesives
  • pastes
  • sealants
  • fillers
  • putties
  • solder and caulking compounds
  • spray foam insulation 

Apparel and footwear care products means an end use to care for apparel and footwear products intended for consumer and commercial use. Examples include:

  • footwear polishes
  • waxes and stains to waterproof and improve appearance and other desirable properties
  • apparel surface treatment products for water, stain or flame resistance

Arts, crafts and hobby products means an end use in arts, crafts or hobbies. Examples include:

  • crafting paints
  • crafting glue
  • adhesives (e.g. solder and hot-melt adhesives)
  • fixatives
  • finishing spray coatings and modelling clay

Explosive products means an end use for producing a sudden expansion, usually accompanied by production of heat and large changes in pressure. Examples include:

  • pyrotechnics
  • high explosives and propellants
  • igniters
  • primers
  • initiatory
  • illuminants
  • smoke and decoy flares
  • incendiaries

Fuel, oil, fuel oil additives and related products means an end use as:

  • liquid fuel in containers used for cooking, heating or for power in vehicles or appliances, or
  • a fuel additive to inhibit corrosion, provide lubrication, increase efficiency of use, or decrease production of undesirable by-products.

Examples of liquid fuels include:

  • gasoline
  • diesel fuels
  • kerosene
  • lamp oils

Examples of fuel oil additives include:

  • stabilisers
  • anti-knock agents
  • corrosion inhibitors
  • detergents
  • fuel dyes
  • oxygenates
  • antioxidants
  • odour agents

Lubricant and grease products means an end use in a liquid, paste or spray to reduce friction, heat generation and wear between solid surfaces. Examples include:

  • engine oils
  • transmission, brake and hydraulic fluids
  • gear oils
  • calcium, sodium, lithium, and silicone-based greases

Personal care products – limited environmental release means an end use in solid or hardening personal care products (including cosmetics) that are primarily disposed of to landfill. Examples include:

  • baby wipes
  • facial tissues
  • nail care products including nail polish and remover

Tattoo ink products means an end use in a combination of industrial chemicals that contains one or more colouring agents and is applied to the dermal layer of the skin for the purposes of colouring the skin. Examples include:

  • pigments
  • dyes
  • resins

Paint and coating products means an end use to paint or coat substrates intended for consumer or commercial use. Examples include: 

  • decorative coatings 
  • automotive coatings
  • transportation coatings
  • wood finishes
  • powder coatings
  • coil coatings
  • packaging finishes
  • general industrial coatings
  • automotive refinish
  • industrial maintenance and protective coatings
  • marine coatings
  • thinners
  • removers

Plastic and polymer products means an end use in production of plastics or polymers. Examples include:

  • monomers
  • initiators
  • additives

Construction products not covered by other end uses means an end use in construction materials, except where another scenario covers the end use. Examples include:

  • additives in cements and dry mortar
  • additives to bitumen for road repair
  • internal release agents for thermo-set laminating resins
  • resins in particle board manufacture
  • wood substitutes used to make mouldings
  • resins used in the production of composite materials

Fabric, textile and leather products not covered by other end uses means an end use to impart colour and other desirable properties onto fabric, textiles, and leather products that are intended for consumer or commercial use.

These properties include:

  • water/soil/stain repellence
  • wrinkle resistance
  • flame resistance

Examples of this type of product include:

  • textile dyes
  • textile finishing agents
  • leather tanning products
  • leather dyes
  • leather finishing agents, leather conditioner and surface treatment products

Electronic products means an end use in the production of electronic components. Examples include:

  • chemicals in vapour deposition
  • electroless plating
  • electroplating
  • etching
  • high vacuum evaporation/sputtering
  • laminate processing
  • soldering
  • photolithography

Ink, toner and colourant products means an end use for:

  • writing
  • printing
  • creating an image on paper and other substrates
  • applying to substrates to change their colour or hide images

Examples of this type of product include:

  • pigmented liquid
  • toners or powders used in copy machines and toner/printer cartridges
  • inks used in writing equipment
  • inks for stamps and correction fluids and tapes

This category does not include pigments and colourants added to paints and coatings.

Air care products means an end use to odorise or deodorise indoor air in homes, offices, motor vehicles, and enclosed spaces and intended for consumer or commercial use. Examples include:

  • aerosol sprays
  • liquid/solid/gel diffusers
  • air fresheners
  • scented candles
  • incense

Anti-freeze and de-icing products means an end use:

  • as an additive to fluids, especially water, to reduce the freezing point of the mixture, or
  • applied to surfaces to melt or prevent build-up of ice

Examples of this type of product include:

  • anti-freeze liquids
  • de-icing liquids (windshield de-icers, aircraft de-icers)
  • de-icing solids (ice melting crystals)
  • lock de-icers

Automotive care products means an end use (intended for consumer or commercial use) to clean and care for exterior and interior surfaces of automotive vehicles. Examples include:

  • car waxes
  • polishes
  • waterproofing products for windshield or automotive window glass
  • cleaners
  • sealers
  • car wash solutions
  • vinyl/rubber/plastic protectants
  • automotive carpet and upholstery cleaners
  • wheel and tyre care products
  • exterior trim protectants
  • touch-up paint products

