Recently, the Australian Government issued a notice stating that four chemical substances have been granted Commercial Assessment Authorisations pursuant to Section 58 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. Relevant enterprises may import or manufacture the corresponding chemicals for commercial assessment purposes within the authorisation validity period.
Waste plastics, pyrolyzed, C5-55 fraction (Validity Period: 9 October 2024 – 8 October 2028)
Tires, wastes, pyrolyzed, C5-70 oil fraction (Validity Period: 9 October 2024 – 8 October 2028)
Biheteromonocycle, 1,1’-dimethyl-, chloride (1:2) (Validity Period: 26 February 2025 – 30 June 2026)
Hexanedioic acid, polymer with 1,4-butanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, α-hydro-ω-hydroxypoly[oxy(methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)] and 1,1′-methylenebis[4-isocyanatobenzene] (Validity Period: 24 February 2026 – 24 February 2028)

4 new commercial evaluation authorisations was added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC)-Jun 26, 2026

On May 27, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notification to include a chemical substance in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

A substance was added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC)

On May 18, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notification to include a chemical substance in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

On May 13, 2026, the Australian government issued a notice updating the chemical names of a batch of substances to their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) names in accordance with Section 85 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. These corrections do not change the identity of the chemical substances themselves.

Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC) Corrects Names of a batch of substance

On April 17, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notification to include a chemical substance in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

On April 10, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notice under section 94 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019, amending the inventory listing terms for one chemical following the revocation of the approval to use the correct industrial chemical names as Confidential Business Information (CBI).

On March 23, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notification to include a chemical substance in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

Recently, the Australian Government issued a notification to include 2 chemical substances in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

2 substances were added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC)

On February 10, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notice under section 94 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019, amending the inventory listing terms for one chemical following the revocation of the approval to use the correct industrial chemical names as Confidential Business Information (CBI).

On January 27, 2026, the Australian government issued a notification announcing the release of assessment statements for four industrial chemicals in accordance with Section 37 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

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