CAS 56-81-5 · AICIS · Australia

Glycerol (glycerine, propane-1,2,3-triol) under AICIS

C3H8O3 · 甘油

Status: Listed. Glycerol is on the AICIS Inventory of Industrial Chemicals as a Listed Industrial Chemical. NOT classified under Australian GHS at industrial-grade. NO SUSMP scheduling. 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**. FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 permits glycerol as food additive E 422.

AICIS treats glycerol with **light AICIS-side regulatory profile alongside sodium chloride batch 16**: NOT classified under Australian GHS at industrial-grade. NO SUSMP. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin glycerol competitive. Australia has limited domestic glycerol production; structurally net-importer for downstream pharmaceutical + cosmetic + tobacco moistening + food industries.

Listing and threshold

Substance Glycerol (glycerine, propane-1,2,3-triol) (CAS 56-81-5), C3H8O3
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 (rarely triggered for glycerol due to non-hazardous nature)

Classifications under this regime

  • Listed Industrial Chemical on AICIS Inventory
  • NOT classified under Australian GHS at industrial-grade
  • NO SUSMP scheduling
  • 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: previously cited as Group 3 in earlier dataset drafts; no published IARC Monograph evaluation of glycerol has been verified (verify against https://monographs.iarc.who.int/list-of-classifications before relying)
  • FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 permits glycerol as food additive E 422
  • Australian Pharmacopoeia (BP / TGA) monograph for pharmaceutical-grade glycerol

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • No AICIS-specific use restrictions
  • No SUSMP scheduling
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese-origin glycerol currently
  • WHS Regulation 2011 hazardous-chemicals handling requirements do NOT apply (no hazard classification)
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies to Chinese-origin glycerol (HS 290545 / 152000)
  • TGA + Australian Pharmacopoeia conformity for pharmaceutical-grade applications
  • 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 glycerol competitive. Australia has limited domestic glycerol production (Wilmar Bioenergy Australia + Melbourne biodiesel-byproduct producers); structurally net-importer for downstream pharmaceutical + cosmetic + tobacco moistening + food industries.

Required documents

  • AICIS introducer registration certificate (annual; rarely triggered)
  • Customs entry (ICS / ABF) with HS code 290545 (refined) or 152000 (crude)
  • ChAFTA Form CO certificate of origin for preferential treatment
  • Industrial-grade or food-grade or pharmaceutical-grade specification certificate
  • TGA + Australian Pharmacopoeia conformity for pharmaceutical-grade lots
  • FSANZ Standard 1.3.1 conformity 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 for high-volume importers
  • **Light AICIS-side regulatory profile alongside sodium chloride batch 16**
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty makes Chinese-origin glycerol competitive
  • Australia has limited domestic glycerol production (Wilmar Bioenergy Australia + Melbourne biodiesel-byproduct producers); structurally net-importer
  • Major Australian downstream consumers: TGA-regulated pharmaceutical sector (Mayne Pharma, CSL Behring), cosmetic sector (Jurlique, Aesop, Mecca), tobacco sector, food industry

Where to read next

For substance-level identifiers (formula, molecular weight, SMILES, InChIKey), GHS hazard profile, IMDG transport class, and full sourcing reference for glycerol (glycerine, propane-1,2,3-triol), see the CAS 56-81-5 sourcing reference.

For grade-by-grade buying notes, freight maths, supplier-tier pricing, and a worked landed-cost example, the glycerol (glycerine, propane-1,2,3-triol) cornerstone hub covers the full sourcing chain.

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

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