Report on imports of PIC-listed chemicals for 2020

Information report on PIC-listed chemicals imported to the UK in 2020.

For other years and export reports go to Annual reporting on PIC exports and imports^[1].

Version as of 12 April 2022.

PIC-listed chemicals imported to the UK in 2020.
Name of chemical in GB PIC list	Exporting country	Quantity imported (kgs)
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	United States	40
1,2-dibromoethane (EDB)	India	25
2-Naphthoxyacetic acid	United States	0.4
Acephate	United States	0.002
Aldicarb	Switzerland	0.05
Arsenic compounds	Hong Kong, China United States	57.4
Asulam	United Arab Emirates	92,640
Benzene	India United States	174.8
Benzidine, its salts and benzidine derivatives	India United States	2.9
Cadmium and its compounds	India United States	22.5
Calciferol	United States	0.002
Carbofuran	Canada	0.005
Chlorate	United States	6.8
Chloroform	United States	172.94
Chlorpropham	India	18,000
Cholecalciferol	United States	0.001
Diazinon	United States	0.01
Dibutyltin compounds	United States	0.61
Dioctyltin compounds	United States	0.06
Diphenylamine	United States	0.1
DPX KE 459 (flupyrsulfuron-methyl)	Switzerland	0.00005
Ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane)	United States	39
Ethylene oxide	United States	0.000003
Fipronil	China	1
Glufosinate, including glufosinate-ammonium	United States	0.5
Indolylacetic Acid	China Switzerland	9.5
Lead compounds	India United States	996
Mercury compounds, including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds	United States	108
Nicotine	United States	8
Nonylphenols	India	19,304
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, Perfluorooctane sulfonates, Perfluorooctane sulfonamides, Perfluorooctane sulfonyls	Russian Federation	0.5
Permethrin	India	70,000
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) except hexabromo-biphenyl	United States	1.465
Propanil	United Arab Emirates	309,600
Simazine	United States	0.025
Thallium sulphate	China	2
Tributyltin Compounds	India United States	41.8
Trichlorobenzene	United States	603
Triclosan	China	8
Triflumuron	United States	0.2
Triorganostannic compounds other than tributyltin compounds	United States	1.56
Tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate	China	250
Zineb	India United Arab Emirates	268,800

Link URLs in this page

Annual reporting on PIC exports and importshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pic/annual-reporting.htm
Regulation (EU) 649/2012https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/649/contents/2014-12-01
HSE enforcement policies and procedureshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/index.htm
Biocideshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/biocides/index.htm
Carriage of dangerous goodshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/cdg/index.htm
GB CLPhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/chemical-classification/legal/clp-regulation.htm
COMAHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/index.htm
COSHHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/index.htm
GB REACHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/index.htm
Chemicalshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/chemicals/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

GB CLP: Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures
COMAH: Control of major accident hazards
COSHH: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
GB REACH: Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of CHemicals
Chemicals[10]