Acetic anhydride;
Acetyl chloride;
Acetyl bromide

Salts of the chemicals whenever the existence of such are possible, are also under the control of the Control of Chemicals Ordinance, Cap.145

Ephedrine;
Ergotamine;
Ergometrine;
Potassium permanganate;
Pseudoephedrine;
Lysergic acid;
1-phenyl-2-propanone;
N-acetylanthranilic acid;
Norephedrine;
Safrole;
Isosafrole;
Piperidine;
Piperonal;
Anthranilic acid;
Phenylacetic acid;
3,4-methylenedioxy-phenyl-2-propanone

Salts of the chemicals whenever the existence of such are possible, are also under the control of the Control of Chemicals Ordinance, Cap.145

Please use Form CED 359 for application.

A licence applicant should be an appointed responsible person in a company requiring for the licence and a Hong Kong resident of age 18 or above. The applicant should also provide documents such as Business Registration Certificate, Certificate of Incorporation, Tenancy Agreement, etc., to support the application. Completed application form, together with supporting documents as stated on the Check List for Required Documents should be sent to the Licensing Unit at Room 631, 6/F North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong for processing.

Requests for change of licence particulars should be made in writing together with relevant supporting documents to the Licensing Unit for processing.

A licence issued under the Control of Chemicals Ordinance is valid for one year. The licensee shall keep in view of the licence renewal.

The current licence fee is HK$1,530 per year. Successful licence applicant will receive a notice for payment of licence fee. Please follow the instructions contained in the notice to settle the payment.

Please use Form CED 312 or CED 313 for application.

Completed application form (in quadruplicate), together with supporting documents such as Invoice, Shipping Order, Air Waybill, Bill of Lading, Contract of Sales, Letter from importer to state the purpose of import, Import Authorization issued by receiving country, etc., should be sent to the Licensing Unit at Room 631, 6/F North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong for processing.

Requests for change of licence particulars of issued authorization should be made in writing together with the authorization and relevant supporting documents to the Licensing Unit for processing.

For cancellation of an authorization, please return the unused authorization together with a written request to the Licensing Unit.

Import or Export Authorizations are issued free of charge.

Please use Form CED 347 for application.

Completed application form (in quadruplicate), together with supporting documents such as Business Registration Certificate, Telephone Bill, Through Bill of Lading or Air Waybill, Shipping Order, Invoice, Contract of Sales, Letter from importer to state the purpose of import, Import Authorization issued by receiving country, etc., should be sent to the Licensing Unit at Room 631, 6/F North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong processing.

Request for change of any particulars of issued permit should be made in writing together with the permit and relevant supporting documents to the Licensing Unit for processing.

For cancellation of a permit, please return the unused permit together with a written request to the Licensing Unit.

The fee for a Transhipment Permit is HK$950.

Please use Form CED 360 for application.

To apply for Storage Approval, please write to Licensing Unit together with supporting documents such as copies of H.K. Identity Card, Business Registration Certificate and telephone bill should be sent to the Licensing Unit at Room 631, 6/F North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong for processing.

Storage Approval for Schedule 1 or 2 controlled chemicals is issued free of charge.

Licence and Permit application forms, information leaflets and the checklist of documents required are obtainable at the Licensing Unit of the Controlled Chemicals Group at Room 631, 6/F North Point Government Offices, No. 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Application forms in electronic format are also available from the "Public Forms" page of this website.

For enquiry, please make use of any of the following ways:-

Tel : (852) 2541 4383

Fax : (852) 2541 1016.

Email : cedcdibccg@customs.gov.hk

From 1 July 2006, the public service counter for processing the licence applications will change to five-day week. Please click here for details.