Macao: New regulation for Mercury-added products under the Minamata Convention

 

Macao has published a Chief Executive’s Decision No. 109/2025 which prohibits the import, export and transhipment of mercury-added products listed in the Minamata Convention on Mercury and its amendments.

• The following product categories are affected:
• Batteries and accumulators
• Switches and relays
• Compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) for general lighting
• The following linear and non-linear fluorescent lamps (LFL) for general lighting (e.g., U-shaped and circular):
  (1) Tri-band phosphor, all wattages
  (2) Halophosphate phosphor, all wattages
• High-pressure mercury vapor lamps (HPMV) for general lighting
• Cold cathode fluorescent lamps and external electrode fluorescent lamps (CCFL and EEFL) for electronic displays
• Cosmetics, including soaps and skin-whitening creams, excluding cosmetics for application around the eyes that use mercury as a preservative where no effective and safe alternative preservatives exist
• Pesticides, biocides, and topical antiseptics
• The following non-electronic measuring devices:
  (1) Barometers
  (2) Hygrometers
  (3) Manometers
  (4) Thermometers
  (5) Sphygmomanometers
• Strain gauges, for use with plethysmographs
• The following electrical and electronic measuring devices:
  (1) Melt pressure transducers
  (2) Melt pressure transmitters
  (3) Melt pressure sensors
• Mercury vacuum pumps;
• Tire pressure gauges and wheel weights;
• Photographic film and paper.

The proposed date of entry into force is the 1 January 2026.

To find out more about product compliance in Macao, do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute.