Continuing large-scale global trade and illegal trade of highly hazardous chemicals
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 10, 2023
Continuing large-scale global trade of hazardous chemicals
The cumulative global trade of the 46 listed chemicals among all countries (including non-parties to the Convention) reached 64.5 megatonnes in 2004–2019, contributed mainly by ethylene dichloride (55.3 megatonnes) and ethylene oxide (6.3 megatonnes). The highly hazardous pesticides and formulations had lower trade volumes (2.4 megatonnes), dominated by pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters. This echoes the previous understanding that transboundary movements of highly hazardous chemicals still widely take place despite the PIC procedure