Cleaning and furniture care products means an end use (intended for consumer or commercial use) to:

  • remove dirt, grease, stains, and foreign matter from furniture and furnishings
  • cleanse, sanitise, bleach, scour, polish, protect, or improve the appearance of surfaces

Examples include:

  • cleaners used on glass, floors, tub and tile, ovens and drains
  • scouring powders
  • dusting products
  • waxes
  • polishes
  • stain repellent sprays

Laundry and dishwashing products means an end use in liquid, granular, gel or unit dose packets/tablets to:

  • remove food residue from dishes
  • remove dirt from textiles
  • enhance properties of textiles
  • remove stains from textiles

Examples include:

  • dishwashing detergents and laundry detergents
  • stain removers and fabric enhancers
  • bleach
  • rinse aids
  • lime and rust removers
  • dry cleaning products used in non-aqueous cleaning processes

Extractive products not covered by other end uses means an end use in:

  • mining
  • onshore drilling
  • related activities such as extraction, cementing, hydraulic fracturing, refining

These scenarios do not include end use in offshore drilling. This end use is a designated kind of release into the environment (for which you do not calculate an ECV).

Paper products means an end use in paper production. Examples include:

  • effluent treatment chemicals
  • maintenance chemicals
  • deposit and cleaning agents
  • defoamers
  • surfactants
  • polymeric retention aids
  • coagulants
  • clay
  • resins

Personal care products not covered by other end uses means an end use for cosmetic use, except those covered under the “personal care products - limited environmental release end use” scenario. Examples include:

  • bath and shower products
  • make-up products
  • hair, oral and skin care products
  • secondary sunscreen products
  • deodorants
  • perfumes

Photographic products means an end use (for consumer or commercial use) to take photographic images, develop and process film, and make photographic prints. Examples include:

  • processing solutions (for developing, stopping, and fixing photos)
  • chemicals used in the manufacture or processing of film or photographic paper

Water treatment products means an end use to treat water in cooling and heating systems (including industrial heat-exchanger systems) and potable water supplies. Examples include:

  • chemicals used in pH buffers
  • scale and corrosion inhibitors
  • flocculating agents
  • ion exchange resins

This scenario does not include end uses to treat municipal water supplies or other large-scale water supplies for human or animal consumption or irrigation. These end uses involve a designated kind of release into the environment.

Specify the end use of the chemical

You must specify the end use of the chemical for each product type(s) that you selected in the question above.

Example: Company XYZ wants to introduce a chemical for use in laundry detergent, shampoo and hand soap. In their pre-introduction report, they select both 'Personal care products not covered by other end uses' and 'Laundry and dishwashing products' from the end uses picklist.

For this question they specify that the chemical will have end uses in “laundry detergent, shampoo and hand soap”.

Does your chemical have any known human health and/or environment hazard classification?

Select Yes if you are aware of any known hazard classification for your chemical. You will also need to select all the hazard classifications of your chemical from a picklist in the form.

Next: Declaration

Introductions of 10 kg or less - declaration

Are you flagging any other information as confidential?

If you select Yes to this question, specify the information that you are flagging for protection. By selecting Yes you are not formally applying for confidential business information (CBI), rather you are indicating to us that you would like this information to be treated confidentially.

You are also acknowledging that if we decide to publish your flagged information and send you a ‘section 113 notice’ (under the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019), then you may need to apply for CBI in the AICIS Business Services.

Learn more about flagging information as confidential and ‘section 113 notices’

Declaration

Before you can submit you need to declare the following:

I declare for all of the following:

  • The total volume of the industrial chemical that I am introducing does not exceed 10 kg in a registration year.
  • To my knowledge, the industrial chemical is not classified as having carcinogenicity, germ cell mutagenicity or reproductive toxicity in accordance with the criteria set out under the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
  • If the industrial chemical has an end use in cosmetics, it is not prohibited or restricted for use as a cosmetic or for use in cosmetics in either the: (1) European Union under Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products; or (2) United States of America under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 
  • One or both of the following applies to my introduction: (1) The industrial chemical is not, to my knowledge, to be introduced as a solid or in a dispersion; (2) The industrial chemical does not, to my knowledge, consist of any particles, in an unbound state or as an aggregate or agglomerate with at least one external dimension in the nanoscale (1-100 nm) 
  • One or both of the following applies to the industrial chemical: (1) to my knowledge, it does not contain fluorine; (2) it is an inorganic salt. 
  • To my knowledge, the industrial chemical is not persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic within the meaning of the Australian PBT criteria. 
  • An assessment certificate has not been cancelled for the industrial chemical nor the chemical removed from the Inventory, because the Executive Director was not satisfied that the risks to human health or the environment from the introduction and use of the chemical can be managed. 
  • The information I have given is true, correct and complete. Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence. 

Guidance on completing the ‘Declaration’ section of the pre-introduction report for ‘introductions of 10 kg or less’ in AICIS Business Services.