Types of prohibited asbestos
The border control for asbestos extends to the importation and exportation of asbestiform varieties of mineral silicates belonging to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock forming minerals including the following:
- actinolite asbestos
- grunerite (or amosite) asbestos (brown)
- anthophyllite asbestos
- chrysotile asbestos (white)
- crocidolite asbestos (blue)
- tremolite asbestos
- a mixture that contains one or more of the minerals referred to above.
