CAS 7647-14-5 · IECSC · People's Republic of China

Sodium chloride under IECSC

NaCl · 氯化钠

Status: Listed. Sodium chloride is on the IECSC public portion as a foundational mineral commodity. New-substance notification under MEE Decree No. 7 (2010) is NOT required. **Lightest IECSC-side regulatory profile in the dataset.** NOT on China's Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals, NOT on Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog, NOT on Easily-Made Drugs Precursor Chemicals Catalog. NO Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit chain required (structurally distinct from caustic soda batch 1 which IS on Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals). **Salt is a Chinese state-managed commodity** historically; National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Ministry of Finance set salt-industry guidance. Salt industry reform 2017 ended Beijing-mandated regional monopolies but state-owned producers (China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt) retain dominant market share. China dominates global production (~22%, ~50-60 Mt/yr).

Sodium chloride is comfortably IECSC-listed with the **lightest IECSC-side regulatory profile in the dataset**: NOT on Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals, NOT on Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog, NOT on Easily-Made Drugs Precursor Chemicals Catalog. NO Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit chain required (structurally distinct from caustic soda batch 1). NO GB/T 17519 SDS required (no GHS classification). 9% VAT export rebate for industrial-grade. Salt is **China state-managed commodity** historically; salt industry reform 2017 ended Beijing-mandated regional monopolies but state-owned producers (China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt) retain dominant market share. China dominates global production (~22%, ~50-60 Mt/yr). Production-route mix: sea-salt (~30%), rock-salt (~50%), salt-lake brine (~15%), well-salt (~5%). **Chlor-alkali feedstock loop closes the dataset**: ~4 tonnes NaCl per tonne combined Cl2 + NaOH structurally couples sodium chloride economics to caustic soda (batch 1) + HCl (batch 4) + PVC (batch 10) markets.

Listing and threshold

Substance Sodium chloride (CAS 7647-14-5), NaCl
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. No Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit required

Classifications under this regime

  • NOT on China's Catalog of Hazardous Chemicals (lighter than caustic soda batch 1, lighter than 13 of 15 substances in dataset)
  • NOT on China's Highly Toxic Chemicals Catalog
  • NOT on the Easily-Made Drugs Precursor Chemicals Catalog
  • GB/T 5461-2016 specification applies for food-grade salt (Chinese national standard)
  • GB/T 5462-2015 specification applies for industrial-grade salt
  • GB/T 5461-2016 covers minimum 99.0% purity (food-grade), water content, moisture, contaminant limits (Pb, As, F, Cu, Hg)
  • GB/T 5462-2015 covers minimum 99.5% purity (industrial-grade chlor-alkali feedstock specification)
  • GACC export classification: HS 25010019 (other table salt, food-grade) or HS 25010092 (other industrial-grade)
  • China dominates global production (~22%, ~50-60 Mt/yr) split sea-salt (~30%), rock-salt (~50%), salt-lake brine (~15%), well-salt (~5%)

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • NO Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit required
  • NO Hazardous Chemicals Road Transport Permit required
  • No Customs Inspection Order routinely applies for export consignments
  • NO export-restriction or quota system applies
  • VAT export rebate: 9% for industrial-grade NaCl (HS 25010092) per inorganic chemicals chapter; food-grade NaCl rebate varies by lot type
  • GB/T 17519 Chinese-language SDS NOT required (no GHS classification)
  • China State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) governance for state-owned producers (China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt)
  • Salt Industry Reform 2017 ended Beijing-mandated regional monopolies; private and joint-venture producers now permitted

Importer obligations

For Chinese-origin sodium chloride exported abroad, no IECSC obligation falls on the foreign importer. The export-side documentation pack is **structurally lighter than every other substance in the dataset**: no Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit chain (substance not on Catalog), no Easily-Made Drugs Public Security Bureau supervision (substance not on Catalog), no GB/T 17519 Chinese-language SDS required (no GHS classification). Major Chinese producers (China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt, Qinghai Salt Lake Industry, Yancheng Inland Salt, Shandong Sea Salt cluster, Tangshan Sea Salt cluster) compete on inland-rail vs sea-freight cost structure. The dominant economic story for Chinese-origin sodium chloride is **transport cost** (high-volume low-value bulk commodity).

Required documents

  • GACC export declaration with HS code 25010019 (food-grade) or 25010092 (industrial-grade)
  • Industrial-grade certificate per GB/T 5462-2015 (minimum 99.5% purity) OR food-grade certificate per GB/T 5461-2016 (minimum 99.0% purity)
  • Standard commercial invoice and packing list
  • Certificate of origin where preferential treatment claimed (ChAFTA, KCFTA, RCEP)
  • Phytosanitary certificate where required by destination market (rare for NaCl)

Common compliance traps

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

  • **Lightest IECSC-side regulatory profile in the dataset**: not on Catalog of Hazardous, not on Highly Toxic, not on Easily-Made Drugs
  • NO Hazardous Chemicals Operation Permit chain (structurally distinct from caustic soda batch 1 which IS on Catalog)
  • 9% VAT export rebate for industrial-grade is structural margin support; verify before invoicing
  • Salt is China state-managed commodity historically; salt industry reform 2017 ended Beijing-mandated regional monopolies but state-owned producers (China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt) retain dominant market share
  • Major Chinese producers: China National Salt Industry Group / Sinosalt (state-owned, dominant), Qinghai Salt Lake Industry (Geermu Qaidam basin, salt-lake brine), Yancheng Inland Salt (Jiangsu, rock salt mining), Shandong Sea Salt cluster, Tangshan Sea Salt cluster
  • Sea-salt (~30%) vs rock-salt (~50%) vs salt-lake brine (~15%) vs well-salt (~5%) production-route mix has different cost structures and trace-element profiles relevant for chlor-alkali feedstock buyers
  • **Chlor-alkali feedstock loop**: ~4 tonnes NaCl per tonne combined Cl2 + NaOH output via membrane-cell electrolysis. Chinese chlor-alkali industry (Wanhua Chemical, LG Chem Daya Bay JV, Sumitomo Chemical Tianjin JV, Sinopec Qilu) is largest globally and consumes substantial NaCl captive supply

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 chloride, see the CAS 7647-14-5 sourcing reference.

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

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

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