Goods that might contain asbestos

Asbestos has been used in a wide number of products due to its flexibility, tensile strength, insulation, chemical inertness and affordability and is still used outside Australia in many applications.

The following goods are considered a risk for containing asbestos and ACM:

• Asbestos bitumen products used to damp proof
• Asbestos rope
• Asbestos tape
• Brake linings or blocks
• Cement flat sheeting or panels
• Cement pipes, tubes or fittings
• Cement shingles or tiles (external or ceiling)
• Clutch linings or brake disc pads
• Crayons
• Diaphragms
• Ducts
• Electrical cloth and tapes
• Electrical panel partitioning
• Fire blankets
• Fire curtains
• Fire resistant building materials
• Friction materials for, or within, internal combustion and electric motor vehicles (for example, clutch linings, brake pads and shoes and gaskets)
• Furnaces
• Gas masks
• Gaskets or seals
• Gloves
• Heat resistant sealing or caulking compounds
• Heating equipment
• Products containing certain types of talc
• Lagging and jointing materials
• Mastics, sealants, putties or adhesives
• Mineral samples for display or therapeutic purposes
• Mixtures containing phenol formaldehyde resin or cresylic formaldehyde resin
• Pipe spools
• Raw materials from mining activities
• Sheet vinyl backing
• Sheeting
• Textured paints or coatings
• Tiles
• Yarn and thread, cords and string, whether or not plaited

Source: Department of Immigration and Border Protection, 'Asbestos', http://www.border.gov.au/Busi/cargo-support-trade-and-goods/importing-goods/prohibited-and-restricted/asbestos (accessed 9 November 2017).

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