Report on imports of PIC-listed chemicals for 2021

Information report on PIC-listed chemicals imported to the UK in 2021.

For other years and export reports go to Annual reporting on PIC exports and imports.

Version as of 2 Feb 2023.

Name of chemical in GB PIC list	Exporting country	Quantity imported (kgs)
1,1-Dichloroethene	European Union	0.25
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	European Union United States	141.66
1,2-dibromoethane (EDB)	European Union	92.6
2-Naphthoxyacetic acid	United States	0.20
Aldicarb	European Union	0.0002
Amitraz	European Union	0.0001
Amitrole	Hong Kong, China	25
Anthraquinone	European Union	0.45
Arsenic compounds	Canada European Union United States	33.92
Asulam	Mauritius United Arab Emirates	64,800
Atrazine	United States	0.01
Benzene	European Union United States	254.48
Benzidine, its salts and benzidine derivatives	China European Union India Switzerland United States	277.35
Cadmium and its compounds	China European Union United States	46.67
Calciferol	United States China	0.10
Carbon tetrachloride	European Union	502,044
Chlorate	European Union United States	46.00
Chloroform	European Union United States	19,564.29
Chlorothalonil	European Union	6,730
Chlorpropham	European Union Mauritius United Arab Emirates	148,163
Cholecalciferol	China India	660
Creosote and Creosote related substances	European Union	213,800
Cyanamide	European Union	1,320
Dibutyltin compounds	European Union United States	58,541.82
Dicofol	Canada	0.10
Didecyldimethylammonium chloride	European Union United States	150,178
Dioctyltin compounds	European Union United States	16,898.41
Diphenylamine	European Union United States	1.89
Ethylene dichloride (1,2-dichloroethane)	European Union United States	4,674.57
Ethylene oxide	European Union	7,868,498.8
Fipronil	China Switzerland	51.68
Flufenoxuron	Switzerland	10,500
Glufosinate, including glufosinate-ammonium	United States	0.35
Hexachlorobutadiene	United States	0.15
Hexachloroethane	European Union	5
Hexazinone	United States	0.01
Imidacloprid	European Union	4,410
Indolylacetic Acid	China European Union	10.02
Lead compounds	European Union India United States	3,160.07
Malathion	China 1500	1,500
Maleic hydrazide, and its salts	China European Union	819,800
Mercury compounds, including inorganic mercury compounds, alkyl mercury compounds and alkyloxyalkyl and aryl mercury compounds	Canada European Union United States	179.12
Monuron	European Union	374.87
Nicotine	European Union Switzerland	2,020.88
Nonylphenols	European Union India Switzerland	12,510.9
Nonylphenol ethoxylates	European Union United States	8.26
Paraquat	European Union	0.01
Permethrin	European Union India	34,470.62
Propiconazole	European Union	49,029
Propanil	Mauritius United Arab Emirates	210,000
Propargite	China	0.06
Rotenone	China	0.05
Thallium sulphate	European Union	0.01
Thiamethoxam	European Union	632,932
Thiram	European Union United States	543.7
Tributyltin Compounds	European Union India United States	39.92
Trichlorobenzene	European Union United States	469.86
Triclosan	China European Union	10.00
Triflumuron	United States	4.28
Triorganostannic compounds other than tributyltin compounds	European Union United States	4.08
Zineb	United Arab Emirates	112,000