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Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Compliance Assistance Programme; Antigua and Barbuda March 2011

Informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC)

Illegal Trade in HCFCs

Illegal trade in HCFCs

73* countries with iPIC in 2011 (FEB 2011)-

15 ROLAC Network countries (Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil

15 ROAP Network countries (Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Iran, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)

27 European Union countries Australia, New Zealand, Israel 12 ECA Network countries (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Croatia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan)

Japan

Implementation

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LAC: Cross reference of Trade Data: HCFC 22, in 2007

Country Export report Country Import report

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F 19,41 D 187,39

F 48,10 M 0,205

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1. Mexico: Halones (recycled )

2. Belize: HCFC

3. Uruguay: Methyl Bromide (MB)

4. Colombia: MB HCFC

5. Trinidad and Tobago: MB y HCFC

6. Bahamas: HCFC y MB in QPS

7. Panama: HCFCs (R22, R141b)

8. Costa Rica: R141b

9. Peru

10. Most queries are from China and the EU

11. Majority of cases from the EU are on use by Flagged ships

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Import license request from for use in Air craft maintenance

Substance: HalonsCase rejected Country Mexico

Case of Halons

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June 2010 Export license request from a company in China Substance: Methyl Bromide for QPS Importer: a company in the Bahamas

? 2010 Export license request from a company in China Substance: Methyl Bromide for QPS (18MT) Importer: a company in Trinidad and Tobago

Cases of Methyl bromide for QPS

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Significant increase in iPIC queries; 20 (21) in 2008, 38 in 2009, and 111 in 2010. Increase by 192% from 2009.

A fewer queries on CFC and halons, and many more on HCFCs.

Queries concerning MB and CTC (MB, especialy) remain strong.

Cases of sale to ships have appeared.

2010 Statistics and Observations

Outcome (2007 - 2010)

200920082007

2010

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23%

52%

Approved

Rejected

No reply

Approved: 25 - 52%Rejection: 25 - 50%“No reply” means“probably permitted”

Queries by Year and Substance

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Slow submission of iPIC infosheet by countries in 2010. Possibly due to:

1st ODS group banned, the 2nd group not controlled yet (no quota).

Less motivation for iPIC?Staff change?Workload of the HPMP preparation?

Some key countries in ODS trade not participating – e.g., India, Russia, and USA

Language In development

Just on time tool and regular updates Access though a password for participating countries

Observations 2010

Go to word document (iPIC)

March 3, 2011Caribbean Ozone Officers

Regional office for latin america and the caribbean (RoLAC)

U.S ODS Licensing System&

Illegal Imports – Recent Case Studies