The Philippines updates its national chemicals inventory adding 162 substances

In November 2023, the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-EMB) released the 2022 and 2023 lists of chemicals and chemical substances to be included in the Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS).

All compounds that are currently used, imported, distributed, processed, manufactured, stored, exported, treated, or transported in the Philippines are included in the Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS). The first PICCS was published by the DENR-EMB in 1995 and has been regularly updated since then.

Companies that import and manufacture chemicals that are listed in the PICCS are not required to notify and secure  clearance from the DENR-EMB before manufacturing or importing these chemicals.  

Current update of the PICCS

The list for 2022 contains 96 compounds and 2023 list contains 66. With the addition of these 162 compounds, there are a total of 22,439 compounds in the PICCS.