Informal Prior Informed Consent (iPIC) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean Compliance Assistance Programme; Antigua and Barbuda March 2011

Illegal Trade in HCFCs

Illegal trade in HCFCs

Implementation

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

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F F F

Country

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

Export report Country Import report

23,00

19,41

48,10

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D M 0,00

187,39

0,20 5

LAC 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

Case of Halons

 Import license request from for use in Air craft maintenance  Substance: Halons  Case rejected  Country Mexico 7

Cases of Methyl bromide for QPS

    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 8

2010 Statistics and Observations

 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.

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Outcome (2007 - 2010)

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

23% 25% 52% 2010

Approved Rejected No reply

2007 2008 2009

Queries by Year and Substance

Observations 2010

  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 13

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U.S ODS Licensing System & Illegal Imports – Recent Case Studies

March 3, 2011 Caribbean Ozone Officers Regional office for latin america and the caribbean (RoLAC)