CAS 100-21-0 · AICIS · Australia

Purified terephthalic acid under AICIS

C8H6O4 · 精对苯二甲酸

Status: Listed. Purified terephthalic acid is on the AICIS (Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme; replaced NICNAS on 1 July 2020 under the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019, verify against https://www.industrialchemicals.gov.au/about-us/who-we-are-and-what-we-do) Inventory of Industrial Chemicals as a Listed Industrial Chemical. Australia adopted the GHS classification matching REACH (Eye Irrit. 2, STOT SE 3 respiratory). Australia has NO domestic PTA producer; the Australian end-use is downstream-PET-resin packaging (Visy, Pact). AICIS treats PTA as a routine industrial monomer with no SUSMP scheduling.

AICIS treats PTA as a routine listed industrial chemical and the operational compliance work is light (annual AICIS registration, WHS-compliant SDS, ChAFTA Form CO). Australia has NO domestic PTA producer so the lane is structurally clean from AD/CVD investigation risk and is a comparatively easy export destination from China. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes the China-Australia PTA lane competitive vs Korean (Hanwha TotalEnergies, Lotte Chemical) and Thai (Indorama Ventures Thailand) alternatives. Australian end-use is dominated by beverage-bottle PET resin (Coca-Cola Amatil, PepsiCo Australia, Niagara Bottling Australia) plus food-packaging resin (Visy, Pact). Container Deposit Scheme rPET-content commitments shift virgin-PTA demand downward at the margin but not materially yet.

Listing and threshold

Substance Purified terephthalic acid (CAS 100-21-0), C8H6O4
Regime Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS), administered by the Department of Health
Jurisdiction Australia
Status Listed
Tonnage threshold AICIS introducer registration required for any business introducing >100 kg/year of any industrial chemical

Classifications under this regime

  • Listed Industrial Chemical on AICIS Inventory
  • Australian GHS classification: Eye Irrit. 2 (H319), STOT SE 3 (H335)
  • Signal word: WARNING. GHS pictograms: GHS07
  • NO SUSMP scheduling (PTA is industrial intermediate, not retail product)
  • Safe Work Australia workplace exposure standard: 5 mg/m³ TWA respirable particulates not otherwise classified
  • NOT classified as carcinogen, mutagen, or reproductive toxicant
  • Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG 7.7): PTA is non-DG (not classified as a dangerous good for transport)

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • No AICIS-specific use restrictions for industrial PTA
  • No SUSMP scheduling
  • No Australian active AD/CVD case on Chinese-origin PTA currently
  • WHS Regulation 2011 hazardous-chemicals handling requirements apply at workplaces handling PTA bagged or bulk above declared thresholds
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies to Chinese-origin PTA (HS 29173600)
  • FSANZ Food Standards Code: PET resin (containing PTA monomer) approved for food-contact applications under Standard 3.2.2 and 1.4.1

Importer obligations

The Australian importer of record must be registered with AICIS (online registration is straightforward and annual). For Listed Industrial Chemicals like PTA no individual chemical assessment is required. Australia has NO domestic PTA producer so PTA is wholly imported; Australian PET-resin packagers (Visy, Pact, Niagara Bottling Australia) are the dominant end-users. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin PTA cost-competitive vs Korean (Hanwha TotalEnergies, Lotte Chemical) and Thai (Indorama Ventures Thailand) supply alternatives.

Required documents

  • AICIS introducer registration certificate (annual)
  • WHS-compliant Safety Data Sheet (Safe Work Australia model code format) reflecting H319 + H335 classification
  • Customs entry (ICS / ABF) with HS code 29173600
  • ChAFTA Form CO certificate of origin for preferential treatment
  • Bottle-grade or fibre-grade specification certificate per buyer requirement (downstream-PET-resin food-contact compliance)

Common compliance traps

The pitfalls that have bitten importers on this lane in the past. None of these is theoretical.

  • AICIS registration must be CURRENT at customs clearance; lapsed registrations trigger holds
  • Eye Irrit. 2 + STOT SE 3 hazards drive workplace dust-control engineering at Australian PET-resin packaging facilities (Visy, Pact)
  • No Australian active AD/CVD case currently; periodic petitions are not realistic given absence of domestic PTA producer
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin PTA competitive vs Korean and Thai alternatives
  • Australian PET-resin demand is relatively small in global terms (~150 kt/yr) and is dominated by beverage-bottle resin (Coca-Cola Amatil, PepsiCo Australia, Niagara Bottling Australia) plus food-packaging resin (Visy, Pact)
  • Australian rPET-content commitments (Container Deposit Schemes in NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA) are downstream-PET-resin obligations not PTA-monomer obligations, but materially affect virgin-PTA demand pull
  • Bottle-grade PTA (GB/T 14206-2015 with 4-CBA ≤25 ppm) commands premium vs industrial-grade for Australian PET-resin downstream

Where to read next

For substance-level identifiers (formula, molecular weight, SMILES, InChIKey), GHS hazard profile, IMDG transport class, and full sourcing reference for purified terephthalic acid, see the CAS 100-21-0 sourcing reference.

For grade-by-grade buying notes, freight maths, supplier-tier pricing, and a worked landed-cost example, the purified terephthalic acid cornerstone hub covers the full sourcing chain.

For the structure and history of AICIS, see the AICIS glossary entry.

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