What is the tonnage threshold for IECSC on ammonium nitrate (an)?

No new-substance threshold applies. Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit required regardless of volume

CAS 6484-52-2 · IECSC · People's Republic of China

Ammonium nitrate (AN) under IECSC

NH4NO3 · 硝酸铵

Status: Listed. Ammonium nitrate is on the IECSC public portion. **AN IS on China's Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals**. **AN IS on China's Civil Explosives Materials Catalog** (Public Security Bureau supervision; explosives-grade specifically). NOT on Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog. NOT on Easily-Made Drugs Catalog. **0% China VAT export rebate** (Beijing food-security signal; same as urea batch 5 + DAP batch 11; verify current rebate rate at the State Taxation Administration before invoicing). Beijing seasonal export-quota system applies during Chinese spring fertiliser-application season. China dominates global AN capacity (verify the most recent Mt/yr figure and percent-of-global share against ICIS or USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries before quoting; prior dataset cited ~30 percent share at ~25-30 Mt/yr fertiliser-grade equivalent) led by Chinese producers (verify each company-site pair against the producer's public website before relying): Sichuan Lutianhua, Anqing Petrochemical, Hubei Yihua, Ningxia Coal Industry.

AN is comfortably IECSC-listed but IS on Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals + Civil Explosives Materials Catalog (Public Security Bureau supervision for explosives-grade). NOT on Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog. **0% China VAT export rebate** (Beijing food-security signal; verify current rebate rate at the State Taxation Administration before invoicing). Beijing seasonal export-quota Feb-May. China dominates global AN capacity (verify the most recent Mt/yr figure and percent-of-global share against ICIS or USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries before quoting; prior dataset cited ~30 percent share at ~25-30 Mt/yr fertiliser-grade equivalent).

Listing and threshold

Substance	Ammonium nitrate (AN) (CAS 6484-52-2), NH4NO3
Regime	China Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances (IECSC), administered by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE)
Jurisdiction	People's Republic of China
Status	Listed
Tonnage threshold	No new-substance threshold applies. Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit required regardless of volume

Classifications under this regime

Listed in China's Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals
**Listed in China's Civil Explosives Materials Catalog** (Public Security Bureau supervision; explosives-grade specifically)
NOT on China's Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog
NOT on the Easily-Made Drugs Precursor Chemicals Catalog
GB 18452-2008 specification applies for industrial-grade ammonium nitrate (Chinese national standard)
GACC export classification: HS 310230 (ammonium nitrate)
China dominates global AN capacity (~30%, ~25-30 Mt/yr fertiliser-grade equivalent)
GB 6944-2012 dangerous-goods transport classification: Class 5.1 (oxidising substance), UN 1942 / 2067 / 2071 / 0222

Restrictions and conditions of use

**Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit IS required**
**Civil Explosives Materials Public Security Bureau permit chain** required for explosives-grade AN
Hazardous Chemicals Road Transport Permit required
**0% China VAT export rebate**
Beijing seasonal export-quota system Feb-May (parallel to urea + DAP)
GB/T 17519 Chinese-language SDS required for domestic distribution

Importer obligations

For Chinese-origin AN exported abroad, no IECSC obligation falls on the foreign importer. **Civil Explosives Materials Public Security Bureau permit chain** for explosives-grade is the dominant practitioner overhead. Major Chinese producers (verify each company-site pair against the producer's public website before relying): Sichuan Lutianhua, Anqing Petrochemical, Hubei Yihua, Ningxia Coal Industry.

Required documents

GACC export declaration with HS code 310230
Industrial-grade certificate per GB 18452-2008
GHS-compliant SDS in Simplified Chinese per GB/T 17519-2013 (effective 31 January 2014, references UN GHS 4th revised edition; verify against the current version of GB/T 17519 at https://www.codeofchina.com/standard/GBT17519-2013.html)
Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit chain documentation
**Civil Explosives Materials Public Security Bureau permit chain documentation** (for explosives-grade)
GB 6944-2012 Class 5.1 dangerous-goods transport documentation

Common compliance traps

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

**Hazardous Chemicals + Civil Explosives Materials dual-permit chain**
**0% China VAT export rebate** (Beijing food-security signal; same as urea batch 5 + DAP batch 11)
Beijing seasonal export-quota system Feb-May
Major Chinese producers (verify each company-site pair against the producer's public website before relying): Sichuan Lutianhua, Anqing Petrochemical, Hubei Yihua, Ningxia Coal Industry
Production: NH3 + HNO3 acid-base neutralisation (~99% globally)
**Closes nitric acid batch 40 + ammonia batch 37 chains directly**
CAN (calcium ammonium nitrate) less explosive-prone variant preferred for retail in EU

Where to read next

For substance-level identifiers (formula, molecular weight, SMILES, InChIKey), GHS hazard profile, IMDG transport class, and full sourcing reference for ammonium nitrate (an), see the CAS 6484-52-2 sourcing reference.

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

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

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