CAS 7681-52-9 · AICIS · Australia

Sodium hypochlorite under AICIS

NaClO · 次氯酸钠

Status: Listed. Sodium hypochlorite is on the AICIS Inventory of Industrial Chemicals as a Listed Industrial Chemical. **SUSMP Schedule 5 (Caution) or Schedule 6 (Poison) applies** for retail mixtures depending on concentration (verify against the current SUSMP / Poisons Standard before relying; household bleach is typically Schedule 5). NOT on Australian Drug Control Act precursor list. **APVMA registration required** for products placed as agricultural / veterinary disinfectant (verify against https://apvma.gov.au/ before relying); **TGA listing or registration** required for products placed as therapeutic disinfectant (verify against https://www.tga.gov.au/). NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese-origin sodium hypochlorite. Australia has substantial domestic chlor-alkali capacity (Coogee Chemicals Kwinana Western Australia operations; verify current operational status against the producer's public reporting before relying); structurally balanced. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies for Chinese-origin imports.

AICIS treats sodium hypochlorite as a routine listed industrial chemical with **SUSMP Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 plus APVMA / TGA registration** where placed as disinfectant. NO active Australian AD/CVD case. ChAFTA preferential zero-duty. Australia has substantial domestic chlor-alkali capacity (Coogee Chemicals Kwinana Western Australia operations; verify current status before relying).

Listing and threshold

Substance Sodium hypochlorite (CAS 7681-52-9), NaClO
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 (concentration-dependent): Skin Corr. 1B (H314), Aquatic Acute 1 (H400), Eye Dam. 1 (H318), EUH031
  • Signal word: DANGER. GHS pictograms: GHS05 + GHS09
  • SUSMP Schedule 5 (Caution) or Schedule 6 (Poison) for retail mixtures depending on concentration (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: Class 8 (corrosive), UN 1791, PG II or III
  • Safe Work Australia workplace exposure standard (verify against Safe Work Australia workplace exposure standards database before relying)
  • **APVMA registration** required for agricultural / veterinary disinfectant use
  • **TGA listing or registration** required for therapeutic disinfectant use

Restrictions and conditions of use

  • SUSMP Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 retail packaging rules apply (verify against the current SUSMP / Poisons Standard at https://www.tga.gov.au/products/scheduling-poisons-standard before relying)
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case on Chinese sodium hypochlorite currently
  • WHS Regulation 2011 hazardous-chemicals handling
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies (HS 282890)
  • **APVMA / TGA registration** required for product placed as disinfectant

Importer obligations

AICIS registration required. APVMA / TGA registration where placed as disinfectant. Australia has substantial domestic chlor-alkali capacity (Coogee Chemicals Kwinana Western Australia operations; verify current status before relying); structurally balanced.

Required documents

  • AICIS registration certificate (annual)
  • WHS-compliant SDS reflecting H290 / H314 / H318 / H400 / EUH031
  • Customs entry (ICS / ABF) with HS 282890
  • ChAFTA Form CO
  • ADG 7.7 Class 8 transport doc
  • **APVMA / TGA registration** documentation where placed as disinfectant

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
  • SUSMP Schedule 5 or Schedule 6 for retail mixtures (verify against the current SUSMP / Poisons Standard at https://www.tga.gov.au/products/scheduling-poisons-standard before relying)
  • NO active Australian AD/CVD case
  • ChAFTA preferential zero-duty applies
  • **APVMA / TGA registration** required for disinfectant use
  • Australia has substantial domestic chlor-alkali capacity (Coogee Chemicals Kwinana Western Australia operations; verify current status 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 sodium hypochlorite, see the CAS 7681-52-9 sourcing reference.

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

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

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