CAS 1344-28-1 · AICIS · Australia

Aluminium oxide (alumina) under AICIS

Al2O3 · 氧化铝

Status: Listed. Aluminium oxide is on the AICIS Inventory of Industrial Chemicals as a Listed Industrial Chemical. **NOT typically scheduled under SUSMP / Poisons Standard** at retail-grade (verify against the current SUSMP / Poisons Standard before relying). NOT on Australian Drug Control Act precursor list. NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese-origin aluminium oxide currently. **Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer and a major Bayer-process alumina producer (verify global-rank claim against USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries before quoting); major Australian alumina refineries: Alcoa World Alumina Australia Pinjarra plus Wagerup plus Kwinana Western Australia, Rio Tinto Aluminium Yarwun plus Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) Gladstone Queensland, South32 Worsley Boddington Western Australia (verify each refinery-site pair against the producer's public website before relying).** Australia exports primary alumina globally including to China. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies for any Chinese-origin imports. **TGA listing or registration** required for products placed as pharma-grade activated alumina or therapeutic-product excipient (verify against https://www.tga.gov.au/).

AICIS treats aluminium oxide as a routine listed industrial chemical with low hazard profile beyond respirable dust handling. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty. **Australia is structurally net-EXPORTER of primary alumina (Alcoa Pinjarra + Wagerup + Kwinana WA, Rio Tinto Yarwun + QAL Gladstone QLD, South32 Worsley WA); Chinese imports concentrated in specialty / non-metallurgical grades only**. TGA for pharma-grade activated alumina.

Listing and threshold

Substance Aluminium oxide (alumina) (CAS 1344-28-1), Al2O3
Regime Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS), administered by the Department of Health
Jurisdiction Australia
Status Listed
Tonnage threshold AICIS introducer registration required for >100 kg/year

Classifications under this regime

  • Listed Industrial Chemical on AICIS Inventory
  • Australian GHS classification: NOT typically classified as hazardous beyond particulate dust
  • NOT typically scheduled under SUSMP / Poisons Standard at retail-grade (verify against the current SUSMP / Poisons Standard at https://www.tga.gov.au/products/scheduling-poisons-standard before relying)
  • NOT on Australian Drug Control Act precursor list
  • ADG 7.7: NOT regulated
  • Safe Work Australia: WES for inspirable / respirable particulate dust applies (verify against the current Safe Work Australia Workplace Exposure Standards at https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/exposure-standards before relying on specific limit)
  • **TGA listing or registration** required for pharma-grade activated alumina / therapeutic excipient use
  • IARC: Not classified for aluminium oxide itself (occupational exposures during aluminium production overall are Group 1; verify against monographs.iarc.who.int Volume 100F before relying)

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese aluminium oxide currently
  • WHS Regulation 2011 (low-hazard handling, respirable dust applies)
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies (HS 281820 / 281810)
  • TGA registration for pharma-grade activated alumina / therapeutic excipient

Importer obligations

AICIS registration required. **Australia is the world's largest bauxite producer and a major Bayer-process alumina producer (Alcoa Pinjarra + Wagerup + Kwinana, Rio Tinto Yarwun + QAL Gladstone, South32 Worsley); Australia is a structural net-EXPORTER of primary alumina, including to China.** Imports from China are limited and concentrated in specialty / non-metallurgical alumina grades.

Required documents

  • AICIS registration certificate (annual)
  • WHS-compliant SDS (with respirable particulate dust handling notes)
  • Customs entry (ICS / ABF) with HS 281820 / 281810
  • ChAFTA Form CO
  • TGA certification for pharma-grade activated alumina

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
  • NOT typically scheduled under SUSMP / Poisons Standard
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies
  • TGA for pharma-grade activated alumina
  • **Australia is structurally net-EXPORTER of primary alumina** (Alcoa + Rio Tinto + South32 refineries are world-scale); Chinese imports concentrated in specialty / non-metallurgical alumina grades only
  • Safe Work Australia respirable particulate dust WES applies (verify limit before relying)

Where to read next

For substance-level identifiers (formula, molecular weight, SMILES, InChIKey), GHS hazard profile, IMDG transport class, and full sourcing reference for aluminium oxide (alumina), see the CAS 1344-28-1 sourcing reference.

For grade-by-grade buying notes, freight maths, supplier-tier pricing, and a worked landed-cost example, the aluminium oxide (alumina) cornerstone hub covers the full sourcing chain.

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

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