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CHEMICAL: EDB - IMPORT DECISIONS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
Country | Final Decision on Import | Interim Decision on Import | Conditions for Import | Remarks |
Australia * | Permit | |||
Austria | Prohibit | |||
Barbados * | Permit | Restricted use as a fumigant for certain craft | Non agricultural uses only | |
Belize | Prohibit | |||
Bolivia | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
Bulgaria * | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
Burundi | Prohibit | Pending promulgation of pesticide law | ||
Chad | Prohibit | |||
China, P.R. | Prohibit | |||
Congo | Prohibit | |||
Cook Islands * | Permit | Only for application by Ministry of Agriculture for Produce Treatment against fruit flies | Need more time | |
Costa Rica | Prohibit | |||
Cuba * | Prohibit | |||
El Salvador | Prohibit | |||
Ethiopia* | Prohibit | No record of use. Legislation pending | ||
European Union *: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
Prohibit for plant protection use | For uses other than plant protection written authorization is required for import into Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Spain | For other uses than plant protection, national authorization schemes apply | |
Fiji | Permit | Restricted to plant quarantine uses | ||
Finland | Prohibit | Need advance approval for use as pesticide | ||
Gambia | Prohibit | |||
Guatemala | Prohibit | |||
Guinea, Rep. of * | Prohibit | |||
Honduras | Prohibit | |||
Hungary | Prohibit | |||
India | Permit | |||
Lebanon | Prohibit | |||
Malaysia | Prohibit | Except for small quantities for research/ educational use through import permit | ||
Malta | Prohibit | |||
Mauritius | Prohibit | |||
Mexico | Prohibit | |||
Mongolia | Prohibit | Not included in approved list of pesticides for 1994-2000 | ||
Morocco | Prohibit | No request for registration | ||
Mozambique * | Prohibit | Import, production and use banned | ||
Nepal * | Prohibit | |||
New Zealand | Permit | For fumigation by quarantine officials | ||
Nicaragua | Prohibit | |||
Niger | Prohibit | |||
Norway | Prohibit | |||
Oman, Sultanate of | Prohibit | |||
Philippines | Prohibit | |||
Qatar | Prohibit | |||
Rwanda | Prohibit | |||
Sri Lanka | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
St. Lucia | Prohibit | |||
Sudan | Prohibit | |||
Suriname | Prohibit | |||
Sweden | Permit | Need advance approval for use as pesticide | ||
Switzerland | Permit | If not intended for use as pesticide | ||
Syria | Prohibit | |||
Tanzania * | Prohibit | Pending approval of alternative fumigants | ||
Thailand | Prohibit | |||
Togo * | Prohibit | Legislation pending | ||
Trinidad & Tobago | Prohibit | Additional time needed | ||
Turkey | Prohibit | Not registered | ||
Vietnam | Prohibit | |||
Western Samoa | Prohibit | |||
Zaire | Prohibit | Need more time |
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CHEMICAL: HEPTACHLOR - IMPORT DECISIONS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
Country | Final Decision on Import | Interim Decision on Import | Conditions for Import | Remarks |
Austria | Prohibit | |||
Barbados * | Prohibit | |||
Belize | Prohibit | |||
Bolivia | Prohibit | |||
Bulgaria * | Prohibit | Use forbidden since 1991 | ||
Burundi | Prohibit | Pending passing of pesticide law | ||
Cameroon | Prohibit | |||
Chad | Prohibit | |||
China, P.R. | Prohibit | |||
Congo | Prohibit | |||
Cook Islands * | Prohibit | |||
Costa Rica | Permit | Restricted to professional use on ornamentals and pine trees | ||
Cuba * | Prohibit | Prohibited by resolution 268 of Ministry of Public Health | ||
Dominican Rep. | Prohibit | |||
Ecuador | Prohibit | |||
El Salvador | Prohibit | |||
Ethiopia* | Permit | Permit from Ministry of Agriculture | Use as termiticide only. Legislation pending | |
European Union *: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
Prohibit for plant protection use | For uses other than plant protection written authorization is required for import into Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain | For other uses than plant protection, national authorization schemes apply | |
Fiji | Prohibit | |||
Finland | Prohibit | Need advance approval for use as pesticide | ||
Gambia | Prohibit | |||
Guatemala | Prohibit | |||
Guinea, Rep. of * | Prohibit | |||
Honduras | Prohibit | |||
Hungary | Prohibit | |||
Lebanon | Prohibit | |||
