United Nations Environment Programme 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 CountryExport reportCountryImport report F23,00K0,00 F19,41D187,39 F48,10M0,20 5

United Nations Environment Programme 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

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

8 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

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

Outcome ( ) Approved: % Rejection: % “No reply” means “probably permitted”

Queries by Year and Substance

13 Slow submission of iPIC infosheet by countries in 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

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March 3, 2011 Caribbean Ozone Officers Regional office for latin america and the caribbean (RoLAC) U.S ODS Licensing System & Illegal Imports – Recent Case Studies