Getting started: registration, importing and manufacturing

A quick outline of what you need to do if you're planning to introduce (import or manufacture) industrial chemicals – or products that contain industrial chemicals – for commercial purposes.

An introduction means the importation or manufacture of an industrial chemical in Australia. An importer or manufacturer of industrial chemicals is an ‘introducer’.

Learn about registration and use our decision tool questionnaire to help you work out if you need to register.

Registration depends on whether you're importing or manufacturing industrial chemicals (and products that contain industrial chemicals) for personal, hobby or commercial use.

Find out the types of introductions that don't require you to register with us or categorise.

You must check the chemical inventory to see if the industrial chemical you're planning to introduce is listed.

Blending is the process of combining industrial chemicals together to prepare a mixture without a chemical reaction occurring.

If all the ingredients in your product that you import or manufacture meet our naturally occurring chemical definition, you do not need to register with us, but if an ingredient does not meet our definition, you must register.

We define an article as a finished good that is designed for a particular purpose and that does not release a chemical during use.

What applicants, agents or chemical data providers can and can't do in AICIS Business Services.

You’ll need to register your business with us if your imported goods contain industrial chemicals and any tariff classifications in our table apply to the goods you’re importing.