Malaysia | Prohibit | Except for small quantities for research/ educational use through import permit | ||
Malta | Prohibit | |||
Mauritius | Prohibit | |||
Mexico | Prohibit | |||
Mongolia | Prohibit | Not included in approved list of pesticides for 1994-2000 | ||
Mozambique * | Prohibit | Import, production and use banned | ||
Nepal * | Prohibit | |||
New Zealand | Prohibit | |||
Nicaragua | Permit | |||
Niger | Prohibit | |||
Norway | Prohibit | |||
Philippines | Prohibit | |||
Qatar | Prohibit | |||
Sri Lanka | Prohibit | |||
St. Lucia | Prohibit | |||
Sudan | Permit | Termiticide use only | ||
Suriname | Prohibit | |||
Sweden | Permit | Need advance approval for use as pesticide | ||
Switzerland | Prohibit | |||
Syria | Prohibit | |||
Tanzania * | Permit | Need more time | ||
Thailand | Permit | Structural termite control and household use only | ||
Togo | Permit | Not currently included in list of banned or severely restricted pesticides | ||
Trinidad & Tobago | Permit | Termiticide use only | ||
Turkey | Prohibit | |||
Vietnam | Prohibit | |||
Western Samoa | Prohibit | |||
Zaire | Prohibit | Need more time |
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CHEMICAL: MERCURY COMPOUNDS - IMPORT DECISIONS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 1994
Country | Final Decision on Import | Interim Decision on Import | Conditions for Import | Remarks |
Austria | Prohibit | |||
Barbados * | Prohibit | |||
Belize | Prohibit | |||
Bolivia | Prohibit | |||
Bulgaria * | Prohibit | Use forbidden since 1991 | ||
Burundi | Prohibit | Pending promulgation of pesticide law | ||
China, P.R. | Prohibit | |||
Congo | Prohibit | No record of use | ||
Cook Islands * | Prohibit | |||
Costa Rica | Prohibit | |||
Cuba * | Prohibit | Prohibited by resolution 268 of Ministry of Public Health | ||
Ecuador | Prohibit | |||
El Salvador | Prohibit | |||
Ethiopia | Permit | Permit from Ministry of Agriculture | 1. Ethylmercury chloride 2. Phenylmercury acetate Use of pesticides containing mercury is discouraged |
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European Union *: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom |
Prohibit | |||
Fiji | Prohibit | |||
Finland | Prohibit | Need advance approval for use as pesticide | ||
Gambia | Prohibit | |||
Guatemala | Prohibit | Refers to methoxyethyl-mercury chloride only | ||
Guinea, Rep. of * | Prohibit | |||
Honduras | Prohibit | |||
Hungary | Prohibit | Refers to agricultural use only | ||
India | 1. Permit 2. Prohibit 3. Permit |
1. Ethylmercury chloride 2. Phenylmercury acetate 3. Methoxyethyl mercury chloride |
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Lebanon | Prohibit | |||
Malaysia | Prohibit | Except for small quantities for research/educational use through import permit | ||
Malta | Prohibit | |||
Mauritius | Prohibit | |||
Mexico | Prohibit | |||
Mongolia | Prohibit | Ethyl mercury chloride banned in 1990 on basis of high toxicity | ||
Morocco | Prohibit | |||
Mozambique * | Prohibit | Import, production and use banned | ||
Nepal * | Prohibit | |||
New Zealand | Prohibit | Refers only to use as a pesticide | ||
Nicaragua | Prohibit | |||
Niger | Permit | Refers only to use in plant protection products | ||
Norway | Prohibit | |||
Oman, Sultanate of | Prohibit | |||
Philippines | Prohibit | |||
Qatar | Prohibit | |||
Sri Lanka | 1. Prohibit 2. Prohibit 3. Permit ** |
** Approval letter for import from registrar | 1. Mercuric oxide 2. Phenylmercury acetate 3. Phenylmercury dodecenyl succinate used as paint biocide |
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St. Lucia | Prohibit | |||
Sudan | Prohibit | |||
Suriname | Prohibit | Refers to methoxyethyl mercury acetate | ||
Sweden | Prohibit | Refers to alkyl mercury compounds 2- methoxyethyl mercury acetate | ||
Switzerland | Permit | Banned as pesticide and most other uses. See Annex 3.2 of the Ordinance relating to Environmentally Hazardous Substances | ||
Syria | Prohibit | |||
Tanzania * | Prohibit | Refers only to pesticede uses | ||
Thailand | Prohibit | Refers to 2-methoxyethyl mercury chloride | ||
Togo | Prohibit | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | Permit | Restricted use | Under review | |
Turkey | Prohibit | |||
Vietnam | Prohibit | |||
Western Samoa | Permit | Prohibit in plant protection products | ||
Zaire | Prohibit | Need more time |
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