Export Ban on Mercury Compounds Takes Effect

On January 1, 2020, the ban on the export of five mercury compounds from the United States takes effect. The chemicals prohibited from export are mercury(I) chloride (or calomel), mercury(II) oxide, mercury(II) sulfate, mercury(II) nitrate, and mercury sulphide (or cinnabar).

The export of elemental mercury was prohibited on January 1, 2013. Read the Federal Register notice prohibiting the export of mercury compounds.