CAS 497-19-8 · AICIS · Australia

Sodium carbonate (soda ash) under AICIS

Na2CO3 · 碳酸钠 / 纯碱

Status: Listed. Sodium carbonate is on the AICIS Inventory of Industrial Chemicals as a Listed Industrial Chemical. Light-regulatory profile. NO SUSMP scheduling at industrial-grade. NOT on Australian Drug Control Act precursor list. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies for Chinese-origin imports. **Light AICIS-side regulatory profile alongside sodium chloride batch 16 + glycerol batch 35**. FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 permits sodium carbonate as food additive E 500.

AICIS treats sodium carbonate as a routine listed industrial chemical with **light AICIS-side regulatory profile alongside sodium chloride batch 16 + glycerol batch 35**: Eye Irrit. 2 only. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin sodium carbonate competitive. Australia has **limited domestic soda ash production** (Penrice closed 2014); structurally net-importer for downstream glass + detergent + chemicals + water treatment industries.

Listing and threshold

Substance Sodium carbonate (soda ash) (CAS 497-19-8), Na2CO3
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, mild)
  • Signal word: WARNING. GHS pictograms: GHS07
  • NO SUSMP scheduling at industrial-grade
  • NOT on Australian Drug Control Act precursor list
  • Australian Dangerous Goods Code (ADG 7.7): not regulated as DG
  • Safe Work Australia workplace exposure standard: not specifically established
  • IARC: not assigned
  • FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 permits sodium carbonate as food additive E 500

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • No AICIS-specific use restrictions
  • No SUSMP scheduling at industrial-grade
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese-origin sodium carbonate currently
  • WHS Regulation 2011 hazardous-chemicals handling requirements light (Eye Irrit. 2 only)
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies to Chinese-origin sodium carbonate (HS 283620)
  • FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 conformity for food-grade applications

Importer obligations

The Australian importer of record must be registered with AICIS. Light-regulatory profile. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin sodium carbonate competitive. Australia has limited domestic soda ash production (Penrice Soda Products Osborne Park South Australia closed 2014; only specialty-grade producers remaining); structurally net-importer for downstream glass + detergent + chemicals + water treatment industries.

Required documents

  • AICIS introducer registration certificate (annual)
  • WHS-compliant Safety Data Sheet (Safe Work Australia model code format)
  • Customs entry (ICS / ABF) with HS code 283620 (anhydrous) or 283610 (decahydrate)
  • ChAFTA Form CO certificate of origin for preferential treatment
  • Industrial-grade or food-grade specification certificate
  • FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 conformity declaration for food-grade lots

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
  • **Light AICIS-side regulatory profile alongside sodium chloride batch 16 + glycerol batch 35**
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin sodium carbonate competitive vs US Wyoming trona-route + Turkish trona-route alternatives
  • Australia has limited domestic soda ash production (Penrice closed 2014); structurally net-importer
  • Major Australian downstream consumers: ACI Glass / Visy + O-I Glass + Pact Glass (container glass), Fielders + AusGlass + Viridian Glass (flat glass), CSR Limited (insulation glass wool), Australian detergent + soap industry, water treatment sector

Where to read next

For substance-level identifiers (formula, molecular weight, SMILES, InChIKey), GHS hazard profile, IMDG transport class, and full sourcing reference for sodium carbonate (soda ash), see the CAS 497-19-8 sourcing reference.

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

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

Need cross-jurisdiction compliance support on this substance? Run it through the REACH / TSCA / IECSC / AICIS / K-REACH checker, or send us the substance and the destination and we will quote FOB China and CIF / DDP landed including the regulatory work on the destination side.

Read next

Cross-jurisdiction profile and sourcing references

Referenced in

5 pages across the Sourzi moat

This term shows up in 4 regulatory pages, 1 CAS profiles. Sample backlinks per content type below.

Regulatory (4)

Plus 1 more regulatory pages.

CAS (1)

Free download

Free PDF: the same MSDS verification template the Sourzi team uses to cross-reference factory documents against TSCA, REACH, AICIS, and CDR before booking.